DISASTER AT HANKOW
THOUSAND. DYING EACH DAY FLOOD AND DISEASE SPREADING. •SHANSI TROOPS DESERTING. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Shanghai, Aug. 23. Fearing starvation, Sliifnsi troops are deserting to join the Reds, thus increaping the menace to Hankow, where there are deaths numbering 1000 daily. The bodies cannot be buried, and are floating away and spreading disease, which has broken out in the refugee concentration camps. Aerial surveys revealed that 57,000 square- miles are submerged by the deluge. '• :•
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Taranaki Daily News, 25 August 1931, Page 11
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