Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 September 1912 — Sea Takes Toll of English Land. [ARTICLE]

Sea Takes Toll of English Land.

With a noise like the booming of heavy guns, hundreds of thousands of tons of cliff fell Into the sea between Dover and Folkestone (England) recently. The fall, which occurred at Abbots Cliff, was the most extensive which has taken place on that part of the coast for many years. An examination showed the chalk extending like a causeway some 400 yards to the sea. It was about 200 yards wide, and at some places 30 feet deep. The displacement of water caused by this immense mass entering the sea set up conditions similar to a tidal wave at Folkestone. The water rose several feet, colliers broke their cables and got adrift, and flshing-emacka danced like corks. The noise of the approaching wave was heard a mile away.