FLOODS IN AFRICA
SOUTH-EAST COASTAL DISTRICT. Press , Association—By Telegraph—Copyright Router's Telegrams. \ DURBAN, February 17. Torrent ; al rams have fallen' in the Transvaal. Natal, and Mozambique. Many washaways and collapses of bridges have been reported, Ilio Raifvray Department is advised that 300 persons have been, drowned in Mnzutie (Zululand). A later message states th.it the Umfolosi sugar district, in Zululand, was t!>e scene of a disaster. Following a great storm, the river swept over a village, inundated a large sugar area, and wrecked a splendid railway bridg?. Sixtv-three of 300 Europeans in the valley are missing, and others have taken refuge on the root of the sugar mill. It is feared that th? loss of Indian and native lives is heavy. Railway and telegraphic communication is interrupted. Februarv 18. (Received February 19, at 8.50 a.m.) At Umfolosi the Hood swept away the railway station, a hotel, and 100 Indian and native cottaees.
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Evening Star, Issue 16662, 19 February 1918, Page 6
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151FLOODS IN AFRICA Evening Star, Issue 16662, 19 February 1918, Page 6
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