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Gazette Of The United States, & Daily Advertiser
Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
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Reports from Canton describe severe flooding in China due to heavy rains, with the Hoangho River overflowing, destroying villages and inundating plains. Survivors fled to hills; boats collect wreckage on submerged farmlands.
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INUNDATION IN CHINA.
The late overland dispatch brought recent accounts from Canton, stating that an uncommon succession of rain had laid entire districts in China under water. The great river Hoangho had been swollen to such excess, as totally to wash from its banks many of the villages which adorned them, and inundate all the adjacent country. Such of the inhabitants as escaped this awful visitation, had fled with the remains of their property to the hills.
The beautiful and level plains, which lately exhibited all the rich variety of cultivation, were at the date of these accounts, covered with boats employed in collecting the wreck of the country floating on the waters.
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China
Event Date
Recent Accounts From Canton
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villages washed away; inhabitants fled to hills with remaining property; plains inundated and covered with boats collecting wreckage
Event Details
Uncommon succession of rain caused flooding in districts around the Hoangho River, washing away villages and inundating adjacent country. Survivors escaped to hills. Fertile plains now submerged, with boats retrieving floating debris.