Bitter Weather Takes Toll in Hankow Camps Hankow, Jan, 1.
Flood refugees here are suffering terribly as a result of the advent of very cold weather, wind and sleet.
Reports from the various refuge camps state that the death.ate 18 increasing daily, the refugees, in their poor physical condition essing unable to withstand the sudden €rop in temperature.
Everything possible is being done for these unfortunate thousands but matsheds ate little or no protection their best to organise an intornational walking match, article was recently local pap jer to this, effect and te to hold the race ab the hogan of March, ploded im the President "Hotel and "This: morning. a. smi
fauised great alarm in the neigh According to information received 'a Chinese arrived last evening, took room, had a good dinner, entertain, led some sing-song girls and left the hotel this morning.
At 7.80 a.m. a bomb exploded in the bomb was a small one, and only the furniture and paxt of the alls were desteayed the opposite oom, "was awakened "A foreigner who was sleeping in faith the noise, but ever Tealined oat a bom The against driving sleet, snow and cold winds. The position' is aggravated the fact that the camps are on high ground wherever possible. (a8 they had to be at the time they: were built when low lying land wae under water) and thus they now: are exposed to the full force of the weather.—Reuter, 1
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