The rising waters of the River Vilja are threatening the city of Vilna. The districts lying close to the river are being carefully watched by the fire brigades, Red Cross men and special watchmen. Beam-lights have been put up to keep track of the rise of the waters during the night. The districts of Molodechno, Postava and Osmiany, which have dense Jewish populations, are in particular danger.
Several children, it is feared, have been drowned in the floods which have occurred in the Jewish town of Ryezhitsa, in the province of Latgalia, not far from the borders of Soviet White Russia, as a result of the River Ryezhitsa overflowing its banks. Most of the damage has occurred in the suburb of Amerika, which is inhabited by the poorer-class Jews. All traffic in the town has been paralysed and the electrical supply is out of order.
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