ENROACHING SEA.
LONDON. Nov. o. During tin* lost .six months the loreslioro at Sidinouth, Devon, tins sunk In tween four an six feet, and the present position, a*- n result ol Sunday > storm, is .serious, Tliere is now a complete absence of sliinole. and the foundation o! the old wall is undermined. A gup 10011. wide has liecii torn in the wall to the east of that caused last January. The waves during Sunday night’s gale broke clean over the houses on the whole front, and the lower part of tin' town was flooded. The encroaching sea at Swanage, Dorset, is causing much anxiety. AVltr was some years ago a large stretch of line., hard sands is now submerged at ordinary tides right up to the sea wall. The shore road is now olten impassahlas the sea dashes into the land.
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Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1925, Page 1
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141ENROACHING SEA. Hokitika Guardian, 28 December 1925, Page 1
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