YANGTSE FLOODS
ELABORATE PREPARATIONS. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright.] (Received this day at 10.15 a.m.) SHANGHAI, September 2. Hopes are being he'd out of a return of the Yahgtse river to .the normal level in three weeks. Firifis whose buildings have not collapsed are endeavouring to resume on the upper floors. * . .. . . , It is estimated that ten days pumping will be necessay .to drain the business district of Hankow. Elaborate preparations are in process to combat, epidemics. Thousands of corpses and carcases will be exposed as the water subsides.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1931, Page 6
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88YANGTSE FLOODS Hokitika Guardian, 3 September 1931, Page 6
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