Los Angeles, Mar. 4.
Red Cross workers were to-day attempting to rush food to flood refugees in a dozen California towns which were finishing the last of their food stocks while county and municipal agencies were caring for hundreds in hastily-erected tent Visitors {o the south bank bay that the Chinese have an elaborate system of defence works which are" being strongly manned.
In Shansi, fighting continues on the Tungpu Railway, north of Houma, but no noteworthy developments have occurred.
The Chinese counter-offensive on the Peiping-Hankow Railway is stated by military headquarters here to be making progress.
Commenting on the situation in Shansi, the "Ta Kung Pao" an influential Chinese newspaper, emphasized the necessity of reorganize ing the Chinese forces.—Reuter. camps.
The death toll had mounted this evening to 106 with scores still missing. Accurate checks at scattered relief camps was almost impossible as many roads were still blocked by water and land slides.
At San Bernardino in the centre of the desolation caused by the heavy rains, 250 houses were demolished and at least 200 others filled with mud and water, Hundreds of motor cars were crushed against houses and trees by the force of the rushing waters.
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