English Translation

84 On March 1, 194l in the afternoon, due to thawing of the ground and the continuing rain on the railway line in section Wischau-Eiwanowitz i.d. Hanna at kilometre 47.4, a landslide of 14 m and 15 m height took place. Rail traffic will be interrupted for about 48 hours. Only passenger transport will be maintained by changing. The final repair of the route requires a duration of l4 days. According to the report of the district authority in Neuchâtel an der Elbe, the regulation dam of Merlinbach near the municipality of Westetz was breached on March 1st l94l in the length of 25 meters. The water penetrated into l4 small houses, one of which is made of clay and partly collapsed. Human lives are not to be deplored, no one has been injured either. Measures have been taken to prevent an extension of the breakthrough site. Rehabilitating the dam is not possible for the time being. On the spot, the competent personnel of the department 37 of the regional authority in Prague were also present. The Presidium of the Landesbehörde in Brno reports on 1l.3.194l: 1/ According to the report of the gendarmerie post in Klein- Raigern, district Brno / Land/, on March 1, 194l the dam of the Schwarzawa near Chirlitz was broken by the water, which passed through the passage, the locks in the municipality Lauka near Klein-Raigern and over the fields into the municipality