Bheraghat, Lower D.B. [Dak Bungalow] (completely submerged in the floods, though about 70ft above summer level of the Nerbudda). Photographer: Ramsden, Geoffrey Charles Freschville
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events View of bungalow with its roof tiles ripped off. Subjects = British colonial architecture; dak bungalows; disasters; European architecture in India; floods; Ramsden Collection; resthouses
[Prints 95-102 are views of the remains of the Great Indian Peninsula Railway bridge over the Narmada (Nerbudda) near Shahpura, just after the great floods of September 1926 which swept away the central piers and spans.] Photographer: Ramsden, Geoffrey Charles Freschville
On the Dassarman nala at Bhandra (one mugger dead (I shot it!) out of eight - a unique sight - which were lying side by side). Photographer: Ramsden, Geoffrey Charles Freschville