The Cathay Mansions, which has sunk several feet since it was completed, had to adopt special precauus in the shape of boardings and sandbags to prevent the water from rushing in and flooding the ground floor and shops.
The floods gave out again just past. ihe taxi station opposite the Lyceum Theatre. Moulmein Road was under water and so were both sides of Avenue Foch as far as Seymour Road, The "yellow sea" was then lost sight of for some time, but the floods (were far from exhausted. They had not even started, On approaching the Avenue Haig/ Great Western Road corner, the real extent of the floods began to be appreciated. Down Great Western Road, further than the eye could reach, was nothing but water, water and a few motor cars ploughing their way through behind a mighty bow-wave. It was deep, too, even in the middle of the road, as the "North-China Daily News" reporter found out when the car stalled. A. large crowd of exceedingly damp urchins immediately surrounded the vehicle, ready to push; fortunately, their efforts were not needed, but subsequent observation showed that they were making a steady profit from motorists passing that very spot.
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