TIGRIS OVERFLOWS ITS BANKS.

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 13 April 1926, Page 7

TIGRIS OVERFLOWS ITS BANKS.

Floods In Mesopotamia. BAGDAD THREATENED. .by Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association BAGDAD, April il. An unprecedented flood is threatened in the river Tigris. Tile water lias reached the banks near the Royal Palace, a mile from the city, and the Palace is surrounded by a rushing flood of waters,' and lias been evacuated. Tho royal ladies were removed under great dit fic u I ties, but there was no time to remove any of the contents. The Palace gardens are devastated. Hundreds of refugees, wiio.se huts were .swept away, are encamped near the Palace. The police are conscripting labour in thousands, and working feverishly strengthening the flood walls encircling tiio city. ft is reported that 35 persons vrere drowned. OUTLOOK VEtfY GLOOMYI WATER, RISING RAPIDLY. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cablo Association. BAGDAD, April 11. Five thousand men are employed day and night, and have so saved Bagdad from tlie menaco of the unprecedented floods, hut the prospects to. night are gloomy. The water is rising rapidly, and threatening The jirotectlon 'embankment. Thousands of tons of water are sweeping every second through tliu Royal Gardens. The Bagdad north railway station, including the bonded warehouse, is under five feet of water. The loss to commercial interests is estimated at £250.000.