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FLOODS IN LONDON.”

THAMES OVERFLOWS IN THE NIGHT.

DANGER STILL EXISTS.

London, Jan. 7. The Thames suddenly overflow ed its bank in London. Eleven persons have been trapped in the basements in the low-lying dis- tricts of Lamboth, and drowned.

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The river which was in very heavy state of spate following the great thaw overflowed in, the early hours of the morning and inundated the low-lying districts of the city. It brought a night of terror and tragedy along the north bank be tween Lumbeth and Vauxhall bridges.

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Numbers of people were trapped the basement of houses. Eleven are so far known to have been drowned.

The embankment was flooded from Blackfriars to Westminster.

On the first rush of the waters the police hurried to warn the sleeping occupants of houses in Lambeth. Parents hastily grab bed their children and ran before the advancing flood. The majority reached safely in the streets away tram the river Others, however, were trapped by the rising waters.

Little Warning Given. The waters rose with appalling suddenness.

MONDAY, JANUARY 9, 1928.

GOODWILL FLIGHTTM

LINDBERGH NOW IN COSTA RICA:

San Jose, Costa Rica, Jan. 7. Colonel Lindbergh has arrived here from Mangua, completing the sixth section of his Central America goodwill fight-Router's American Service.

banks into the low lying areas in the City of Westminster, South wark and Deptford. The tide was estimated at six foot above normal.

Water made its way over the ter- race, of the Houses of Parliament and the lawns surrounding the buildings through underground passages and out into Palace Yard and Parliament Square.:

At. Cleopatrns' Noodle on the Embankment the tide broke into the roadway and ran across it into Temple Gardens and other notable buildings.

These inchided the Tate Gallery, Luts Road Power Station In Chelsea, Waterloo and Hospitals and Saint Thomas's. Woolwich Arsenal, although it is belleved that no great damage was done at any of these places..

People, Asleep...

It was in the-flooded streets of the thickly inhabited areas where the brunt of the disaster was felt and at least nine people lost their lives and several others are still People were asleep' in missing these streets when danger became apparent.

VALEDICTORY.

PRESENTATION TO MR. F. T. LAMBLE.

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DETERMINED RESISTANCE BY DESPERADO..

Shanghal, Jan. 7

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Weight is usually an Index of health Heavy people can “bej alek, of course, but when a person. losses weight it is usually a aign!" of malnutrition. Something is! wrong and needs to be corrected before the decline becomes dan gerous.

As a token of appreciation of the services rendered by Mr. P. T. Yesterday afternoon, acting on Lamble to the Civil Service Cricket a Chinese detective's Information

A constant fealing of fatigue, Club, a prosentation was made to na to the whereabouts of a daring less of strength and ambition, t him on Saturday afternoon by the gang of kidnappers, who wore lack of elasticity in the step, President of the Club, Hia Honour holding a Chinese youth for a shortness of breath pains and Justice Mr. J. R. Wood, the Paisne $80,000 ransom, the Municipal aches that come and go, are signs. Judge.

Police surrounded and broke into

There was a large number of a house in the Wayside district, that your blood is thin. Proba- captive and cap-bly you are pale also and getting. members present. The nature of released the

Take Dr William's Pink Pills Mr. Lambic's services to the Civil tured two of the gang, one of ore nervous every day.

at once and, weich "ourself every Service Cricket Club can best be whom was wounded seriously.

A third member of the gang was day or so. Soon the Increased recounted in the words of Mr. J. R. Wood, who, in making the presenchased to the roof, and eventually appetite and the improved diges- leaped acrosa aa eight-foot tation, said:

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"This evening Mr. Lamble háspassage, and took refuge in the attle. Here he opened fire on his done us the honour of attending here at our request in order that pursues, we may say farewell to him' on his retirement from the Colony.

It is one of the regrets attached to living in Hongkong that these constant changes occur in our in timate circles, and I think all of you will agree with me that no retirement will leave greater mark, by way of gap in our society, than the retirement of our old friend, Mr. Lamble.

