Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1891 — ONE THOUSAND LIVES LOST. [ARTICLE]

ONE THOUSAND LIVES LOST.

A letter from Shanghai, received on the Sth, gives the details of terrible floods and famine which have prevailed recently in the interior districts of northern China, . The Governorsgeneral of Li-HingsChang reports that the people of Bechuan have Buffered terribly by floods, which destroyed temples, bridges and city walls in no lean than ten districts. In Wenohaun the loos f life will reach fully 1,000.