A SERIOUS FLOOD
AN INDIAN VISITATION.
TREMENDOUS LOSS OF LIFE.
DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY. (Per Press Association—Copyright.)(“Sun” Cable.) (Received July 25, 11.30 a.m.) DELHI, July 24. Appalling floods are occurring in Southern India on a scale hitherto unknown in any part of India so far as the loss of human and animal life and destruction of public and private property is concerned. Large areas are under water to a depth of eight feet. Rivers have burst their banks, and are flowing into one another. No proper estimate as to the loss of life is yet obtainable, but official figures are regarded as much under-rated. The damage to railways is enormous. Ceylon can only be reached by sea. The interruption to communications is causing loss and inconvenience throughout India.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume XLV, Issue 10168, 25 July 1924, Page 5
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