GREAT FLOODS THREATEN TEINTSIN
SPECIAL DYKES CUT TO SAVE TOWN. By Tel.—Pros Association, CopyrLrht Aust. N.Z. Cable Assoc. Rec July 16. 0.60 a.m. Peking, July lo Disastrous {Rods an- threatenin': Tirursin. They have been caused by abnormal rains in the hinterland. Exjterts advocated cuttTio dykes and allowing the flood waters to escape seaward in rth and south ».f Tientsin. The Chinese authorities agreed to the out tins:, which will flood manv villages, but stated it woulij he the only way to save Tientsin. Coolies are working all night, long strengthening the dykes around the citv.
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Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LII, Issue 8635, 16 July 1924, Page 5
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