THE SIND FLOODS
THOUSANDS HOMELESS. ENORMOUS MMAtIE'. (United Press Association—bv Blecsne l«i«gr<»pi Oopyngnt-j DELHI.. July 30. The floods in the upper Sind during last week have caused a. serious position . Over 100 villages have ceen washed away, and hundreds of others are threatened. The swollen river Indus burst its banks for a distance of two miles, and inundated over 150 miles of countryside, destroying crops and cattle, and rendering thousands of villagers homeless and desolate. The damage is estimated at nearly £l,000.000.
The stricken people are fleeing with their scanty belongings in rafts and boats. They arrive at places where they are seeking safety only to find that these are also in danger of being engulfed. Sixty thousand inhabitants of Shikarpur evacuated the city, which is now submerged to a depth of six feet by floods from two directions.
Gangs of brigands driven front their jungle retreats by the inundation are terrorising the refugees.
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 31 July 1930, Page 5
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154THE SIND FLOODS Hawera Star, Volume L, 31 July 1930, Page 5
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