| Beschreibung: | 5569757 (9053) Feb 02, 1953; Dordrecht, NETHERLANDS; A bicycle is perched on a tree, a car is half submerged and three men are making good use of their boat during the 1953 floods at Dordrecht, Netherlands, the worst disaster in the country in 300 years. In February 1953 the dikes protecting the southwest of the country were breached by the joint onslaught of a hurricane force northwesterly wind and exceptionally high spring tides. The flood cme in the night without warning, a combination of high tides and gale force winds that killed 1,932 people along the English and Dutch North Sea coasts. [SPERRVERMERKE BEACHTEN | PLEASE CHECK RESTRICTIONS! Nutzung nur mit Genehmigung und gegen Honorar, Beleg, Namensnennung und zu unseren AGB. Nur zur redaktionellen Verwendung. Honorare an: KEYSTONE Pressedienst, www.keypix.de] (©) Copyright 1953 by KPA |
