News of the Week
THE disastrous 1166ds. in London which occurred in the early hours of last Saturday have - caused Londoners to look upon the Thames with new eyes. It is now known that in certain circumstances, which are rare but always possible, the river is a menace to life and property ; and there is 'a general consciousness, which is the chief practical result of the disaster, that the unified control of the river, from the point of view of physical 4anger to London, "has not yet been thought out, but must be thought _ out as. .soon as possible. We have Written upon the whole subject in our first leading article', and here we' shall only make a summary of the main facts: The 'extraordinary tide of last Saturday . , Was caused by a Wind, of most unusual force which Coincided with a -spring tide' and the descent upon• London of a vast amount of water from the Thames Valle': The river walls at place where they were never &signed to contain such a mass of water gave way. That happened at 14illbany; at the south-We4 'corner of Landieth Bridge, at Ra,mmersinith, and to a minor degree in other places. * * * * _
