HEAVY FLOODS IN EUROPE.
4 RIVERS STILL RISIXU. , '' HUGE FLOES OF ICE. , Berlin. February '<■ Tlie Rivers Rhine, Elbe, Maine, Danube and Oder are rishig steadily. Many Jives have been lost aJrcud.v. The situation at Dresden is most precarious. The iee on the Elbe has broken into huge iloes tfO centimetres thick. Enormous crowds from the countryside are assembling in the city to watch the iee crashing into bridges. Already it has destroyed the scaffolding of the nearly-completed Augustus Bridge.
THE FLOODS ABATING. ; Received February fi, 11.30 p.m. f Berlin, February 8. The ice Hoes at Dresden are melting and the danger is past. -Some of the western streams are itoating.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 13, 9 February 1909, Page 3
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110HEAVY FLOODS IN EUROPE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 13, 9 February 1909, Page 3
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