FLOODS IN AFRICA.
HUNDREDS OF NATIVES LOST. {United Press Association—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 12.45 p.m.) CAPETOWN, February 17. It is estimated that 200 Q Mazambique natives have been drowned through the Incomati and Umbezuli rivers bursting their banks after a five days’ deluge/ which isolated Lourencomarques. The damage is estimated at £1,000,000. Radio messages from aeroplanes give no details of the disaster.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 109, 18 February 1937, Page 5
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