Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995), Saturday 20 July 1957, page 1


2W Killed By

'Flash' Flood

M A NIL A, Frida y (A.A.P. - Reuter).-i The "flash'' flood which struck

| Pangasinan Province in | West Central Luzon at the

week-end is believed to have drowned 200. '

At least 250 are missing in the flood, which swept away whole villages in the municipality of Mabini, located on a peninsula in

the China Sea,

Rescue workers and army medical teams have rushed to the disaster area to try to beat a disease out

break.