NORWICH FLOOD.

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1532, 30 August 1912, Page 5

NORWICH FLOOD.

HOUSES COLLAPSE. 8y TeleeraDli—Press Afjooiatlon—CoDyrteht London, August 29. The fiood' waters are abating in Norwich, but business is in a. chaotic, condition. . ' There are eight thousand people homcless. -.'■'■ A number of houses collapsed owing to the flood. A man engaged in rescue work was drowned. While a party was endeavouring to rescue a woman and two children, one child fell from 1 the window at which tho rescuers were working; and was drowned. EIGHTY BRIDGES DESTROYED. LARGE AEEA UNDER WATER. • (Eec. August 30, 0.10 a.m.) London, August 29. The floods are everywhere subsiding and ihe railways are reopening. A relief fund has been opened at Norwich. Messrs. Column and.Co., the mustard, .manufacturers, 'are' 'contributing .£IOOO. •■' ' ' : -.■■ ;- A square mile of streets is inundated in Norwich, and eighty bridges in East Anglia have, been destroyed. Dr. Mill attributes August's persistent rain to some obscure variation in ocean temperature, and saya it is desirable with a view to the improvement of the forecasts to undertake a cloEor study of the temperature of tho ocean. ; . GERMAN CROPS RUINED. , (Bee. August 29, 11.30 p.m.) ■•■.'■■' ' Berlin, August 29; The unharvested crops> in. many districts, especially around Leipzig, have • been ruined by the weather, and the fruit has suffered severely. '< ' ■'. . ■ , .. ' i EASTBOURNE TRAGEDY. ■ . • *— ". . THE SURVIVOR'S STORY. fiy Teleßranh—Press Association—G'oryrtelit > , ■ London, August 28. 'Florence Paler, the. survivor of the Eastbourne tragedy, 'has made a statement to the effect that she went to live with 7 Money, the murderer, four years ago. They subsequently went through tfye Soottjsh ceremony of marriage. Money met Edith Paler (Florence's sister) in 1910, and Florence threatened to , leave that he h«d married Edith. Money dissuaded her from doing so, promising that he would not see Edith again. The woman graphically describes 6eeing ler' murdered children in the flames, jafter Money had set fire to the house.