On Wednesday the floods showed signs of abatement, and railway
connexion with London was restored, but the dis- tress in Norwich and the surrounding districts remains acute, and the damage to property has been appalling. Many of the people rescued from flooded houses had been without food for thirty-six hours. The farmers have lost their harvest and the labourers their harvest money. The full extent* of the havoc done in outlying and isolated districts is not yet known, but the loss of life recorded so far is extra- ordinarily smalL This fortunate result has been due to the great courage and devotion shown by the police and volun- teers in the work of rescue, often carried on in conditions involving great risk. In short, everybody helped ; the relief of the homeless poor, improvised in the sudden emergency, is now being efficiently organized, and by Friday 10,000 had already been subscribed in answer to an appeal from the acting Lord Mayor.
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