Note 22 — CRIMES OF THE HOUSE OF AUSTRIA AGAINST MANKIND. (continued 6)
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During the terrible inundation which took place on the breaking up of the ice in the Danube, in 1838, it is said that Wesselényi saved the lives of not less than two hundred persons. He remained on the river for several days and nights, in an open boat, in continual danger from the masses of ice which were floating down the river.