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KACHEK ON THE ISLAND
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HAINAN
Floods, Currency and Mats
for Coffins
THE HOME OF “VUNSIO” SILK
(By MM. MONINGER)
1933 will be remembered in or the next morning and were Hainan as the year of big typ anchored on Hojhow during the hoons The Kachek, region was storm. It was fairy and windy struck by three, all severe The all Sunday morning, and no boats. latest occurred Nov. 5. It was dared go out. By Bunday evening preceded by several days of rainy the typhoon was on, lasting until weather, and the typhoon itseir 200 or 3.00 am. Monday. It was was accompanied by tremendous Tuesday before stoms or post- downpours. At 8.30 am. November office boats even dared go out, 6th the new concrete bridge just and Wednesday before cargo could north, of Kachek market was en- be worked. At that there was a tirely under water, only a few shortage of cargo bosts about 50 ripples on the surface marking its were reported "sunk, though the location. The old well-buttressed harbor-master considered that stone bridge just a few rods dowlitenumber rather an exaggeration. stream was only a foot above No lives were lost, as the boatmen water. It and even its three-foot had tied their boalf up at the edge wooden railing were submerged by of their village and gone to their the flood at one stage. When the homes, and the boats would soon waters receded the approaches to be refloated, but it slowed up work the new bridge were gone and for a time. The Tchekam "suf- fhost of its concrete raliing as well. fered some damage and the third but the bridge itself seems per- ship dragged her anchors and fectly sound. Motor tranic has nearly, went a ground on the spit gone back to the old bridge, which but was able to work herself" off-* is curved, is approached by curved in time to prevent damage. grades on either side, and has been widened by planks, but even no can be used by cars. It stands undisturbed no matter how the waters rage. Modern bridge con- struction could well profit by a
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The Bak-stang or Golden River od height and with tide wacking up against the wind too Bethow was nearly surrounded by water. Cars from the interior were unable to greg the river at
MOTOR CAR FERRY ON THE GOLDEN RIVER
study of these ancient models-the pointed buttresses on the up-river side break the force of the floods. The big river on the south west of Kachek went on a rampage
the Ham-Khau ferry and much of the fifteen miles of road between Ham-Khau and Holhow was under water, By Wednesday afternoon cars were able to cross the long
and flooded everything. In the causeway just east of Klungchow lower market people could go by City and on Thursday a.m. I was boat to the Ll family ancestral able to start for Kachek, having hall, a thing never known before been delayed in Holhow by the Coffins floated away from "the storm. At the ferry women were coffin shops, lumber merchants busily carrying sand out of the hurried hither and thither as the cement approach on the west side, waters receded, locating and se- which had been completely filled curing their logs. A number of up. A roadway for cars had al- houses were washed away. It is reliably reported that a number of corpses floated past and it is fear- ed there was serious damage up the river, but no definite informa- tion as to the extent of the devas- tation has been received."
The storm was also severe in Vang-neng and the beautiful new concrete bridge at Llang-kun has suffered "severely It has eight or ten spans, and five spans settled, making the roadway like a wash- board, all ups and downs. Cars are still crossing but it 25 con- aldered dangerous, and.ropd men say that no attempt will be made to repair it. When it is no longer usable a ferry will be put in “Ap- parently the difficulty with this bridge was in the foundations. The contractor, evidently did not push his supports down to solid; rock. This is provincial bridge. and it is at an important crossing for all trazile to the south. It is al great bity to much good money has been wasted, but it is only! one more proof in the chain of evidence that after"alf ferries are best in, this island.de
This last typhoon alsó strú Hothow giving that regtort worst blow for twenty years. The 502 was rough on November 4th but boats went
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ready been dug out, and they were filing up the big ditch washed out at the edge of the houses where the water had poured through. Several cars were waiting to cross on the Hothow side, and across the river cars were lined up in a solid row, in some places a double row, forty of them, waiting to cross. The little motor boat was doing its best to hustle the two scows back and forth, each scow
A Loaded Car.
carrying two cars, but the current was very swift and progress” was slow, and it would take at least half a day to clear the congestion. The river was still so high that cars went on and off the ferry skids in eight or ten inches of water. It is a wise rule that requires passengers to get out of cars be fore they go on the approaches and stay out until the car has cleared the approaches on the opposite side, though catastrophes with ears are rare at this ferry.
Naturally these typhoons have played havoc with the crops. Rice is increasing steadily in price and the supply will likely be short. Vegetables are scarce and high. For instance, upland celery is just twice ita dual price and the bun- ches are small and of poor quality, Sweet potatoes grid, other tuber crops are also short, but new vegetables will be ready soon and farmers are nearly ready to put in their new rice seedings. Many
·people are unable to repair their buildings after this third:: storm. The barracks in particular are an eye-sore: The brick and tile. lumber and wire are in heaps just as they fell in the July 30th-aloṛm; Unless salvaged soon all material will be a total loss. Beams and roorstrips are getting warped out, of shape and white ants are doubt" less having a feast. It would seem to be economy, at least, to put the soldiers to work piling up bricks and lumber; but they being drilled "with unusual vigor of late and,]
perhaps do not really have time.
The currency situation in Hai- Dan is rather interesting. Copper cash are no longer used, coppers and silver dollars being the or dinary coins. Dollars are chang- ing for 270 coppers, a high rate but one which has prevailed steadily for about two months. Dollars in "use include Mexicans (which however are not accepted
Hoihow), French Indo-China plastres, yen, Hong Kong dollars too chopped for use in Hong Kong.:
Kwangtung province dollars (no other provincial dollara accepted at par), Sun Yat Sen commemoze- tion dollars, and Yuan Shih Kal dollars, which are viewed with great suspicion it dated 10th or 13th year of the Republic. All dollars are always carefully rung and many discarded as not full value. Of late paper money has made its appearance, Issued by. the Chinese banks and marked Holhow, Dollar and Ave dollar bills are current in Hlohow but only ten and twenty cent paper is common in Kacher Suddenly this week wild rumors flew around that the paper was not good and it could not be used for several days. In Kachek po real reason
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