DISASTER IN CANTON.
THROUGH FLOOD AND FIRE. THOUSANDS OF CHINESE PERISH United Pekbb Association. (Kecfjived 8.5 a.m.) Sydney, August 7. Chinese files report a disastrous flood at Canton. 'When the flood was at its height, a fire broke out and destroyed hundreds of shops. The inhabitants having been driven to the Lop stories, were unable to es-
cape. Thousands perished and ten thousand are destitute.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 84, 7 August 1915, Page 3
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65DISASTER IN CANTON. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 84, 7 August 1915, Page 3
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