Warsaw, July 20, Tales of horror in connection with the terrific floods and. cloudbursts now visiting Poland are now slowly coming in, Tremendous damage hasbeen caused to the crops, roads and villages. Roughly, 50,000 people have been deprived of their homes. Cloudbursts are continuing unabated.
The city of Cracow has partly been evacuated, The lower sections are partly under water. Aeroplanes are being used in. the rescue work, throwing down food and medical supplies to isolated villagers.
With the flood throughout Galieta slowly subsiding, the River Vistula river level has already passed 1 ft, water mark and the author! ties are tuking precautionary sures to enable the rapid evacua tion of parts of Warsaw which are immediately in danger.
Latest reports from Galicia reveal that not only the harvest but nearly all cattle have been destroyed. The total death toll is now estimated at 200, the city of Lwow, ten members of Gen, Balaban's family perished in one day—Trans-Ocean and Hays Two Million Affected fast all their poss are floating down the Blain and Najee Rivers on house-tops, chicken cops or whatever wreckage they have been able to utilize as improvised rafts, An additional 0,000 homes have been threatened by the advancing flood waters, while it is conservative ly estimated that at least, 2,000,000 persons have been affected by the flood.
Damage so far reported is estimated ut 200,000,000 zolty.—United Press.
Warsaw, July 20, Floods continued to ravage the south of Poland to-day.
Thirty villages were washed away, 66 persons drowned and 13,000] others driven from their homes today when the dykes broke in several places along the Vistula River between Sandomierz and Sawichost.
Nearly 70,000 persons have been rendered homeless by the raging torrents that have swept aside the dyke works and, inundated scores of! villages—United Press.
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