FLOODS IN HOLLAND.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 35, 17 January 1916, Page 2

FLOODS IN HOLLAND.

STORM EFFECT ON THE DYKES. TOWN INUNDATED. INHABITANTS PANIC-STRICKEN. United Pbfsb Assooiax.om. Amsterdam, January 15. A great storm lias caused most seilolls Hoods in northern Holland. Hie population, who were awakened hy the alarm of bolls, were terror-stricken to find they were confronted by the waters, which were rushing into the streets and houses. Soldiers and civilians vied with each other to prevent the extension of the hurst. Volendam is completely isolated, Merken is entirely submerged, and Nonnickenzam is partially under water. It i s feared that the whole of north Holland will be inundated. The dyke near Muiden broke at 2 in the morning, and people spent the night combating the Hood. Similar inundations occurred at Broek, the water pouring over the dyke with a noise like thunder. Some houses were swept away, and the population fled in boats. Many cattle were drowned in the low-lying poldorland. At Brock and Edam the cattle were stalled in churches, where the people were taking refuge. Tales of alarm and confusion come from Hoorn, Naarlden, and Buik Sloot, following the alarm of hells ringing in the midst of the darkness and the storm. The whole of the north of Holland is in danger of being flooded, owing to the bursting of the Knyder Zee dykes at various points. People have fled from Edam and other towns. Volandam is entirely flooded, and water is pouring in at a terrific fore© at the Brookin waterland. A storm caused a tidal wave, destroying railway communication at south Holland.