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20,000 People Drowned By Floods

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Day
7
Month
October
Year
1897
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Public Domain
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News has been recelved by way oí Taeoma, Wash., oí the most disastrous iloods that have vislted China for raany years. Sixty villages near Tung Chou eontaining over 80,000 inhabitants, have . been destroyed. There is no means of finding out hovv many thousands have been drowned, but the number is estimated by Chinese authorities at 15,000 to 20,000. Tht} flooded district is within ' 13 TnUou ut Pekin, the capital p,f phiqa, survivors. from the villáges nearest Pekin have been allowed such shelter as they can. find in the city walls, but thousands are without protection against t-h,e rain, which continúes to fali, The unusual rains beffan July 23.

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Ann Arbor Register