August 28 storm provided Shang-with local floods for a few hours, attacks on several houses by: lightning, and a great deal of excitement,'but actually did comparatively little material damage, it was. ascertained by a survey yesterday. Trouble with transformers caused fa section of the French Concession to be, without electric light for several hours and thus caused a little inconvenience, while the Shanghai Power Company escaped lightly, according to officials seen on August 29, At the time of the rain fall the drains of the French Concession and International Concession were surcharged with water backing up from 12 foot spring. tide from the Whangpoo, and the tide was at the. jood. As a result there of, and it was not until low tide occurred that the drains were that had accumulated.
To give an example, at one point in the French Concession two kil metres distant from the Sicca Creek, the rain water was only 59 centimetres above the level of the creek water. It was lucky that little rain fell in the countryside, or there would have probably been much heavier floods.
Floods in the Settlement went down quiet easily when the tide dropped. One or two low-lying roads carried a surprising amount of water during and after the storm, including one or two in the Central District, as did Rue Chu Bubbling Well Road, held a fair amount from Ferry Road to Hart Read.
The lowest-lying portion of the French Concession, in the Avenue clu Roi Albert neighbourhood, again was well covered. The water did not lie around for a long time, as has been the case in past years, thanks to the new drainage system which was commenced at the' end of last year and a great deal of which has been laid down. This scheme was fully and exclusively "North-China Daily This particular district is between one foot and two fect lower than the corresponding part of the In: ternational Settlement, and has in the past resembled a pool for two or three days after heavy The new scheme functioned well on Thursday, bat in view of one or two small items noticed in the storm three weeks ago" and again on thursday, the drainage in this area. will be further amplified. Along Cardinal Mercier, from Rue Ratard to the Cercle Sportif Francais, larger drain is to be substituted for the present one, as will be the drain on Avenue clu Roi Albert between the same parallels. Both these are to. be connected with the new big drain laid on Avenue clu Roi Albert last winter.
Next a similar large drain will be laid on Rue Lorton, the new road parallel to Avenue clu Roi Albert, which will connect with the from Shanghai there will eases tried in the upper court. Commissioner A. Krisel, who will return Shanghai about September 15, will officiate in the lower court.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.