SLIDING INTO RIVER.
an iMDUN'Crry* MOSQUES. AND HOMES VANiSHINC. "RAPID EROSION." ' (By Tolejraph.—Preen Association.—Ooojrlsht.l (Rec. Angust' 19,11.55 pjn.) , > London, August 19. Owing to rapid erosion, Dera Ghazi Khan, a town of about 28,000 inhabitants, ucar tho right bank of tho Indus, is slipping ink the river to the extent of 50ft, to 100ftdaily. ' Mosques, hovels, and mansions are alike disappearing in the common convulsion.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 591, 20 August 1909, Page 5
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