TIENTSIN FLOODS
SWAMP JAPANESE BLOCKADE [BY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] LONDON, August 21. The Tientsin correspondent of the Associated Press of Great Britain stfys the floods have cut off the electricity supply and plunged the city in darkness and swamped the blockade. The Japanese sentries are mounted on boxes and barrels. Thousands of Chinese rushed into the foreign zone, which is the hardest hit. The British residents have appealed to the Lord Mayor of London (Sir Frank Bowater) for assistance. The crest of the flood is two days distant. ENTIRE CITY AFFECTED TIENTSIN, August 21. The entire city is now flooded to a depth of from three to nine feet. Boats are now the sole means of communication. The rains have ceased and it is expected that the waters will gradually subside.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 22 August 1939, Page 7
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132TIENTSIN FLOODS Greymouth Evening Star, 22 August 1939, Page 7
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