In an ordinary year, of which, strange to say, Manchoukuo seems to have very few, such large scale disasters would have occupied a cou siderable portion of the newspapers. This year was estimated to have 101 per cent. of the crops of an average year—last year of course, was below average. Curiously though the comparatively light rainfall in July, which month meteorological statistics indicate has the heaviest rainfall of the year, had brought gloomy forebodings of drought in the south, the heavy showers early in the summer had given the crops an unusually favourable start, Then the belated showers came with a rush. A message from Antung reported 150 killed or injured. A policeman from an outlying district brought word of a landslide after which 50 dead and many more missing were recorded. From another centre came the news that over 400 houses were completely destroyed, 100 inhabitants were dead and several hundreds severely injured. Many4 bridges were damaged or destroyed Rescue parties and repair gangs worked over-time.
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