PANIC TAKES CHARGE.
200 Pilgrims Drowned At
Religious Fair.
HOOOHLY RIVER DISASTER.
(United Service.) (Received 1 p.m.)
DELHI, January 22.
During a big religious fair at Saugor at the mouth of the Hooghly River (Bengal) 200 lives were lost ' when a boat load of 700 pilgrims capsized in a rough sea, while crossing the river mouth, owing to the pilgrims becoming panic stricken and crossing from one side of the boat to another.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 19, 23 January 1929, Page 7
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