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Show H FLOODS IN CHINA. Hfl Many Lives Lost and Great Destruc HH tlon of Property. H I'ekln. 'Loss of Ufa and great do- HB ntructlon of property aro attending HB the floodB spreading over the Shan nj tung peninsula. A correspondent at HI Wel-Hslon telegraphs as follows: HI "Tho Wel-Hfllcn rlvor, ordinarily a HJl small stream (lowing placidly fifteen Hm feet bolow tho levol of tho town, Is HO now a Hood causing enormous dam- BVjf ngo. It poured through tho city gateB, Hul reaching Its crest apparently on Tucs- 8j day night. On that night the Amor!- BBS can and llrltlsh teachers at tho Wei- PtS lUlen Missionary college were aroused lS by tho crash of falling walls and w8 heartrending crlos of despairing Chi- lH neso. Leaving their homes the teach- fflj ers plunged Into tho waters and ros- Hpy cuing many from drowning. Tho Cij American physicians by tho uso ol HM canoes which they skilfully managed fili! in tho dangurous currents, rescued n lUfff number of women patlonta nt tho hos- RjJBJ pltals." |