FIRES FOLLOW FLOODS
HOLOCAUST IN CANTON.
10,000 CHINESE PERISH By Telegraph—Press Association j STDNtX, A»« k , Officers cf the steamer Empbt"^,. I was recently at Hongkong, , j ,ilc floods in the w south &3* . j were followed by fires. ; j estimated that 10.000 people'j, J i i Pushed by fire alone, the number iS ■ 1 j J >'S 1000 soldiers engaged in wewTjL ,|No te than 2500 snops dertrcv# , Robbers attacked the staging - j shooting them down like animal, *2 j they found they were destitute. '
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15998, 17 August 1915, Page 6
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86FIRES FOLLOW FLOODS New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15998, 17 August 1915, Page 6
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