FLOODS IN BURMA.
RIVER BREAKS BANKS.
LARGE AREAS INUNDATED.
50,000 PEOPLE SUFFERING
Australian end N.Z. Cable Assn.
(Received Aunrust 10, 12.30 a.m.) DELHI, August 9.
Great floods are reported in the Basseih district (Burma). Owing to a breach iri the river embankment wide stretches of country arc under water, houses were engulfed, and 50,000 people arc taking refuge in the hills. They' arc short of food. Extensive relief measures have been organised.
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Waikato Times, Volume 98, Issue 15310, 10 August 1923, Page 5
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