DISASTROUS MONSOON.
GREAT HAVOC IN INDIA. FERRY BOAT FOUNDERS. MANY NATIVES DROWNED. WIDE AREAS UNDER WATER., By Telegraph—Presa Association —Copyright. (Received 7.5 p.m.) A. and N.Z. DELHI, Aug. 28. It is feared that nearly 100 lives have been lost as the result of a ferry boat disaster on the Hooghly River, the most westerly o): the mouths of the Ganges. The craft capsized after having been buffeted by wind and waves. She finally broke in two halves.
The' passengers and some cattle aboard were carried away by the force of current. A few imrvivors reached the shore
""Alt those drowned were Indian peasants.
finormous damage has been done by the monsoon and by floods in large areas of India and Burma. Crops have been rained and many lives have been lost. The damage to property is extensive. Breaches have been made in the railway in the Teetsa Valley. It is impossible to move heavy consignments of tea. There is a prospect of serious losses in the Pegu district, Burma, whore 200,000 acres of land are under water. These are mainly sown in rice.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19419, 30 August 1926, Page 9
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