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He held, out all night long, despite the efforts of the police, reserves, specials, the riot squad, sniping squad. and Fire Erigade to dislodge him, by the use of numerous Milla bombs, tear gas bombs, sniping and machine-gun fire, completely wrecking the attic but failing to place the gangstét hors de combat.

Several attackars had very nar- row escapes from the gangster's Mr. Lamblo has been, not only bullets.

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a capable public servant but he Finally, after midnight, search- has also been a good Club mem-lights and flares rendered the ber, and particularly a good mem-scene as bright as day, while ber of the Civil Service Cricket pickets watched till eight o'clock Club.

this morning, when five picked He has been identified through foreign police rushed the stair- out his career with the Sanitary case and gained the attic. Several policemen, giving the

The gangster fired his last shot, Policemen, with the help of Department. In his time he has alarm, were swept off their feet,

The river broke the parapet in volunteers, aroused the inhabi-seen, what a newcomer to the Co-wounding Inspector Watson in the. several places and scattered it. tants, sometimes wading through tony would not realise the de-leg, and then collapsed, his corpse The street waters invaded the water up to their waist to do so. feat of bubonic plague in this Co-riddled with fifteen wounds.dients, are prepared under ideal Houses of Parliament and the Tate Many volunteers in evening dress lony, and he himself has taken pari Reiter. Gallery, and washed out the give.great assistance and people in that.campaign. watchman from the latter build from the Blooded streats, often ing.

draped only in night clothes and Horses were used in the West-blankets, were taken in private minster district to carry marooned people to safety. Firemen were engaged all night long pumping out water from the basements,

cars to hospitals and institutions. Policemen and others rode horses hareback through the water to take children from windows to safety

'Restrictions of the electric rail- Four of Family Drowned. way services were caused by the Casualties occurred among peo partial flooding of the power ple sleeping in bacaments and in house. The floods reached their one house In Grosvenor Road four height at two o'clock in the morn-girls of one family were drowned ing, after which the river began

to recede.

Firemen and engines from all over London were rushed to the scene à Father's Ordeal.

to engage in rescue work and A most pathetic feature of the pump the water from the base disaster was the drowning in a

ments. The stikden rush of water. basement bedroom at Vauxhall ofn many cases filled rooms to the four sisters, aged 18, 15, 7 and 3. ceilings.

About two o'clock the waters be- The father heard their cries for

gan to subside and hundreds of help and desperately tried for an hour to reach then, but the water families who had left their houses was level with the top of the base were able to return. They speak ment door, which he was, unable of many gallant acts of firemen, to open. He was finally forced to police and helpers including one leave them in order to extricate woman who swam into a deep area, his wife and others from an up-smashed a window and dragged an stairs room. One of the drowned. valid and some children from girls was a champion swimmer.

The death roll the end of the morning was 20, namely, 15 in the Westminster area, two in Putney, two in Hammersmith, and one in Hurlingham.-Renter.

Repetition Possible.

the basement.

Trust and Co-operation.

Vice President. His. name 'will He made a special study of ma-therefore remain on our records Jaria and so far as the town area after he has left the Colony, is concerned, that has been got under. Perhaps the thing he will look back upon with greater satis faction is that these things have been done, not by any bullying deficiency on the part of his de- partment but by himself and his staff earning the trust and co- operation of the Chinese public.

Mr. Lamble tells me that he in- tends to retire to Japan. Japan is not far away. He will no doubi there study the philosophy of the country. Should he at any time have a recollection of this place and decide to come back, there will always be a warm welcome for him (Hear, hear).

I remember him when the Seni- Mr. Lamble, it is my duty and tary Department was quite a small pleasure to ask you to necept from us the gifts you see on this table, affair in Beaconsfiell Building. He and worked together. Later this clock, a case of pipes and u the Sanitary Department moved cheque, in the hope that they will to the Post Oftes building, where keep us in your memory and when he worked with Dr. Clark, who re- you see them, that you will remem-' modelled the Sanitary Department ber how we were assembled here both to wish you many years of goud. in the old days. We were friends of Dr. Pearce, whose death rest, good health and good cheer.” accurred recently, and of Mr. (Aplause). Adam Gibson, and I am sure it is a great pleasure to him in retire- ment to remember that he has

worked with the officers that I have mentioned on the Sanitary Board.

