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Show FLOODS CONTINUE IN THE-ORIENT Victoria. B. C, Sept. 20 The steamer Sade Maru has brought news ot further disastious floods in lapnn, Affecting the southern portions, during dur-ing the early part of September. Several Sev-eral large cities, Including Kobe, Osaka Osa-ka and Hiroshima, were inundated, while largo areas were flooded and several thousand were made homeless. home-less. The loss of life was small compared com-pared with the recent floods in central cen-tral Japan. The total death list did not exceed 100. Severe storms with loss oi twenty-three twenty-three lives and much damage to property prop-erty were also reported from Formosa. For-mosa. Heavy losses of life and property resulted from floods In south China, noithwest of Canton, where the liver overflowed Inundating ten villages and small towns. Several hundred perished and the crops were destroyed. destroy-ed. Famine probably will result. |