In the meantime, the flood situation in northeast Kiangsu is growing worse. Pressed by Huangho currents, the dyke {he onrushing Chechu River, near Haichow, colla sed yesterday, with the result that Several thousand mow of farm land in the vicinity of the tributary now under water.
Another 100-foot dyke breach occurred along the Yen. River, near Haichow, yesterday, several villages being inundated. The water-level there is stated to be knee-deep.
At the Hsuchow railway station, more than 1,000 refugees are strand ed, due to' lack of funds to buy themselves tickets for passage else where, The refugees spent last night sleeping in the open, and this Tsingkiangpu, Oct. 7- Two more districts in North Kiang-Ukely to meet flood devast River during the past few days. They eHusiyin and" Liensul situated jong the Yen River, a tributary of the Eittang River, which hae swollen the ftth area of Husiyin is report. ed'to be. mest seriously" threatened nat total of 20000 labourers. are doing' their utmost to reinforce the ver' embankments Yaowan, some distance to the south of Pihsen along the middle streams the Grand Canal is reportedly. In momentary danger of being swamped with ood Waters as an additional 2h0-toot gap occurred yesterday.
ood waters released through the sap ae stated to be pouring into the Sireets of ¥acwan, ving thousands inhabitants way. Meanwhile Slarming" repotts have reached. here tothe effect that the Loma Lao, south of Yaowan, regatered a sudden Hise of one oot yesterday.
A large number of houses lying on the southern banie"oe the Take. have been swept away, forcing thousands of farmers to flee for their lives, and thousand of others to fake refuge treetops. and house roots Reports from Hauchow state that a total of 8000" families in the town
fate facing a shortage of food as the of Ghungtheng in Raangun tit have been cut off from the outside world. "Te minimize the Rood disaster inva, region, all dams. in the: way of food currents, it is learned, wil be destroyed '0 as\1o" offer a wider outlet for the Mood waters to" Aon Into sea central "News,
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