Another ferry boat came along at that time, also full of people, Despite the fact that their own boat was al-randy crowded, these boatmen apparently tried to rescue the people who were struggling In the water. The drowning ones grasped the sldz of this second boat, and turned It over, too, making the disaster a double There. is no way to determine how many lives were lost. No one known the number of passony oat, but both were were 40 following the accidents, no ne could it how many" persons were rescued But the number was. probably. Tess han "twenty, According. to these talimates it' would seem that bes
eas treen twenty dd tity wore drown Several bodies were recovered, and the magatate sent men out 10 100K for olliers. Some of the surviving Bontmen were arrested, and now are tu prison, under charges of overland: ing' their boats. However, would be very eifeult 0 avoid ovenioading When people have boon walling, hour or more for a ery, they are nol eanly dissuaded from embarking fu the fist boat that comes fo hand thd Dhysieal force is "necessary to Festrain them. The problem Te muck, pore. dif feat than What of limiting the crowding of trams in_Shanghaf she consequences are'much more 'A ovr weeks ago the food water recede' from this disct, trid some of the land which had been flooded was tet ry. Tore was hope that some elds could be" own wheat before winter tue Grand Canal at this place i al-the water has sion again, ad
meet as high og it wan ate any time uring the. Abtumn. Northwest. of Sulsien City, In the section of count
now risen to stage equal fo. the try near Old Bicho, the wale has Hiphest of the year." All the nels which ad been left dry ow ars Tooded again, and' "there" seems no hope of Sowing seed. Of course this rise has caused great disappoint.
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