1959 Press Photo Cloud bursts and 30 hours of rain caused a catastrophy

Flo~~~ine in Austria : Cloud bursts and 30 hours of rain caused a catastrophy in South - East Bavaria and Austria, even worse than the flooding in 1954. In the county Salzburg/Austria, the flooding are most terrible. Here the Salzach River was as high as it had not been since 1920. The water of the Salzach ~~tore away one post of a autobahn-bridge. Consequently, the bridge collapsed. with this, the connection between Salzburg and Vienna is interrupted. So far, the damage is said to be about 35, millions Austrian Shillings.

Photo measures 6 x 8 inches.

Photo is dated 08-08-1959.



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