CHANGING THE BED OF THE DANUBE.

Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 2033, 10 July 1875, Page 2

CHANGING THE BED OF THE DANUBE.

A telegram from Vienna states tha^w Danube has taken possession of bed, which had been prepared foFiTBy " the Danube Regulations Commission, But • uofc quite in the' way meant by the ea-\ gineers. The new bed was dug out^in^ three sections, .separated from each other by two dykes which were left, and over which the roads led to the 'old bed. The embankment had been raised all along the line, and partially riveted with stone; but there remained still a good deal of the stone riveting to do in the portion between the two dykes. In order to do this more cheaply and expeditiously, ■ it" was detirmined to make au opening -in the upper dyke, so as -to allow the stone barges to pass through. Scarcely .was the channel opened when the stream rushed in, widening the gap soon from 12 feet to 100 feet, carrying away the bridge which-, had been constructed, and making its way '" through the lower dyke. An opening was made in.the centre of this dyko, when the same thing occurred as at the upper, the water rushing through and carrying away the dyke right and left, without doing any further mischief. The river has thus taken possession of its new bed, anticipating the ceremony which was fixed for May 15,