IMMENSE DAMAGE.
; Tremendous Loss of Life in Indian Floods. ! THOUSANDS OF REFUGEES. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received July 8, 9.45 a.mr) CALCUTTA, July 7. : Owing to the lack of communication i it has been impossible to assess until . now the immensity of the damage done ; > throughout Indian by the monsoonal floods, which have been responsible for ; tremendous loss of human and animal life and material damage to habitations and crops. In southern India families have been living on the roofs of their houses for the past ten days, while the railway embankments, always the highest ground level in India, shelter thousands of refugees.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume LXIV, Issue 809, 8 July 1933, Page 1
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