FLOODS IN FRANCE
FACTORIES CLOSED AND RAILWAYS INTERRUPTED.
Paris. December 2G. There are serious Hoods in tho eastern and south-eastern departments owing to the overflowing of the rivers Meurtho and Moselle. Large factories have beon closed and several deaths aro reported at Nancy. Railways between Nancy and Metz'nre interrupted. Tho flooding of tho old trench systems at Bois-le-Pretio increases the danger. Seven hundred silk textile factories in tho Vosges aro under water. The overflowing of tho Saono and the Rhono also caused considerable damage.—Aus.-N.Z. Cablo Assn.
SEINE STEADILY RISING. Paris. December 29. The Seine is steadily rising, and floods are feared. Inundations between Strasburg and Colmar bave.cut the vailway and other communications, and obliterated many landmarks, including the bridges.—Aus.-N.Z. Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 80, 30 December 1919, Page 5
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121FLOODS IN FRANCE Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 80, 30 December 1919, Page 5
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