CHOLERA FOLLOWS FLOODS IN SIND
THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. Received Friday, 7 p.m. DELHI, Aug. 16. Thousands of panic-stricken refugees are fleeing from middle and upper Sind, where the ravages ' of cholera are following floods, taking heavy toll of life. Over 11,000 people have taken refuge at Karachi alone. There is hardly a town or village in Sind not stricken with the disease. It is feared there has been great loss of life in the forest areas, owing to the floods, where only the tops of the trees are showing and where rescue is impossible. Hundreds of villagers are marooned on tree-tops in Gampat, the capital of Khairpur State. The floods rose neck-high as a result of the Indus breaking its banks and the city has been evacuated.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6991, 17 August 1929, Page 5
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