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Show L Destructive Yellow River. iBMMmds ot men work all their Ct securing tho banks ot tho sffcat Yellow river In China. Yet overy now nnd then tho tldo sweeps away all opposition nnd the loss In human llfo Is grontor than any war ovor caused. Nineteen years ago tho river burst its bonds. Day after day the torrent flowed, 20 miles to tho hour, 30 mllos wldo nnd ton feet deop. Tho flood hns been described ns that of flvo Danubcs pouring from a height for two montliB on end. For 2.000 years tho Ch'.ncBO havo boon embanking embank-ing this river. |