Passengers on river boats, sinking the trip to Yangtze ports during the past weeks, report condition of flood, throughout " the Lenkow the floods have gone above fect, which means that certain sections ave ten feet under water.
flood level at Kiukiang is region beyond: Nanking, getting ordinarily 42 fect and in view of worse between Hankow and upper this and marks made by the waters regions, the equivalent of which von buildings in that port, it is not been witnessed in the last to state that the floods have 50 years, and as can be seen by the reached the height of about 52 feet rhetographs necompanying this, there. Between Hankow and the taken by Mr. Kobza, of the Kobza|urper river regions an area as Studio, who made the trip, many|lurge as the whole of France villages and islands are completely under water, according the vader water, According to Mr. Kobsa, the Chinese encountered during this over journey ascribe the heavy foods to the melting of snows in the upper levels of the Himalayas captains of river boats who make this trip and the dangers from rapids and receding waters in the viver itself are considerable. It is impossible to form any estimate, also, of the amount of loss entailed Photo by Kebse.
A srmeer 1 Tie sovane TE etenalve Floods on the Upper Ya where the Yangtze has its source. in drowned cattle and stock, and So intense has been the he they in flooded fields where crops' were fay, that' mountain—regions gen-under cultivation. archy retaining their snows A curious feature of the flood in Urroughout the summer have melted the vicinity' in question ig that while this yetr and" gen: the furious Riuklang and the surrounding waters rushing down to join the Yangtze. As there has been country almost up to the hills of Kuling are under water, Kuling xuinfall sufficient to account for the itself has had on abnormally dry ficod the theory seems a sound one yiner, the only rainfall to any and in the present state of the Yang-being registered in the siver, though less dangerous to ning of the Shanghai typhoon, xuvigation than will be the ease according to Mr. Kobza who spent when the floods begin to recede and cine time in Kuling. To reach alyer boats run the risk of getting Kuling from Kiukiang at the precuteide their channels, the diffiealkent time it is necessary to go for ties encountered at the present time a long distance by boat through fare numerous.
Ktukiang to the garage which was formerly situated near the landing Enormous Loss Estimated place of the river boat, but which ig now removed a long distance High water marks recorded away owing to the floods. Boats are throughout the ports of the Yang-the only possible method of tr tue show the extent to which the portation through many of the m: enuntryside is under water.
At streets of Kiukiang. by Kobea.
A stneteH oF FLOODED COUNTRY oN TmE YANoTZE Anove WoRv
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