The Archive · 1936

Shantung Flood Threat

Tsinan, Jan. '0, Western Shantung is threatened by another food catastrophe. The private dykes of the Yellow River at Tuchuang and Wangtan, near the notorious Tungehuang area, have broken down as a result of the terrific pounding of ice-flocs streaming down from the upper reaches of the river. Already more than seven miles of land beyond the dykes haze Been submerged under ft. of water an Messrs. D. F. A. Wallace, A. Boixo and A. Holiday" have survived "unscathed through the holiday in spite of any disappointments which their efforts brought about.

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