People have been walking neress the river all the way from the Tombs [Cutting to Taku. The ce-breaker: have had a hopeless task. AS 30on a part has been cut the ice packs fand "freezes anew. Extraordinary Incidents are reported as a result of these conditions. A horse and cart, leaded with grain was crossing _the river at Hupeh Reach and was hal way over when the Chekiang have {in sight, coming from Tientsin, The Hee began to crack in front of her, and for a moment the horse and cart were gravely imperilled. The Chinese in charge pulled up in the nick of time—not an easy thing to the slippery surfaco—and managed 10 escape the di Colles who have abandoned sampan communications for ime! provised sledges are finding things very different. in place of the sampan ferries the boatmen have created Janes of trame for sledges 19 convey passengers across. They keep) the surface smooth by fattening it} down with wooden mallets, One of the boatmen prostrated _himsett across one of these "highways" whet he saw a ship approaching in a vain effort to preserve it.
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