Shanghai experienced one of its worst rainstorms for some time on August 28, when the central district and many of the outlying areas were flooded.
The rain fell shortly after 3 p.m. and in half an hour motor cars were crawling through the roads with water up to their hubs. In many instances pavements were flooded and pedestrians, emerging from rieshas had to plough through ankles as they rounded with water and firemen were kept busy sweeping wat from under their machines. is understood that basements were flooded, while work had to be stopped on the new Metropole Hotel building at the Kiangse and Foochow Roads corner.
In scme of the outlying districts water was reported six inches'deep at 10 pam., the sewers being entirely Inadequate to carry off the over.
Owing to the disturbance" occasloned in the French Concession, the electric light current failed almost with the beginning of the storm and the Concession was in darkness for hours.
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