Round-Up | 1896-05-29 | Page 2 | Disastrous Famines

disastrous the most disastrous famine w which L I 1 C h has occurred in modern times was that which prevailed in northern china in 1877 8 it was so severe that of the inhabitants perished the surn suin of wae collected and forwarded to china for the relief of the distress caused by it the famine in india in 1878 caused the death of people in the madras district and people in the oude district the potato famine in ireland in 1846 7 was responsible I 1 tor for over deaths death 3 tn in northwest india during the famines families of 1837 8 over persons perished a iv while lle lu in derigau al and oriana in isia 0 deaths ensued two years 0 after afterwards bards in over perished from hunger bunger