The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-07

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London, January 7.-<N--over.
whelmed with startling suddenness,
20 persons were drowned In the Lon.
don area today when the most dev.
astating flood IN The history 81
modern London swept the Thames
river over its hanks.
The flood Of water poured over
the river hanks ct several plaoes
when m abnormal tide, whjppod BY
q heavy gale. met flood watsrs
pouring down from the interior this
morning. The rush Of water vas 90
sudden that hundreds Of persons
sleeping In basement rooms were
driven from their beds, at least 20
being trapped and drowned.
Fearing . recurrence Of disaster
at the next flood tide, eugineers
labored frantieally building tsm-
porary barbados where walls along
the embankment collapsed early this
The deaths were distributed as
follows:
Fifteen h the- Xestuipstef xree.,
two in Putney: two In Hammer
smith and one in Hurlingham.
Firemen and voluntary helpers
worked all along the street pump.
ing out the flooded dwellings.
Children Trapped IN Base0o0E
The toll in-luded four children
named Harding who were trapped
while asleep. n ~ Aeseuaont kifeh.
en- OF . houDo0R- 6FoBo UvGaoo-r0oa.
where their father WAS ca1otokSr.
Three women woge drowned in
Easements in the Hammersmith
and Putney districts.
The underground railway power
houses were flooded and only re.
stricted train service was possible.
which delayed London's settling
down to work this morning.
Excitement i Tease
Tho river swept over its hanks
Tor SO miles from the Sea and Z
night Of alarm and tsnso excitement
such - has been unknown tce wars
resulted. The impediaxe cause Of
the flood was IN abnormally high
tide after Christmas snow, rain and
. gale.
The granite wall along the Vic
toria embankmeut held against 4
terrific volume o. watsr, preventing
= more serious catastrophe in the
center Of the city. The water rose
to the top Of the wall, which d four
feet wide and runs for q mile and Z
halt from the city proper to West.
minister street. At some points the
waters overflowed.
At one point beyond the West
minister end of the emhonkment, an
other vail burst. The waters rushed
through tho gap, delugine the
atrests. Two people were drowned
there.
At the point where the Egyptian
obelisk, known ~ Cleopakra's
Needle, stands on the embankment.
tho waters overflowed the wall
which Il lower here than elsewhere.
TraWvsy servies Stops
The electric conduits which oper-
ate tho street cars were invaded hy
the waters and tramvay service Was
stopped.
On the opposite bank Of tie river
matters were mpch wQroe. 1hate
is no embankmept ord from Wet.
minister to the east ~ seoets were
quickly flooded. H.:udso6s ef
dwellers Of The poorer digty3ets were
reused either By tie police Or the
sound Of the advaneing vo&er. They
fled In haste and terTor 4fom their
beds. amid N uproar Of cries 'of
alarm.
Brief reports, coming from the
densely populated section below the
business center of The eit7, to)d -
the struggle Of 1rightenod peoplo
to escape from the euddon yu0h %
water into their homes. NImbers.
Of houses were doo6ed n EiMe.
house, RothexhNhe, poplar, Can
nington. and IN the neikhbogabod
of the docks. sss.
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Many public bu1sdinRs vGfo
thrown open 70 shelbor tse guleDr.
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removing the stricken thoro ~ oup-
plying them With too6
Among the noted NuDd.na waich
were partly 1loodod Woro - T6Vtor
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