And the floods, of course, rose to their usual height along "Nanking Road, Avenue Joffre, in the Western District and other favourite "watering spots." The usual scenes were to he witnessed, Crowds of grinning Chinese stood for hours on end near the department store area in Nan-King Rond and watched irate shop-vers wade their way through the Iukldy water, Phe boys of the piek= Asbaek brigade had a eld day, cart ing pedestrians from one dry spot to another through the flooded streets, "the Sun Sun Company looked lice sinking ship yesterday morning as About 30 coolles, urined with buckets, Uailed the water from the entrances to the shop, Rude wooden barriers, fed with clay, wore thrown up "effort to Keep out the flood waters. 'The Public Gardens at the North end of the Bund wore flooded toa depth of more than two feet, the Hnighest flood that the park has' experienced in several years, Out in the Western Disiviet Tifeng Road, Jessiield Road and the surrounding arent were under two fect of water, The British Military Headquarters in Tifeng Road was completely: surrounded by water. Not in the least disturbed by this deluge were a pair of geose wifteh gandered around 2 garden off Jessiield Road which had" been momentarily veried into a pond. Much excitement twas caused in this neighbourhood by the efforts of a farmer to propel a pig through a forbidding looking Stretch of water.
Shipping Maltea Shipping schedules went by the board ast result of the typhoon, 'The President Pierce, originally" an= nounced to arrive in Shanghai at 1230 pin. yesterday was delayed by rough' weather at sea and will not Several hours and will dock at am. today, Meanwhile, the Hunan sailed from Shinghai on schedule yesterday morning for the South, but the same company's Kingyuan,' also due to leave yesterday morning was delayed until today. 'The Kingyuan Is headed North. Both of Sardines' ships, the Kwaisang and the Leesang, which wers to have sailed from Shanghai yesterday wers delayed and will sail today. The Hoten Maru har also postponed her departure from Shanghai and will. sail to-
Although the typhoon passed Shanghai at 5 am, the two black balls, warning to ships that bad weather was still in the offing, remained hoisted on the mast on top of the Customs House until 3pm. The approximate position of "the contre of the typhoon at 2 pin. was within 00 miles of latitude 32:30, Tongitude 121.30 or a good deal west of Nanking. At 520 pam, yesterday the leaden' skies in the west gave. way to a cheery blue giving promise of better weather today. The last remaining black ball on' the Customs House mast was lowered about $45 signalling "all clear."
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