Wenchow, Sept. 9.
Two memb¢ of the English Methodist Mission have made a journey up the Wenchow river to investigate the ravages of the flood caused by the typhoon of August Their report is one of utter horror ud fully confirms the report of the unprecedented rise of the waters between this city and the I of Tsingdio, " distance of 120 li.
They first visited a place called Chuhdjiaediu, situated on a large plain and found s church which had only been built last year, raged to the; ground. The depth of the water on this plain had been twelve feet. Whilst the people had suffered much by destruction of their belongings, they had fortunately escaped with little loss of life.
Proceeding to Konoe, where there used to be a hamlet of 130 houses, the visitors found one damaged' house standing, all the others having been swept away and 140 people drowned.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.