Two traffic blocks in Nanking Road resulted from yesterday's high winds. A large piece of bamboo. and sheet-iron roofing was blown off a building near the intersection of Nanking and Chekiang Roads at 9.15 am., Louza policemen promptly deviated a part of the traffic into side-streets and started the remaining vehicles going. Meanwhile repair crews hurried to the spot and connected the broken wires.
Shortly after 11 a.m., a row of tramcars were held up in Nanking Road, west of Szechuen Road, when the overhead tram-wires broke a short distance east of Szechuen Road. The eastbound trams were delayed for half an hour while repairs were being made.
No-one was injured in either accident.
In many districts of Shanghai, power and telephone lines were snapped by the strong wind, signboards were blown over and branches torn from trees. No serious mishaps were reported.
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