GALES SWEEP GERMANY
(N.Z.P.A,
— Reuter.
Bomfced Buildings Lereiled Burying Citizens
Comriatii)
Received Monday, 9.15 a.m. BERLIN, Dec. 4. Winds of over 70 miles an hour brought death, and destruction to Northerm Germany today. Several people ^ere"crushed to death under the falling debris of bombed buildings. Rescue squads were this afternoon digging frantically to release people buried under ruins. In Berlin, two people were killed and at least nine injured during the gale and extensive damage was * .a Hamburg, hundreds of people ,",ere evacuated from their homes because of the danger of collapse. Over 130 ruined houses were brought down and the Hamburg Christmas Fair, the largest in Germany, closed down and sent out calls for aid as the seenic railways roeked. Tops were torn off merry-go-rounds and tents housing sideshows were whiried away. The new 500ffc. high mast of Hamburg radio buckled and col-. lapsed in the high wind. More than 100 ships sought shelter in the mouths of the Weser and E'be Rivers. Shipping had- had good warning of the coming gale and no casualties at sea have been reported.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHRONL19491205.2.19
Bibliographic details
Chronicle (Levin), 5 December 1949, Page 5
Word Count
181GALES SWEEP GERMANY Chronicle (Levin), 5 December 1949, Page 5
Using This Item
NZME is the copyright owner for the Chronicle (Levin). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of NZME. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in