FLOODS IN CHINA
TEN THOUSAND DROWNED
(Received 30th July, 2.30 p.m.)
■ SHANGHAI, 29th July. Ten thousand natives were drowned £tid crop losses are conservatively estimated at five million dollars, caused through tho floods at Chang Chow-fu in the Pukien Province. Chang Chowfuiß situated in a valley in a mountainous district, and following sovoral weeks' rain the accumulated waters burst with terrific force and thundered down the mountain-side, inundating several villages. . % ,Mr. Eiley, o£ the "London Times," v still missing.
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Evening Post, Volume CIV, Issue 26, 30 July 1927, Page 11
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