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GREAT FLOOD IN HOLLAND.

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GREAT FLOOD IN HOLLAND. WHOLE PROVINCE 1 THREATENED. AMSTERDAM, Friday. It is many years since so much anxiety 11; been occasioned by floods as by those in Holland at this moment. A heavy i-torm has produced, if not an unparalleled situa- tion, at least one which causes serious alarm. The suddenness of the disaster as one of its most.remarkable features The popula- tion in some places were awakened from their sleep by ringing bells to find them- selves confronted by the inrushing waters. Soldiers and civil iirv, vied with each otuer in an endeavour to prevent the extension of the floods, but so great is the area of the region submerged that very heavy losses axe certain. One place. Edam, was invaded by people fleeing with their cattle from the pursuing waters in the surrounding district. The cattle were stalled in Edam's great church, but reports from many localities state that cattle have been drowned by the score. Voledam is completed isolated. This little place is one of the most popular tourist resorts in Holland. Its population of fifherfolk preserves with the utmost Punc- tiliousness the quaint costurnes handed down by tradition from remote times. The same applies to Marken, a tiny is- land, which every stranger visits whei-i he goes to Volendam. It is now entirely sub- merzed. Whole Province Threatened. I Monnikendam is partially under water, and, indeed, fears are entertained that the whole province of North Holland will be in- undated, as well as an important part of the TD-Tovince of South Holland. The Coming of the Waters. r7 I I The little town of Muiden on the Auiaei- fcee has been sorely tried by the waters of the sea, which have Teached t-o a disquieting height dar,ing the last few days, causing tire officials to adopt all,! the measures which people so experienced in the management of water could employ, but about 2 o clock this morning the alarm was given that the dyke had been broken through during the mght. An exceptionally powerful wind flung the eea water over the dyke, flooding the streets and the houses. The population awoke panic-stricken, arid passed the hours till daylight in combating the flood. with a Noise Like Thunder. I Many 'oca;ties in the vicinity of Amster- dam are flooded, such as Broek in the Water- land, where the whole region was inundated by the waters which came, over the dyke with a noise like thunder. Some of the houses were swept away, cattle, ware drowned, and the population fled in boats to small towns in the neighbourhood. The water at Broek overflowed the dyke for a (length of some hundreds of metres, and also broke the dyke in s-veral places. The cattle were. driven in thousands from the low-lying polder iland to Broek, where they were herded around and in the church. Here also the alarm was given by the ringing bells. From more than one locality comes a description of the effect produced by bells suddenly ringing in the darkness aiiiii storms and tumult. Reports from Hoorn, Naarden. and Buiksloot describe the con-' fusion and alarm occasioned by the sudden j incursion. The streets were soon crowded I with cattle, sheep, and pigs, all driven has- tily from a low-lying polder land. Rotterdam also experienced great flood- ing, but the latest reports indicate a rapid Subsidence.—(" Times. ")

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