HANKOW FLOODS.
DANGER OF EPIDEMICS. frsrrzD press association—ev electric telegraph—oopmught.) SHANGHAI, September 2. Hopes are being held out of a return of the Yangtze river to its normal level in three weeks. ' Firms whoso buildings havo not collapsed are endeavoring to resume on the upper floors. It is estimated that 10 days' pumping wll be necessary to drain the business district of Hankow. _ ~ Elaborate preparations are in pro eress to combat epidemics. Thousands of corpses and carcases are being exposed as the water subsides.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20333, 4 September 1931, Page 11
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