MANY HOMELESS
ON ACCOUNT OF FLOODS IN INDIA VILLAGERS RESCUED IN BOATS. MANY REFUGEES ON GRAND TRUNK ROAD. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 12.40 p.m.) LONDON, August 16. Hundreds of people have been rendered homeless by the flooding of the River Jumna, which has destroyed villages, pastures and crops. The river is still rising. Villagers, accompanied by sheep and goats, are being rescued from their homes in boats. Groups of refugees, with their belongings, line the Grand Trunk Road, awaiting Government evacuation.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 17 August 1942, Page 4
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