Kashing, Aug. 16
On August 15, about 8 pam, the typhoon struck Sheng-tse (locally pronounced Dzang-dah) a market town just across the border in ings. A large tea-house was wrecked and) many killed and wounded in the swept area, Forty corpses were recovered, several scores sent to hospitals. "The man in the street says "the dragon flapped hig tail and struck the earth at this unlucky spot." Those survivors nearest said the storm came down like 2 twisting broom and carried many things off entirely.
The Grand Canal rose six inches in a few hours.
The farmers are rejoicing over the refreshing rain, everything in the fields looks improved. Numerous schools are bidding for students. Contracts are out for several news style concrete bridges.
The silver dollar changes for 270 coppers. Rosy-cheeked apples are on the market, Cholera cases fewer each day.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.