With all the elements of a storm brewing, there is little wonder that, rumours should get about; but, so far all is quiet in the city, and it with some surprise that when Jwe opened our Hankow paper this morning we read the headline "Trouble in Wuchang." The article in question described how, yesterday, all communication had been cut off between Wachang and Han-Kow; the city gates of Wuchang were said to be closed, and in the afternoon a launch full of refugees had crossed the river. The explanation is, that yesterday was a stormy day'so far as the material clements were concerned, and during the morning it was impossible for boats to get across the river. Something—probably the wind—broke the telegraph wires, and a big fire broke out in the making telephonic also impossible, Later in the day, the wind be-Jcame less violent and a few launehre able to make the crossing. The:
were naturally crowded, be cause a great many people who had
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