APPALLING FLOOD
SOUTH INDIA DELUGED. SEVERE LOSSES OF LIFE AND PROPERTY. BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received July 25, 11.30 a.m. a ir a i UELHI, July 24. Appalling floods are occurring in Southern India on a scale hitherto unknown in any part of India, so far as the loss of human and animal life; and the destruction of public and private property are concerned. Large areas are under water to a depth of eight feet. Rivers hurst their banks, and are. flowing into one another. No proper e^^ ma te of the logs of life is yet obtainable, but the official figures of 110 are regarded as much • underrated. The damage to railways is enormous, and urn only be reached by the sea. The interruption to communications is causing loss and inconvenience throughout India.—Sydney Sun Cables.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 25 July 1924, Page 9
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