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Show FLOODS IN SILESIA. Crops Ruined and Heavy Loss of Life Reported. Tho highest floods known In tho region for many years nro reported from Silesia. Nearly tho wholo town of Troppcau was under wator. Tho crops of tho entire district woro destroyed de-stroyed nnd tranic at several points Interrupted, In-terrupted, owing to tho destruction of bridges and embankments. In tho Sudeten Su-deten valley all tho villages woro flooded flood-ed so repldly that thirty of tho Inhabitants Inhab-itants vore drowned. Fifty houses woro destroyed: Etcn'the town of nreslnu Is reported to be In danger nnd tho firemen havo been called out to repair tho dykes protecting tho city from tho overflowing river Odor. Tor-rlblo Tor-rlblo hailstorms havo devastated tho country along tho lowor Rhine. Tho damage to tho wlno crop is incalculable. incalcula-ble. Several persons woro killod by lightning. |