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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Jul 02, 1959

Page

2

Flood Sweeps Colombian Town Killing Many

A flash flood devastates Juantas in Tolima after a wall of water at 2.30 a.m. sweeps the hamlet. About 150 people are said to be carried away. authorities fear over 100 dead as police station and 35 houses are destroyed. Red Cross and aid groups restore medical support.

Juantas Bogota Villa Restrepe Tolima Combeima Red Cross National Rehabilitation Organisation

Food Abundance Noted In Panama's Tropical Harvest

Panama hosts plentiful breadfruit trees yielding large edible fruit used boiled baked or fried and the breadfruit origin from the Malay Archipelago. Cashew trees produce a pear shaped cashew apple with a potent toxin in the nut liquid used as insecticide. Coconuts bananas mangoes and dates crown the wild fruit belt while shrimp deer wild pigs ducks geese and large rabbits supplement wildlife and exports. April and May mark peak rabbit flesh season.

Panama Malay Archipelago New World William Bligh The Bounty Britannica Atlantic Pacific North South America

Nourins Australa beat Northumberland in county bowling

The Nourins Austral a defeated Northumberland County Bowling Association in Newcastle in a match delayed from Carlisle due to rain. The Cumberland affair on Monday was also affected by weather.

London Nourins Australa Northumberland County Bowling Association Newcastle Cumfierland Carlisle

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