SOLDIERS RACE TO BEAT FLOODS.
Received Tuesdav, 7 p.m. LONDON, March 17. Troops who were working to beat the Thames wliicli was rising at the rate of an incli an hour, built a barrier against the lloods at Mammouth pumping station, Hampton, and saved tlie water supply for 2, (M)O, ()()() l.oiidoners, says the Daily Mail. The sobliers, answering the Metropolitan Water Board 's emergenc.y eall, lmilt a bank which it is hoped will save the situation from inundation. Hampton station daily puinps 120,000,001] gallons of water for the residents of north western and southern London. Snow and ice are causing ditificulties in the eounties north of Derbyshire, Lancashire and Yorksliire.
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Chronicle (Levin), 19 March 1947, Page 5
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110SOLDIERS RACE TO BEAT FLOODS. Chronicle (Levin), 19 March 1947, Page 5
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