Winter came to Shanghai yesterday not in a mantle of snow but in a cold blast which forced the temperature down below freezing point end produced a maximum of only a few degrees above it, The previous might there was a distressing disaster when 60 or more Chinese of the extremely poor class, seeking shelter from the cold outside, occupied an empty. house in Kiukiang Road but the floor collapsed and many were seriously injured. Most of these people were destitute as are many others who have been driven into the Settlement through the course of the present hostilities and need relief, The elements are often cold and cruel which has responded so nobly to many relief and sometimes so is charity, but Shanghai,
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