RIVER OVERFLOWS
GREAT DESTRUCTION IN MANCHURIA. HEAVY LOSS OP LIFE. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—BI SUSCTBIC TKLBOBAFH— COPYHIGHT.) (Received August 9th, 9.10 p.m.) TOKYO, August 9. An unprecedented rising of the Sungari river is causing immense damage at Harbin and neighbouring villages. "The damage to railways, buildings, and rrcjxs is already estimated nt 8,000,000 yen. It is believed that thousands of people have been drowned. Communications are disrupted. [The population of Harbin on the river Sungari in Central Manchuria is 200,000. The city is an important trading centre and railway junction.]
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20621, 10 August 1932, Page 11
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89RIVER OVERFLOWS Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20621, 10 August 1932, Page 11
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