TRAIN IN RIVER
200 CHINESE CADETS DROWNED.
DUE TO COLLAPSE OF BRIDGE.
United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph— Copyright.)
SHANGHAI, August' 21
Nearly two hundred military cadets were injured, some of them fatally, when a special train cawying 'five hundred cadets fell into a river near Naneliang as the result of the collapse of a bridge after heavy rains and floods.
Although the flood conditions in the Yellow River basin are gradually showing an improvement, the position is still serious. There ha s already been considerable loss of life. The huge dyke walls are proving sufficiently strong to withstand the torrents. v-M-h came wiU'in a few inches of last year’s v ecord.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1933, Page 5
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