The Archive · 1934

Farms Flooded in

Yungting Ho Overflows Banks, South of Tientsin Tientsin, Nov. 4.

Over 74000 mow of farm lands in the district of Chinghai, south of} Tientsin, have been inundated as a result of the sudden collapse of a portion of the Yungting Ho River. Heavy damage has been done to the crops.

Besides petitioning for immediate rehabilitation measures, the people in the area has also appealed to the District Government of Tientsin for personal. relief.

"According to a message from Yutien, northeastern Chihli, a total of over 1,000 mow of wheat fields along. the banks of the Sungeheng Ho, a branch of the Huanhsiang Ho, has also been submerged with the breach of part of the river dyke—Kuo Min,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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