New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1928-11-27
FLOODS FOLLOW IN
wake Of STORMS.
Raging Winds Lash Sea Onto
LOVllndS

London, Nov. - @-FloodS today
followed in the wake of four day
gale which caused the loss of score
Of vessels of substantial tonnages In
western Eurouean waters and pos
sibly took = toll of 100 lives.
From Belgium north to the Fris-
Ian Islands, iowlands we're flooded
As the sea was driven in upon them
by raging winds. Dykes and sea
walls. buffeted by huge waves gave
way to the rush of waters.
Work Hard
Police, soldiers and civilians we're
working frantically in Antwerp to
repair broken dykes there and on
tho opposite side Of the Scheldt.
The city water and gas pipes were
undermined. The suburbs were
flooded. Industrial plants In Hobo
ken and elsewhere was closed. Rail
road bridges we're damaged and
telegraph lines down.
1t was feared six persons had
persisted. A hole 50 yards in cir
conference and yards deep was
made In the grand palace at Ant
werp.
At Ostend. Belgium. sea water
inundated the ground floors OF
buildings. ....
The Flanders villages of Grem-
bergen. Moorseele and Termonde
were evacuated by their inhabitants
as tie sea rushed through break
twenty yards wide In the dykes.
A number of houses In the neigh
borhood Of Rotterdam. Holland. also
we're abandoned, At Rergen-Op-
Zoom. Holland, a. $50 foot dyke
broke with tremendous crash. let
ting in the sea.
Island Inundated
sylt island. one of the Frisian
grouN. was inundated and dwellers
on it sought safety on the highest
points. At Helgoland the sea wall
vas torn away. The river Eloe was
backed up by the sea and low ly'ns
streets OF Hamburg were flooded.
Rivers In the Vosges Hills were
rising with alarming rapidly. Ths
Moselle was also rising and 'ribu-
taries Of the Rhine we're raging tor
rents. Houses along the banks OF
the Ruhr at Mulheim were evacu-
ated and the shipping on the Saar
was at a standstill.
Cuxhaven Roads. Germany. was
full of disabled shipping. One in
coming vessel reported that IT had
sighted five wrecks in the North
SEA. The liner Carinthia arriving at
Liverpool, England. reported that 1t
had picked up sixteen O s. calls,
all OF which we're subsequently can
celled.
The French freighter Cesaree
sank off Aigiers and IS Of her crew
OF ~ were drowned. An Italian
steamer believed to be the Salento
was wrecked and all aboard were
lost. The Norwegian steamer Mich
elsen was driven ashore and three
members of the crew drowned. The
British steamer Meath Abbey report
ed she was in a dangerous position
of West kapel.
The steamships Montenegro and
Saleron were wrecked near Eigo.
Spain and three lives were lost. The
freighter Arnabal-Mendi sank of
San Sebastian, Spain. Her crew was
rescued.
Ships Held
As the gale moved over the Medi-
terranean all liners from Algiers.
Oran and Tunis which were due at
MarseilIes. France. cruiscd outside
the roads. being unable to make
port. Two schooners were driven
ashore near Milazzo, Sicily. Their
crews we've rescued.
Tho German schoolship POM
mern, which left derclict after all
aboard had been rescued. was taken
in tow and removed q danger to
navigation. rs
The losses to Great Britain alone
from the recent storms we're esti-
mated at more than a million
pounds. This included damage to
property ashore. to shipping and life
boat services and the damage re-
sulting from suspension Of trans
port. Caimer weather enabled the
cross channel steamers to resume
their regular services yesterday
afternoon. Some of these had been
suspended since Friday since the
vessels were una bic to enter French
ports.