FLOODS IN INDIA
i ■ ■ ■-is' HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE. JUNGLE DWELLERS DROWNED.
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(Received June 24, 7.30 p.m.) CALCUTTA, June 23. Many lives were lost and thousands of people are homeless, ias the result of widespread floods in eastern Bengal and Assam, due to several days: of ineessant and torrential rain. Railway line® and bridges were destroyed and agricultural land was inundated. A downpour in the Himalavan foothills of unprecedented severity is taking a heavy toll of jungle life, and carcases of elephants, tigers, and leopards have been observed in the Bramaputra river.
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Marlborough Express, Volume LXVIII, Issue 148, 25 June 1934, Page 5
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98FLOODS IN INDIA Marlborough Express, Volume LXVIII, Issue 148, 25 June 1934, Page 5
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