Stories of Rescue.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXIII, Issue 12583, 2 October 1908, Page 5

Stories of Rescue.

CALCUTTA, October 1. Many heroic rescues are reported from Hyderabad,

The nurses of the Victoria zenana hospital saved the patients by carrying 'hem to the roofs, which the floods almost covered. British officials in boats rescued many who 1 had climbed to the tops «. f trees i»nd to the tops of the temples. The flood subsided very quickly, and the River Mussi, from a rushing torrent 60 feet deep, became a trickling stream in two days. The starving and destitute victims of 'the flood are looting the- grain and liquor shops in the devastated area.

The Catholic priests showed extreme heroism, arid their coolness immensely encouraged the panic-stricken natives.