FLOODS IN INDIA.
LITTLE LOSS OF LIFE. er GABLB—PBEBS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received July 28. 10.40 a.m - . . DELHI, July‘27. Information . now reaching .Madras indicates the gravity of the floods which have caused widespread devastation in India. Though, the loss of life so far reported is small, the loss of property, cattle and crops is very heavy, but particulars are meagre, owing to the breakdown in communications.” For instance, the (railway communication to Mai ah a lias been .cut off since July 17. Cochin China is isolated, and it is reported that half the State is ‘submerged. Calicut, where twelve lives were lost, experienced a night of terror, a sudden of the water imprisoning the peopig in their houses. They were (rescued in boats. Over 1061) houses collapsed, and the thousands of homeless have been swelled by refugees. The damage exceeds fifty lakhs of rupees. The railway lie tween Calient and Olavakode is breached in seventeen places. At C-anverv the waters have risen thirty-four and a half feet, and they are' also rising rapidly in Mysore State overtopping the famous EkrishnaHajasagara dam. —Reuter.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 July 1924, Page 7
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180FLOODS IN INDIA. Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 28 July 1924, Page 7
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