FLOOD DESTROYS TOWN
FIVE THOUSAND HOMELESS. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) RIO DE JANIERO, January 12. The city of Diamantina was destroyed by floods. It is reported that more than 1000 houses were wrecked, the rivers rising six metres over a bank. Five thousand people are homeless and suffering from lack of food.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 January 1928, Page 7
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