THE SECRETARY TO THE RUSSIAN PROTECTOR IN THINGS AND IN MORAVA, PRAGUE, inv. 1298, sig. 109-4/1052

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English Translation

On May 29, 194l in the early hours of the morning, the political district of Semil was searched for by a heavy cloud break, which resulted in a swelling of the Iser and all its tributaries. In particular, the tributary rivers have risen in such a way that the water poured over the shore and caused great damage to the seeds, houses, road bodies, bridges and bridges. The swelling of the Iser is probably due to the snow melt in the Giant Mountains. Damages were provisionally reported from the court district of Eisenbrod. Particularly severely affected were poor mountain villages, whose inhabitants are mainly glass workers. Since the livelihood of the affected families appears to be at risk in the present time, the financial ministry has provisionally granted emergency aid in the amount of v. The affected municipalities were visited by the district captain on 29 hours of the morning. The flood risk in Turnau district on 29 May 1994l was constantly serious. Trawnitz /Trávnice/, was fired. During the rescue work, the government force P a st y ř í k drowned when he tried to rescue some boards torn out of a fence. On the spot, the fire brigade and a sixty-member working group formed by the population appeared, security bodies and a department of the government force were also present.