FLOODS IN CHINA
TIENTSIN UNDER WATER CHINESE REFUGEES POUR IN ANGLO-FRENCH PItE C A UTIO X S (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) TIENTSIN, August 20 Protective walls and sandbags are being hurriedly built at the Tientsin Concessions as the result of the rapid rise of flood waters. The Japanese electrified barricades are almost submerged, and their military road is only Sin. above water. Chinese refugees are pouring into the concessions. The British municipality has proclaimed a state of flood emergency as from G a.m. to-morrow, as the Hooding of the entire British and French Concessions is inevitable. The palatial Country Club racecourse is 4ft. under water. The whole of the countryside is a vast expanse of water. The flood waters cut off the electricity and plunged the city into darkness this evening. They swapped the Japanese blockade areas, where the sentries mounted boxes and barrels. Thousands of Chinese have rushed into the foreign zone, which is the hardest hit. British residents have appealed to the Lord Mayor of London for aid. The crest of the flood is two days distant. Russian dairymen were permitted to drive in cattle, and eight trucks of vegetables entered without search.
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Waikato Times, Volume 120, Issue 20889, 22 August 1939, Page 9
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