FLOOD DISASTERS. DELHT, Auk. 28. It is feared that nearly one hundred lives have been lost as the result of a ferry boat disaster at the mouth of the River Hooghly. The vessel capsized after 'a buffeting by wind and waves. The vessel finally broke in two. Her passengers and a cargo of cattle were carried away bv the force of the current. Only a few usrvivors reached the Nbakhali coast. All the casualties are Indian peasants. Enormous damage has been done by the monsoon and there are floods over areas of India and Burma, ruining the crops 'and taking toll of life and property. Railway breaches in the Teesta Valley continue, and it is impossible to move heavy consignments of tea; There is a prospect of serious losses in the Pegu District of Burma where two hundred thousand acres are under water, mainly rice lands.
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Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1926, Page 2
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146Page 2 Advertisements Column 3 Hokitika Guardian, 30 August 1926, Page 2
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