ARABIA.
(From the Bombay Times, Feb. 12. _. Inundation at Mecca. — An inundation is said to have taken place at Mecca and its viciniity on the 11th December last, when 500. houses were washed away, and the loss of life and property was very great. The library ot ancient manuscripts in the temple, the value of which was £20,000, was almost entirely destroyed.
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Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1712, 1 April 1862, Page 6
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62ARABIA. Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1712, 1 April 1862, Page 6
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