Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-11-27
WORST FLOOD
IN SO YEARS
HITS BELGIUM
bikes Break and Sea
Rushes In; SO Viii
lagos Under Water;
Vessels Go Down

BRUSSELS. Belgium, Nov. 27.--
Pl-Floods resulting from the tre-
mendous gale and heavy rains arc
proving TO he the worst calamity
that Belgium has suffered from na-
ture in half century. Fifty vii
lagos are wholly or partly under
water.
The entire Antwerp garrison was
today put to work repairing dikss
Of the Sheldt, Rupel, bender and
Nethe rivers, which gave way at a
dozen places under the pressure Of
we're demolished and communica-
tions bv road and rail were cut.
" all happened without warning
and the population had time only to
save their lives.
Shipyards, metal works and brick
yards along the banks az the Sheldt
in the ncighborhood Of Antwerp.
Tremonde and Hoboken suffered Sc
verely. Many houses also collapse j.
Brussels and Antwerp received no
milk or fresh vegetables this morn
ing. In the latter city the water
works were inundated ard the bur
gomaster warned thc people hat
they must boil all drinking water
for an indefinite period.
AMSTERDAM, Holland, Nov. ~
Pl-All efforts 10 rescue the crew
Of the Italian steamer Salento. which
grounded Off Zaaudvoort on Sunday
have been unayailing because Of n
terrific surf.
II was regarded ~ virtually Ger
tain that the crew Of - were
drowned.
LONDON, Nov. 2.-(PD-Floods to-
day followed IN the wake Of four
score Of vessels IN WESTERN Euro
day gale which caused the loss Of
pcan waters and possibly took 4 toll
toll az 100 lives.
From Belgium north 60 the Tristan
lsland, lowlands were flooded as the
sea was driven in upon them by
raging winds. Dykes and sea walls
gave way to the rush Of waters.
Police, soldiers and civilians were
working frantically in Antwerp TO
repair broken Dykes there and on
the opposite side Of the Scheldt. The
city water and gas pipes were under
mined and gave way. The suburbs
were flooded. Industrial plants IN
Hobokcn and elsewhere were closed
A hole 90 yards i'm circumference and
six yards deep was made in the
Grand Palace at Antwerp.
Ostend Flooded
At Ostend. Belgium, the water
from the SECS ran down sts.ets and
inundated the ground floors Of
buildings.
The Flanders villages or Grenber-
gen. Moorseele and Tcrmonde were
evacuated by their inhabitants as the
sea rushed through brtFk twenty
yards wide i'm the akcS.
a number Of houses in the neigh
borhood Of Rotterdam. Holland. were
also abandoned. At BerEen-Op-Zoom
Holland. a I30-foot dyke broke with
tremendous crash, letting in the
sea.
Sylt Island. one of the Frisian
group, was inundated and dwellers
on it sought safety on the highest
points. At Heligoland the sea wall
was torn away and sand dunes were
lcvelle1.
BO2DEAUN. France. Nov 2T.-lPl
The liner Lipari from South Amer
lea and the Amerique from the Bel
gian Congo, which have been cruis-
inE outside the mouth Of the Gi-
ronde for as hours because of the
storm, finally reached port today
They reported the gale which had
been sweeping the coast OF France
had blown itself out.
KEEL. Germany, Nov. 27.--fFl--
The freighfer Kaetee Grammarstorf
Of kiel. en- route from England 20
Settin, sank during the storm last
night. The crew were rescued.
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Re
public, Nov. 27.-tPp-Terrific rsini
storms have caused serious floods N
various parts Of the Dominican Re
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