Calamitous Floods.
RUIN EVERYWHERE. INCALCULABLE DAMA.GES. ASSISTANCE FOR THE UNFORTUNATE. (Per Mail Steamer.) The Danube overflowed its banks during the week ending January 2, and great mischief was the consequence ; all traces of the quays &nd banks are lost. The race course m Vienna* was flooded as far as the exhibition building; m fact, the floods m Europe at the' opens ing of the year, took the form of -& great public catastrophe. Pesth, Paris, Myenca, Wisebaden, Duseldorf, Manheim, and many othe* places had suffered great damage. 10,000 persons were rendered houseless m the districts near Worms, 3000 at Ludurgslafen, 2000 at Manheim, and 2000 m Worms. Robberies m houses m Mayence, aban» dened by the flood, were frequent. The Empress of German} sent 10,000 florins to the Mayence sufferers. Subscriptions m Prussia have retched £175;000 ; large sums have been forwarded from England and America.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 3, Issue 63, 7 February 1883, Page 2
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