Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1901 — Details of Floods in Orient. [ARTICLE]

Details of Floods in Orient.

Oriental advices received at Tacoma, Wash., give further details of terrible floods In the Yang-tse Kiang valley during July. It is estimated that not less than 20,000 people were drowned in tne provinces of Kiangsi, Hupeh, Hunan, and Anhui, while tens of thousands have been rendered homeless. The provinces of Kiangsi and Hunan suffered most severely, fully 15,000 persons having perished in Kiangsi alone. Rain fell continuously for forty days.