A STRICKEN CITY.
PLAGUE, FIRE AND FLOOD. POSITION AT HANKOW. A DAMAGED AIR LINER. United Press Assn,—Elec. Tel. CopyrtgbL (Received Aug 14, 9.30 a.in.) SHANGHAI. Aug. 13. A Are Is sweeping sections of Hankow unchecked, the Inundated street* preventing means of combating It. The plaguo Is spreading. Huge quantities of lime which are required for medical purposes are detained through the action of pickets connected with the antl-Japanese boycott at Shanghai, owing to the lime being of Japanese origin. Hundreds of thousands of homeless people are sheltering on the dyke topa and embankments, and perched on tree-tops, and clinging to their scattered possessions, awaiting the subsidence of the floods, which is unlikely for weeks. The aeroplane carrying the mail from Shanghai, on arrival at Hankow, nose-dived and broke Its propellor when seeking the landing stage. Th* crew and passengers were rescued.
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Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18407, 14 August 1931, Page 7
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141A STRICKEN CITY. Waikato Times, Volume 110, Issue 18407, 14 August 1931, Page 7
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