SERIOUS INDIAN FLOODS.
[WORST FOR 20 YEARS. VAST AREA INUNDATED. VILLAGES OBLITERATED. DAMAGE ON RAILWAYS. DISLOCATION OF TRAFFIC. Bv Teleprnph—Press Association—Copyright. Australian and X Press Association. (Received October 23. 12.11 p.m.) DELIII. Oct. 21 Tin) floods are increasing. On the Madras coast, tliey are the worst experienced fur 20 years. The countryside is inundated for hundreds of miles. Villages and homesteads liavo been completely obliterated. It is feared that a heavy loss of cattle, has been incurred. Long stretches o? railway line, bridges and stations have been demolished. The bodies of two missing Europeans and the Indian driver have been recovered from tho engine which was derailed yesterday. The rainfall totalled I6in. during the week-end. • Rail and telegraphic traffic are dislocated.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20086, 25 October 1928, Page 13
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121SERIOUS INDIAN FLOODS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 20086, 25 October 1928, Page 13
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