Loyang City Already Under Two Feet of Water Tsinan, Aug. 12.
Threatened by imminent floods, the Jocal authorities have formed a flood prevention committee to cope with possible emergencies.
Sandbags have been piled high in front of the city gates to check the flow of flood waters while other pre cautionary measures are being taken, Flood waters from the swollen Huangho, it is stated, have reached a point only twenty Li away and are rapidly approaching the city-—Central Loyang Malt Inundated Loyang, Aug. 12.
Halt of Loyang city. is now lying under two fect of water as the result of heavy downpours during the last few days. Large numbers of houses have collapsed and hundreds of inhabitants are rendered homeless and destitute—Central News, say 40 cents, Wang challenges Lee. matter is taken to court. Both sides hire lawyers. The struggle goes on tntit one oF the other is forced to give up. At present the people are foo poor to do much hiring of lawyers yet it i common to go to Formerly even a well-known church organization took part in court discussion in the Juako district. At present Christians, however, are Severely erilicized for' going to court for little matters that can be better seitied by themselves.
The typhoon that swept over Jukao on Tuesday and Wednesday" was the ost severe in years. Besides many aller mishaps, one ferry boat eapized in the Yangtze with loss of several lives, Regular river service between Jukao und the south river bank was suspended and mail communication interrupted. Telephone and telegraph wires are down, trees uprooted, The greatest loss, however, is to the farmers whose corn crop how depend upon dry weather and sunshine,—With the heavy winds came rain which moistened the ground resulting in much corn being uprooted by the wind. Cor on the cob will now be sold in great quantities on the street for immediate consumption, In some fields almost half the corn is down amounting to a very heavy loss,
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