FLOODS AT TIENTSIN
LARGE AREA COVERED BREACHES IN DYKES (Reed. Aug. 9, 2.20 p.m.) TIENTSIN, Aug. 8. Feverklh preparations have begun against floods, which are slowly creeping up to the level c : f the streets. The swirling waters from the Paiho River already have covered a large area of the Chinese quarter. Breaches have been made in the dykes, thus flooding the plains to the west and south, but the water is still rising at TientsiM.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20012, 10 August 1939, Page 7
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