HEVY RAINS IN INDIA
FALL ON 15 DAYS IN HIMALAYAS. ASSAM CUT OFF FROM REST. By Telegraph—Press Assn. —Copyright. Calcutta, June 26. Assam is cut off from the rest of India by floods, which have broken bridges and swollen rivers. It is officially stated that 100 people are missing. Immense damage has been done, and all telegraphic and railway communications are, suspended. It is reported that a big river steamer sank near Dhubri and heavy loss of life is feared. People are living in trees and on the housetops, and thousands of starving refugees are flocking into the towns. The floods are the severest in living memory, due to 15 days’ uninterrupted monsoon rainfall in the Himalayan foothills. I =====
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Taranaki Daily News, 28 June 1934, Page 11
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