NEVA RISES SIX-FEET.
GALE AND. FLOOD IN RUSSIAN CAPITAL. By TclecrAph—Press Association—OopyrSulit St. Petersburg, January 27. A gale extinguished the street lamps and ttrni: the church bells. The lower parts of the city were flooded and many people took refuge on the roofs of houses. EXTREME DANGER.
GREEN LIGHTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.
(Rec. January 28, ll.Jo p.m.) St. Petersburg, January 28. The river Neva rose six and a half feet. It would have only required another six feet to flood the city. Guns were fired at the- fortresses and throughout tho night green lights were ilia played from the Admiralty tower to indicate tho extreme danger. Traffic was stopped on the bridges. Tho galo whirled 'nouses away, derailed wagons, and overturned pedestrians.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1970, 29 January 1914, Page 5
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122NEVA RISES SIX-FEET. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1970, 29 January 1914, Page 5
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