Tientsin, Oct. 9.
The danger of a flood catastrophe hhere has considerably increased. in consequence of the persistent heavy rain, Thousands of coolles, volun~ teers and Japanese soldiers are busy erecting emergency dykes composed. of sandbags, along the banks of the Peiho river in order to prevent the swamping of the stores of munitions jand food supplies of the Japanese North China army. Most of' these stores are on low lying ground and. fre consequently exposed to the immediate danger of being flooded in the event of the river continuing to rise. The river has already attained level which renders the passage of jeraft under the bridges impossible— the Canton-Hankow Railway north a1" the train,
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