SERIOUS FLOODS IN BENGAL
Press Assn.-
500,000 PEOPLE ISOLATEB
By Telegravh
-Cavyrighi
Reeeived Tuesday, 10.80 a.ip. CALCtTTTA; July 15. It is officially stated that the authorities have sent R.A.F. Dakotas to drop supplies for soipe of the 500,000 people in eastern Bengal, who ai?e cut oft by flipods. » The Commissioner for Civil Relief, Sir Cyijl Gprter, described the floods as unprecedented, and said there was no information that they were subsiding.
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Chronicle (Levin), 16 July 1946, Page 5
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