In a few well-chosen words, Mr. Lamble replied, referring to the mark of distinction cónferred on him by the Club by making him a life member and adding that the Early in the morning the Under

giftsy would remind him of the Mr. Lamble has risen in the de- happy times he had spent in Hong- ground Railway services were in-

the terfered with by water but these partment to the rank of chief ins-kong. He concluded with

working normally before pector and in special recognition words: "From the bottom of my were business hours to-day. Floods of his services, the Government, heart, I thank you." were also experienced higher up more recently, appointed him Mr. Lamble's remarks were foi- the river at Richmond, Twicken-superintendent of staff and works,lowed by the singing of "For he's ham and Kew and at Strood on the and from chat position Mir, Lambie river Medway, which also over-in now tiring. flowed its banks during the night.

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a jolly good fellow," after which members took the opportunity of individually saying "goodbye.".

Messenger,

Retires.

London, Jan. 8. The Port of London Authority has issued a warning that the danger of flooding in the Thames

As a soldier, Mr. Lamble and Valley will exist till, Tuesday,

were soldiers together (Laughter). Refugees in Cathedral. when the tides begin to fall, and

i was a full private and he was Ecntion, Jun, 8.

At my corporal (Laughter.) After having been in the em- a repetition of the night's flood is

Advantage was taken of the low that time I use to hang n every ploy of the Hongkong Government therefore possible,

Last night's tide rose, over. six tide to repair the breeched Thames word that he said. As a matter for 28 years, im Mi, the head mes- abutments.. The entrances to all of fact, we don't beast about it, senger at the Supreme Court, haa feet above the predicted height.streets were barricated by heavy bat we never saw a bullet fired in retired on pension, at the age of Notable buildings flooded were the clay and earth, the fortifications anger (Laughter). We were both 71. Houses of Parliament, the Tower being consolidated by piles and members of the Reserve Company, of London. Tate Gallery, Waterloo

sandbags. Householders stuffed Hospital, St. Thomas' Hospital,

us together. in a way that no Blackwall Tunnel, Chelaca Power up cracks in doors and windows an institution which has brought Ilouse and Woolwich Arsenal and remained astir until the high ther institution has done.

tide had receded at three o'clock Thousands of pounds damage has heen done at the Tate Gallery Numerous Turner sketches have been ruined in ten feet of water.

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this morning. Further danger of flooding has passed temporarily,

Scores of tenements are unin

Thameside

Keen Sportsmen.

Now we ceme to the Club. Mr.

club.

There was a large farewell gathering in the chambers of the on Saturday, when, those present Chief Justice, Sir Henry Gollan. included the Pulsne Judge, (Mr. J. R. Wood); Mr. H. A. Nisbet (the Registrar) and Mr. C. D. Mel bourne.

Sir Henry Collan, whose re marks were interpreted by the Chief, Interpreter, Mr. Dodd, in wishing Im Mi many years of en- joyment in the country with his family, spoke of his fine record of service. Those present then

habitable and their contents rain. Lamble was one of the founders e through yesterday's inundation.of this Club (applause) and he has Many Galiant Rescues,

municipalities and always shown himself keen in a London, Jan. 7.

other organisations have constitut- sections of sports in this London riverside districts from ed relief committees to provide from cricket down to lawn bowls Hammersmith to Southend were food and shelter for the crowds of laughter). Not only so, but he flooded in the early hours of this refugees sleeping in two halls of is a member of the committee and shook hands with him,

he has been helpful and has often Im i was presented with a sub- morning by an abnormally high Westminster Cathedral, which is been consulted. Mr. Lamble is stantial cheque as a gift from mem- tide meeting the flood waters of built on comparatively high

ground. The Cathedral was one unique in this Club and the Club bera of the Law Society, and a High tide was due at 1.30 and of the few buildings in the neigh has dona itself the honour of mak-presentation was also made on be- about an hour before then the bourhood to be unaffected by the ing him a life member, and also half of the Judges, Registrare, offi. Thames began to overflow its floods.-Reuter:

at the same time making him acers and staff of the court.

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