FLOODS.
THOUSANDS DROWNED IN
INDIA.
Press Assocfation-By Telegraph-Copyright Sept. 30.
Although the Government warned the dwelleio on {-he banks of the 'Mussi to escape from tlie- flood, thousands were drowned, ehieflv women and children.
Elephants are being employed to drag bodies out of the sticky mud in order lo avoid a pestilence. A FEARFULL DEATH ROLL. Received 11.45 p.m.. October Ist. CALCUTTA. October 1. The Hyderabad Hood is worse than was first reported. One .Ktimaie mentions thai the death roll is 10,000.
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Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13714, 2 October 1908, Page 5
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82FLOODS. Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13714, 2 October 1908, Page 5
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