The principal damage done on Saturday was the sinking of the pontoons at the Canton Road Jetty. When the tide had risen to a considerable heigh. by 2 p.m. something seemed to go wrong with the flying bridge connecting the pontoon with the shore. It had apparently jammed, for the pon-started to heel over until water was pouring into it by way of the ventilators. There was every chance' of the bridge breaking under the strain, so the sluices of the pontoon were opened and the structure allowed to sink. It will be a comparatively easy matter to raise it.
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