The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-08-27
nv THOUSAND DEAD.
r,.,i5le suffering by Floods
I'Ffiiil IN canton, China.
-,. CRYING FOR BREAD.
purents Reply With Tears
god T1 Tseir Eyes that They Have
IL None to Give.
-..-rible Devastation.

August 26.-Detai:s OF
|lanle ,.1ion in Canton, China and
de- . 9o,'i Nv the recen' reat rain-storm
gs,la, have been res.lved by pFi Saap
aiss N eric which hes visited Can an
tie mos Nc .t;r.y years. More than 10000 lO.
ton in I III i3beir lives, and far greater
persons !o :n left eft in a starving condition.
number Az J,. ,Ta we're engulfed, and the
Entire V! AZ, IRONS in the vicinity were
rec ana ss- SIN The price OF rice mas
almost ~. Iaiii IL ner cent. in consequence
been ralseu 4 81 he crop. Rain fell in the
Of the loss o. of June, filling and over
latter pa. ANY of the rivers: Inc
doSlhs n canton were flooded lot over
stre sos At Sez Nj City, the water n pr9ad
a wees ah : the city wall. 1t IS reported
t I9 Several thousand people %ete
tnas .n o in that place. me enloaiiN
dToWnel - The river were broken IN
menIS VI rIaces. and the water swept
numerous surrounding country, car
across ' alggerythlng before II. -, A
rylng ~, no was an eyewitness OF the
foreigner 5Hory o reports that one
scenes % a. boat he occupied anchored
near bamboo grove. BY morning nm & ~. I,p
n nater had risen to the tops OF tne pam u
T Soos A; the other points l! Lose as
g g!UD' az forty feet during the night !llne.
A N.Y. ; al fed from the villages
1l5 o an,,,T on the hill sides. AT huh
anu =. O market place situated near an EN-
H. -.i = ,,i,,, one of the streams con-
u1linGl'1 r;th the river which brings
- from the north and west rivers,
~. Sl-' roaio-i+v of the inhabitants were
W. nv water breaking through
wv onbsnkment. Some escaped to a
niece OF rising ground IN the nslg "a ;lc
hood but the water continued 10 rise
a96 GRADUALLY oyertopped the elevation
droTniuc those who stopped upon IT,
" Seventeen Chinese graduates IL
canton hearing of the distress
and suffering prevalent Ill thelI
,,5tiva villages, took passage
og n beat with a view TO pro
ceeding home to render what assistance
fhev could. On the way the boat wa
capsized and all who were in her wer
drowned. - ~;
In some places parents tied thei
children or the high branches OF tn
trees whilst they instituted measure
for their general safety. The trees wer
washed up by the roots and the hear
rendine cries of the children WEI
sienced bv the Singing water. In
body of a bride dressed in her brld'
r0bes was found floating in tn
river at Canton. The large tub wa
also seen 1t was picked up and foun
70 contain a boy and girl. With ther
was found paper stating their namt
and the dav and hour of their brit
Tee parents had Instituted this mean
10 save the lives of their offsuring.
The writer adds that the suiierin
which thousands are enduring Is hear
rending, parents replying, with tears
their eyes, to their schildrens T
quest for food. that they have non
The people are obliged to use the NTH
est water, and this, added to the al
eases which will ensue upon the SUB:
dence OF the waters, will greatly aggr
yate the horrors of the situation. Mea
time all that is being done by the !
habitants to abate their misery is T.
beating of gOngs, the burning OF l
cense, and the bowling of prayers
idols.