The floods in some of the Latvian towns with big Jewish populations are assuming the dimensions of an immense disaster. The town of Ryszhitsa is now completely under water. The towns of Friedrichstadt and Kreslava, too, are inundated. In Kreslava over 100 houses are under water. The Jewish cemetery is flooded. People are going about in boats trying to save their possessions. In Friedrichstadt the people have fled from their homes and have taken refuge in the synagogue.
The big cities of Mitau and Dwinsk are also menaced. The Dwinsk suburb of Griwe is already flooded.
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