SERIOUS FLOODS.
[By Electhic Telegeaph.—Copybioht 1 (Peb Press Association.) Rome, October 21-. (Received October 25, at 11.15 a.m.) The floods in Sardinia continue, and five villages m the vicinity of Sanapereti are submerged Several hundred people have been tVltlt^si th°USandS «.*** aQd caM°
San Francisco, September 24. (Received October 25, at 11.15 a.m) Advices from China state that the river .Uoang-ho has broken its banks and 50 000 people were drowned. It is feared that'the ftl Wl" a famiue' and that luite 1,000,000 will die of starvation.
(Special to Pkess Association.) Rome, October 21. (Received October 25, at 11.15 a.m.) Six thousand people have been rendered homeless by the Sardinian flood. Survivors describe the shrieks of the victims as something terrible. Large tracts of fertile country have been converted into lakes. ■
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 9568, 26 October 1892, Page 2
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