(Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Alarming reports as to the situation along the Amur, in Bureya and Chabarovsk have been received by the Ozet, the society sponsoring the Bureya Jewish colonization, the representative of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was officially informed.
The situation has become worse, more settlements being flooded. Because of renewed heavy rains the situation is critical, especially in Chabarovovsk.
The experimental fields of the Jewish settlement in Bira were not flooded, according to a report published in the “Emes,” Communist Yiddish daily, prior to the receipt of the Ozet report.
All the roads built by Jewish workers in Yekaterine Nikolsk district have been washed away, as have the haystacks in the fields. Work on the land has been temporarily discontinued.
As the waters of the Bira are flowing at the rate of thirty miles an hour, the boat communicating with Tichonkoye and Bira could not go against the current. Attempts are being made to send a higher powered boat.
Although the Bira settlements do not seem to be in danger, damage to Jewish settlements is great because the hay was lost. The continuous rain has also caused the work of building a lumber camp to be discontinued. This had provided many of the Jewish colonists with work.
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