Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-01-03 | Page 1 | Rulers Try to Bring Relief from Floods

RULERS TRY TO BRING BEING RELIEF FROM FLOODS C BRUSSELS Jan 2 AP AP of n Holland and nd Albert king of the Belgians are trying trYing- to stem the tide of desolation which threatens to overwhelm their peole people peo peo- le because of floods I Albert is at Liege which has suffered more from the present flood flood- than from the German siege guns which leveled her forts fOlts In 1914 Wilhelmina has gone to In ac accompanied accompanied accompanied ac- ac companied by the prince princ consort The entire country surrounding is under water and the losses mo mount nt into millions of ot flor- flor ens Some estimates tes place the losses around Liege at francs Ten thousand hom homes s are a and arid the residents have been blocked pd in for three e days One hundred thousand rations are are being issued p per r da day with King Albert and his ni ministers personally supervising this work Tie The train service serice in cen central Belgium Belgium Belgium Bel Bel- gium Is paralyzed great numbers o of cattle have perished and the flax iv ha harvest has been partly swept away way wayby by the flooding of the A slight fall was observed in the Meuse at Liege this morning but rain set In again this afternoon and the waters water are arc rising