DISASTROUS FLOODS
IN NOR-WEST INDIA
ICO VILLAGES WASHED AWAY
[United Press Association.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] DEIaHI, July 30. The floods in the Upper Sind during last week have caused a. serious position. Over one hundred villages have been washed away, and hundreds oi others are threatened. The swollen river, Indus, has burst its .banks for a distance of two miles, and has inundated over one hundred and fifty miles of the countryside, destroying crops and cattle; and rendering thousands of villagers homeless and desolate. The damage is estimated at nearly a million sterling. The stricken people 7 are fleeing with scanty belongings, in rafts and boats. They arrive at places where they are seeking safety only to find that these are also in danger of being engulfed. Sixty thousand inhabitants of Shik* arpur exacuated that city, which is now submerged to a depth of six feet by floods from two directions, r Gangs of brigands, driven from their jungle retreats by the inundation, are terrorising the refugees.
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Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1930, Page 5
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166DISASTROUS FLOODS Hokitika Guardian, 31 July 1930, Page 5
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