The heavy rains up-country, as well ay in Foochow, the last few days of June caused a Hood in the Min river—the greatest it is said for half a century. Boats, loosened from their moorings, and the wreckage of houses drifted down the river breaking in several places the Bridge of Ten Thousand Ages" across the main stream and the shorter structure that connects Dongjin island with Nan-tai, spoken of above. Undoubtedly several hundred persons have been drowned and there has been a large destruction of property. Several thousand dollars were immediately raised for those in distress. For several days all business was at a standstill. There was considerable loss of life at other places up and down the river, near the mouth of which three bodies were seen floating in the stream.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.