HANKOW FLOODS
A REPETITION FEARED APPEAij FOR ASSISTANCE. SHANGHAI, June 12. (Received June 12, at 9.30 p.m.) Fear is freely expressed at Hankow of the possibility of a repetition of the Yangtze floods of 1931. The river reached 39 feet above the usual low water mark on Friday, which is six inches above the 1931. level on the same date. Governor Hupeh, in a telegram to the Nanking authorities, states that the river is within five feet of the top of the bund, and appeals for assistance and precautionary measures. It is believed that unless the heavy rain ceases the* dykes built by famine relief last year will be subjected to a very considerable test.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21978, 13 June 1933, Page 9
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