Hankow, Aug. 12, Great anxiety felt at Shayang, central Hupeh, yesterday morning when the Han River water level reached 42.99 metres, only 30 centimetres below the flood record 1835. The river continued to swell the whole day yesterday Mr. Chen "Hua-yao, assistant engineer of the Kianghan Engineering Bureau, was drowned near Tsenkou on Sunday afternoon when surveying re, according to a belated message received here to-day. His body has noY yet been recovered.—Central News
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