Near Chinkiang Serious floods have occurred bee tween Chinkiang, the provincial capital of Kiangsu, and Nanking with the result that railway communication between the two cities have been suspended since on July 24, The seriousness of the flood situation between the two cities may be judged from the fact that the platforms of the Yaochuameng, Taipingmeng and Hopingmeng Stations, three small stations to the st of Nanking and about 300 jometres from Shanghai, are being immersed in water. " Besides this, the Chinkiang tunnel has been locked as a result of the collapse of the Paokai Hill caused through the unusually heavy rainfall along the railway during the past ten twenty days, On Friday afternoon, the No. 4 express train, the No,' 26° Wusih-bound passenger train, the No. 6 night express, and the night goods train, all from Nanking, were cane celled on account of the inundation of the railway tracks between Chinkiang and Nanking. Trains between Shai and Chinkiang, however, ran as usual except that the arrival of 1 trains from Chin Kiang in this ty was a delayed.
In an interview with a sentative of the Daily News" on July 25, of the Railway Adm stated that trains from Shangha can only reach the South Gate Station of Chinkiang (known the Chinkiang. Flag Station, which is on east side of the Chinkiang tunnel) at the present, notices to this effect having been posted at the North Railway Station. Owing to the flood at the above-mentioned three places and the blocking the Chinkiang tunnel caused through the collapse of the Paokai Hill, the railway communications between Chinkiang and Nanking had been temporarily suspended, the official said, Immediately upon the receipt of reports of the blocking of the Chinkiang tunnel and the flooding of the: track between Chinkiang. and Nanking, Mr. Tuxford, one gineer-in-Chief of the railway, accompanied by Mr. L. P, Ridgway, deputy engineer-in-chief, left for Chinkiang by the night express on Friday to supervise the repair work which was being, undertaken by from 200 to 400 workmen of the railway, stated the official.
July 28.
Through traffic was resumed: yesterday morning, the tunnel having been cleared and the flood recoded.
Reports received in Shanghai yesterday stated, however, that Jcommunications on the—Tientsin-Pukow Railway has been interrupt ed since Sunday as the tracks fare totally under water between Hua Chi Ying and Tung Kuh, to the north of Pukow, as a result of the incessant rainfall. Upon the receipt of a report, of this, the sale of through tickets—between Shanghai and Tientsin was toms Porarliy suspended at Sharghai on Sunday and yesterday. It is. exe pected, however, that the ned sary repairs will be effected to-day or to-morrow when through traffic will be resumed.
During the three days of suspension of through traffic, there was a 2 crease in the revenues of the Mbanghai-Nanking—Railway, the daily income being only about one-third of that prior to the sus: mention of through traffic, Nanking, July 25. addition, to traffic between being interrupted since yesterday afternoon by heavy, incessant rain, the capital has also suffered from the down pour. The southern section of the city and a portion of the Chungshan Road have been badly flooded. In some parts of the capital, me cluding the approaches to the Railway Station, the water deep. Numerous motor-cars been put out of action, but this has not disturbed rickshaw coolies and: carriage-drivers, who are doing a roaring trade.—Reuter, Acconpixc to. information reaohing Harbin, the Chinese, priest, Mr. Wang, who lived in Taonan: sion, Fengtien Province, who. was considered to be the oldest man in the Four Northeastern Provinces, is dead. He was 132 years of age. A large number of devotees visited Paonan from all parts to pay rheic last tributes to the dead priest,
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