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Show ILIVES ARE LOST IN FLOODS Germany's Larger fivers Are Causing Grave Apprehension Berlin. Feb. 6. Many cases ot loss of life continue to be reported from various parts of Germany as a result of the floods. The waters of the I smaller streams are now subsiding but ! the larger rivers like the Elbe, the Main, the Rhine and the ocer Bttll arc rising. The lower sections of Frank-fort-on-t he-Main are flooded. A terrific ter-rific hurricane raged in the Rhine Valley Val-ley last nlqht and rtemollshed the Wiesbaden Machinery hall and other buildings in course of erecnon ror an exhibition this eummer. The heavy rains along tho Rhine Vairey, nowevcr. j ceased early this morning, and today the confluents" vt the Rhine are railing, ' and the immense havoc nrougnt Jn many towns is becoming visible.' The dike commiasion yesterday decided de-cided to take measures to strengthen the Rhine dikes. The Danube still is rising at Regensburg. several villages vil-lages are threatened with partial destruction. de-struction. The Elbe is carrying down great masses of ice. which have partly destroyed the scaffolding or tho new j bridge being erected ah Dresden. The ; Muldew, a confluent 6f tne Elbe has j flooded the country arounct Dessau. The Ducal forests are unGer water ana a number of deer have ")ecn drowned ! The Oder is rising rapldty ann many barges frozen Into the ice several 1 weeks ago are threatened with de-! de-! structlon. At Dulseburg. tho Rhine has risen 11 feet since yesterday, and the river 1 is 23 feet above normal. Broken : dikes at several places arc flooding the adjacent country. The Wclser is 21 feet high and still rising, and. at I 'Muen.den, many people have fled from their houses before the onrush-lng onrush-lng waters. Tho river is still rising at Leipsig and the city park is flooded., flood-ed., The fire department at Leipsig was called out today to rescue people In adjacent villages. The principal bridge over the Elbe I at Dresden has been closed because I of the danger of collapse. |