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Show ooooooooooooooo O FLOODS OF CHINA O ARE APPALLING O o a O Tokio, Aug. 12. The devast- O O ation wrought (hroughout many o O districts by the recent floods O O is appalling Whole villages O O and towns have been washed O O away and many lives have O O been lost. In the lower sec- O O ttons of Tokio alone 30.000 o O houses are submerged. Com- O O tnunlcation by the railroads O O throughout tho flooded area O has been interrupted. ,0 O There Is much suffering and O in many places the inhabitants C O are destitute and threatened C O .with stanatlon. The monetary C O loss amounts .to .millions or C O dollars. C O ooooooooooooooo |