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...detour the Nile around the main dam; at one point the channel will go underground through six rock tunnels (see map) and activate the turbines of a power station; 2 ) the construction of an upstream cofferdam to steer the Nile into its new bed. and of a second cofferdam downstream so that the river will not seep back into the dam site after its detour; 3) the building of the main dam itself, which cannot begin until the channel is cut and cofferdams are in place, supposedly...
Barcelona was in the path of a tornado. As the sky opened, every sun-baked gulch became a torrent. The dust-dry beds of the rivers on either side of Barcelona carried floods 75 ft. wide. Debris piled up against bridges and then the bridges plunged downstream. A 6-ft. wall of water smashed into the crowded industrial suburbs and carried all before it: hundreds of rubble-brick houses, telephone poles, autos. horses and wagons, people. Sixteen gypsies encamped under a bridge were swept clean away...
Ohio River, Ky., Indiana University Showboat Majestic: The showboat will tie up at Louisville for a variety show, then paddle downstream to West Point, Ky., and Brandenburs, Ky., with Rip Van Winkle...
...varsity heavyweight crew meets Yale Saturday on the Thames in New London, Conn., in the 96th renewal of America's oldest intercollegiate event. The Crimson is a slight favorite in the four-mile downstream race. Freshman and junior varsity crews from both schools also compete in the afternoon...
...village down to the river. I heard many shots, and four men near me fell into the river. Then a Portuguese soldier stuck me many times in the back with the knife on his rifle. He kicked me into the river. I grabbed a branch and it carried me downstream. I crawled out and lay all the next day in the bush. Some friends found me and carried me here, where they are making me well...