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...near the center of the flood area. Thousands of frightened, bedraggled peasants poured into the native city that sank lower and lower beneath the Yangtze wraters. With the streets waist-deep in the swirling, dirty flood, fire broke out. There was no way to fight it. A few brave watermen pushed their little sampans from house to house trying to rescue trapped families, but scores died. There was danger of pestilence. Foreign correspondents were less interested in the millions of homeless and thousands of dead than in two U. S. citizens, Mrs. Webb and a Mrs. Fielding, who were attacked...
Amsterdam is the city of drab workmen who cut and polish brightest diamonds, the home of landlubbing watermen who pole barges along slow canals, the habitat of buxom and sensible stenographers who pedal to work each morning upon thousands of bicycles. Amsterdam, in short, is the last place where one would expect to hear-during the decent forenoon hours, and from a stately mansion-a sequence of revolver shots...
Rich brokers pored over faster runabouts or the flat snouted, roomy sea sleds. Small watermen gazed knowingly at single and two cylinder power plants for staunch waterfront wanderers. Children chattered over the countless, bright colored flat backed outboard boats, dragged parents by the coat tails begging them to come buy. The famed Fantail racing runabout which made such astounding speeds in the late autumn was a continuous curiosity. At an easy angle under her stern projected a bronze colored tail, raising her out of water, reducing hull resistance. Miss America V, world's record holding hydroplane, arrived...
With the start of the preliminary heats of the Interclass Regatte to-day the rowing season may be considered well on. This afternoon the host of watermen push off like Ulyssess' companions, and smile the sounding furrows. The crews sitting best in order may be considered top-heavy favorites...
...Society of Stevedores, Lightermen, Watermen, and Dockers (the Blue Union) whose membership is confined to London, rejected the settlement and voted to continue the strike for the immediate increase of the full 54? per diem...