Conflagration at Changsha:
Slight Fall of Snow Yangtze Engineer Stresses Hydraulic Works Feo Ovx Own Consesroxoext Nanking, Jan, 25. Changsha, Jan. 15.
"If the Chinese Government in-'This seems in more ways than tends now to improve rural condjone to be the season for fire tions in this country, its hydraulic We have had almost an epidemic conditions must be improved," de-of destructive fires in the city.
There occurred a small one in, the gineer for the Yangize River Com-Mr, L, Brandi, consulting en-Medical School at Yale caused mission and former chairman of two coal, the pipes of whi Danube River Commission. went up one and the same chimney.
Speaking to-day at the Nanki The fire must have originated in Rotary Club tiffin, Mr, Bra the chimney itself. stated: "According to data from The Inst and largest of all was the Statistics Bureau about 75 per on Wednesday Ir started cent. of China's population are farm). among the poor dwgliings in the Jers." "The welfare of the farmers, south quarter of tHe lly, not far therefore, is the welfare of. the niver. A very. strong [whole nation, Agriculture is conneckfed everywhere in. the world with hydraulic works, but nowhere so
old city wall.
'From the other side much as i's in) China, "'The vast of the river could be seen no less years how en almost unintersupis me' of calamities, affecting millions than six great red tongues of fame of farmers result of floods bursting "out one after the other, the Yangtze as the fire was swept rapidly alan, other rivers." by the wind; while the noise at the same distance, Defag's Hing timbers was distinctly hem Dykes Not Strong Enough caines ME. "Bert "hay seen Working as a hydraulic expert in Eodowns were, threatened bat not flood calamities in different, places. "T have seen the Yangtze flood. in 1981" he declared "affecting 60,000,. agitated employees hastily to collect all important (000 people and destroying 40 por ypers in. boxes ready for removal cent. of all farm houses in an bron safety by the firm's large motor of 47,000 square miles. [am a mem ber of the National. Flood Relief oat, which" was held in readiness Commission and 1 have seen the Their 300 coolies, 1 am told, were conspicuous by their absence when of the people with my own wanted for this porterage work. Of course they were all watching the 'The dykes of the fire, and perchance seeing, what were repaired and 10 of loot, o in mone; they could make out of i in th flood, but these works Gent' to. remove the danger. "The re of suf. to be madi
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