Chinese Disaster
TRAGIC HANKOW SITUATION TERRIBLE DEVELOPMENTS fßy Telegraph—Press Aseociation—Copyright.] SHANGHAI, Aug. 20. Slow death is engulfing the entire Hankow district. The water is continuing to create now high level records, and it is estimated that 30,000,000 inhabitants arc affected. The damage is beyond computationThe remaining dykes are crumbling rapidly, and the most solid buildings are collapsing. Lack, of drinking water and food is spreading disease, and the absence of lighting at night is creating a situa tion unparalleled in China’s disasters The stench of dead human beings and animals is adding to the horror.
A British naval dispatch reports the possibility of gunboats negotiating streets in the event of it being necessary to prevent the looting of British property.
A five-storey Chinese hotel, containing hundreds of refugees, collapsed, and is sagging across high tension wires, heightening the dangers.
Almost the entire autumn crops in the Yangtse Valley are' ruined, and an un prcccdcntcd famine is ahead.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 197, 21 August 1931, Page 7
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157Chinese Disaster Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 197, 21 August 1931, Page 7
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