FLOOD DISASTER
damage in china PEOPLE HOMELESS AND HUNGRY. V lUuitvsd Press Association— By Electrio Telegraph—Copyright) SHANGHAI, August 24. On account of the flood in the Yellow River, all of the 'available Government troops are engaged in strengthening the dyke walls. ' A Sianfu telegram reports that thirty-four districts hi Kwangshuii Province are completely flooded. There are thousands homeless- and starving. Relief work is difficult, owing to the scattered nature and the inaccessibility of the affected areas, but aeroplanes 'are being used te drop food, and to carry out surveys. It is reported that inestimable damage has . been done in the Western Sh'nsi. Thousands there are sheltering in tree tops, and oil 1 the roofs of floating houses.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 August 1933, Page 5
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