Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 May 1902 — TORNADO KILLS 400 IN INDIA. [ARTICLE]

TORNADO KILLS 400 IN INDIA.

Ancient and Famous City of Dacca la Storm-Swept. A tornado has devastated the city of Dacca (India) and adjoining towns. Four hundred and sixteen persons were killed. Crops were ruiued throughout the district. Dacca, a city in Bengal, has a famous place in the history of British India. It Is 150 miles northeast of Calcutta. In the seventeenth century it was the capital of Bengal. In 1800 it had a population of 200,000 aqd was noted for its fine tnuslins, which were known as ‘‘woven wind.” Growing imports of Manchester cottons ruined its Industrie*, however, and by 1891 the population had dwindled to 82,000.