In the meantime it will be several] days before the authorities will be able to clear away the debris which has fallen into the creek and allow} normal boat traffic to pass by. It is also a source of inconvenience to hundreds of persons who live in Chapei and work in the Settlement as they to detour by way of other bridges, the nearest. of which is several blocks awat The River Police announced on Monday that about 20 feet of the span of the Markham Road Bridge. which collapsed on Saturday afternoon, had been removed from the Soochow Creek and that now' it is possible for all water traffic along!
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.