Britain's floods were receding today and owners could claim hastily-abandoned autos like these, left, at Magdalen Road, Norfolk, Desolation spread? however,"in
j-J-J. lhe Netherlands. The white area
One method is to spread gypsum on
the land. This turns the salt into cal
cium chloride, a substance which dis-
I solves in rain-water. Then every rain
will help to wash the soil. But it will be
i
Started by Mrs. Floris van der
Does of Middleburg, the drive
has spread from Middleburg to
Upperville, to Warrenton and
over to Leesburg. Committees
have been formed in each area
to collect funds
devastated or j After sowing comes the dress
heavily damaged" in the offi- of gypsumi which on light soils
cial survey. About 50,000 head j js Spread to a density of 2,2 tons
of livestock, half of them cattle
New dike breaches spread the
devastation, which already covers
400,000 acres. Three days after
the gale-driven North Sea had
broken the Dutch water defenses
as never before in five centuries,
victims
Across the North Sea in east-
em England, gale-whipped seas
gave Dutchmen a preview of
their new peril when high tides
broke through hastily-patched
dikes along the Lincolnshire
coast and spread
But rumblings of defiance began
to spread through the town. The
inhabitants said they saw no rea
son to leave and would rather face
any danger here than move. Some
expressed fear that their belong
In Belgium, where the flood waters spread over
40.000 acres and took a toll of 14 lives, 22-
year-old King Baudouin, less royally gifted with
a sense of fitness, raised another storm by leav
ing his
As the detal spread, some of
the upstream parts became dry
land, but most of the area re
mained unstable and subject to
flooding at almost every tide. It
was all that nature contributed.
They are already thinking in terms of 1955, and
beyond. They are already preparing the gypsum
that will neutralize the salt which violent floods
have spread over the rich brown Dutch earth.
They are
They are already thinking in terms of 1955, and
beyond. They are already preparing the gypsum
that will neutralize the salt which violent floods
have spread over the rich brown Dutch earth.
They are
New dike breaches spread the
devastation, which already covers
400,000 acres. Three days after!
the gale-driven North Sea had
broken the Dutch water defenses
as never before in five centuries