FLOODS IN INDIA.
THOUSANDS DROWNED. Calcutta, September Although the Government had warned the dwellers 011 the banks of the Musi to escape from the floods, thousands were drowned, mostly wonien and ch'ldren. After the waters had subsided, elephants were employed to dra» the bodies out of the sticky mud in°order to prevent a pestilence arising from the putrefaction. 1 THE DEATH ROLL. Received 7. 11.4 sp.m. Calcutta, October 1. Tli!' Ifaiderahad llood was worse at first reported. One estimate mentions the death roll to be 10,000.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 239, 2 October 1908, Page 3
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86FLOODS IN INDIA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 239, 2 October 1908, Page 3
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