Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1908 — TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE DROWN [ARTICLE]

TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE DROWN

Terrible Disaster Overtakes Hankow, a City in China, During the . Night Time. Disastrous floods have occurred at Hankow, in the Province of HuPeh, and it is stated that 2,000 persons have been drowned. • Seven hundred junks were sunk owrecked. The floods are said to have'been the result of an unexpected freshet Tne waters caught the people in the middle of the night Caught unexpectedly the victims were drowned as they lay in bed or, warned by the rushing waters, sought a means of escape. The junks were useless in tfie emergency, and many who had been rescued sank with them. The darkness served to lessen greatly the chance of escaping death.