Hankow, Aug. 19.
The omnibuses running from the Pingyang Gate, Wuchang, into the country have several times lately} Veen in dificultios owing to the! state of the ronds. Yesterday, Bus left the city at noon and, after going some miles, slithered off the road and landed in a large pool. The driver was drowned, an old woman was killed, and all the other passengers were injured.
The railway from Hankow Peking is closed to traffic beyond. Yencheng. The bridge there was badly damaged and was restored inserting wooden supports. These have been washed away: by the floodwater and the bridge has sed, In other places the is under water and no through tickets are issued.
Col, Ernest P, Bicknell
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.