The typhoon, the outside edge of which we have been experiencing during the Inst few days, has been one of unusual violence and spread over a wide area. Locally there has been but little damage, though the N.E. winds have caused unusually high tides in the river. On Tuesday morning the whole of the Recreation Ground inside the race course was a lake, many roads in_ both Settlements were flooded, and the Bund foreshore was slightly damaged. A number of "expresses" have been issued notifying delay in the arrival of steamers and the stoppage of cable communicatic The Combined Telegraph Companies notified that cable communication with Chefoo had been interrupted since Tursday} morning, necessitating the forwarding of telegrams to that lace and beyond vid Chinese land lines.
e German cable communication with Tsingtao was also interrupted, and mesa; to that place and beyond could not accepted, except to be forwarded by the Chinese land lines.
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