WATSON'S
COMPOUND
THE CHINA MAIL.
which nearly six hundred persons
bare perished, and at the same time THE RACE COURSE TRAGEDY.
we shall be expressing a, general sentiment in making some public acknowledgement of the heroism dia-
BALSAM OF ANISEED played by large numbers of soldiers,
Gives immediate relief in all
cases of
COUGH.
Price: 50 cents and $1.00 -
per Bottle.
PREPARED ONLY BY
police and civilians slike in the work of rescue whereby probably some hundreds were saved from an awful and untimely death.
NEWS OF THE DAY.
LOWAY AND GENERIL
"|
The S.S. "Chios" arrived at San Francisos on February 22nd. sccording
A. S. WATSON & CO., LTD.,
HONGKONG DISPENSARY.
to schedule.
Telephone 15,
NEARLY 600 DEATHS.
LATEST DETAILS OF THE "APPALLING DISASTER.
A NARRATIVE.
who was in the Grand Stand enclo
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Mr. E L. Stainfield, who was in
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27 1918
dore Department, Mr. Fung Løk| Luen, the second shroff, who wa burná, as also was his wifo.: Two Chinese employed in the Mor-
cantile Bank bangga
Mr, Aureliano Jorge, a well-known
solicitor of Mucsio.
Hongkong Fob I To Joba Johnstene. Eaq, and others members of the Hongkong Jockey Club
Gentlemen-In reply to your letter of this morning Iam instructed to say that the Club of the obligation which axixis since the owners are willing to relieve
to run the remaining race in the
Mrs. Choy Chan, a wealthy Chi-authorized programme, the Stewards of
nese lady.
the Hongkong Jockey Club are taking
The Filipino Violinist of the Vio-steps to at once abandon the remainder toria Cinematograph and bis of the Mooting.I beg to remain.. Gen-
*
wife. There are many distressing in- stances of whole families being wiped out. In one case anamah, was left in a Chineso establishment whilst the family of eleven went to the racer and none have returned. Of another family of 18, only three have re
turned.
stated that about 500 people have In addition to the deaths itin
seen aither treated or detained in the various hospitals.
Misa Doria Xavier, a young girl at 18, sister to Mr, Pedro Xavier of the
tlemen
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Your obedient sorvent
I. F. BOUCH, Clerk of the Course
Hongkung Jockay Club,
A CANTON SENSATION.
ATTEMPTED ASSASSINITION OF THE CHINESE ADMIRAL-
To-day's Advertisements The China Mail. Toksic, died on the 12th inst. at the age of a stand which appeared to be with of people on the stands. Au inform. Hongkong Printing Press, was burnt and of the squadron which came to
HONGKONG JOCKEY CLUB.
J
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that HoXOKONG, WEDDAY, Feb. 37, 1918.
the Remainder of the 1918 RACE HEETING is ABANDONED.
By Order,
T. F. HOUGH,
Gark of the Coura
Hongkong, Feb. 17, 1918.
179
THE BACE COURSE CALAMITY.
PUBLIC ACKNOWLEDGMENT.
FR FRANCISCO TSE YAT MR
publicly Thanks the HYDER BROTHERS for saving the lives of his family and relatives from under the debris after the collapse of the United Stand at the Race Course catastrophe.
Hongkong, Fab. 37, 1918,
180
RACE COURSE DISASTER. WTHE DISASTER in the Ence taken FICTURES OF
of the falling of Matsbeds were very
Course. Various scenes of the fire and
well taken and are now ready for sale.
Hongkong, Fab, 17, 1918.
HONGKONG HOTEL.
RACE WEEK.
142
THE CALAMITY AT THE RACECOURSE
.
An eye-witness of the disaster, Japanese stand, says he saw the
fire break cut in Kwong Kee Stand. sure, gives us the following na pinned down at the D.A.JA. shed Mr. J. O. Remedios, who was tive-
after the collapse, says he also "Immediately I saw the collaper, the fire seming from the south side I rushed to the mons of the star The mowo of the disaster, so far Mr. H. S. Brinkley, of Azabu, trophe and gave all assistance I could as cut be gathered, was by a rush
Admiral Ching Pik- Kwan, în ^com- of 39, after some weeks' illness. He was the least number assistants. Wennt states that just before the first to death in the Yasier booth. All Canton from the North to support the the elder son of the late Captain F.tore off the eaves of the booths, and race after tithm, when the pories were efforts to save her proved unavailat Isat night about 8 o'clock, on the independenes of Kwangtung, was fred Brinkley.
broke through the bamboo work of
going out, many people on the standsing as she was hopelessly entangled East, Bund and sociocaly, wounded in the the roof and helped out a very large crowded to the front. The struc in the débris. Her brother, r. breast. The would-be assasin fed We are asked to state that the number of Chinese women and child tures were felt to be swaying and Paulo Xavier, was seriously injured. and escaped capture. dates for the play off of the second andren. This work was easy enough then there was a rush to the stairs and of the other members of the following rounds of the ladies golf com-It was difficult to get at the poor at the back. The weight thus con- petition for the Wodehouse Cno bave people who were on the ground. Acentrated at the rear of the stands family not one of them escaped with- been extended one week.
Chipese ettendant who was in diff-was too much and the whole erection culty under the beams and boards collapsed as described yesterday.
TION.
out injuries of some kind or other.
Their salvation was dus to the heroic
efforts of a Police reservist, L.-L. GREAT GERMAN FOOD SCANDAL
Lopes, who went into the burning
booth to less than four times in suc- cession, bringing them out one after. the other. Mr. Bino Xavier, a meni. ber of the same family, is missing.
Mr. J. M. L. Rozario, of Mesare.
OFFICIAL PROFITEERS DIVIDE THE SPOILS
The Directors of the Shanghai and we managed to extricate after some Hongkew Wharf Co., Ltd., will recon-exertion. By smashing through the THE WORK OF INDENTIFICA. on 9th March next the payment of a managed to make a bola suficiently mend at the annual meeting to be held floor and pulling up the boards we dividend of Tsele 4 per share for the farge to permit of passage. Two of year 1917, and the transfer of Taels us climbed down and passed up to at the Race Cours were painfully 25,000 to Repairs Account.
willing hands above a large number manifested this morning, when the Connell Bros., with his wife, childtribution in Germany-revealed lu
The results of yesterday's tragedy
"The extraordinary scandal of food dis sad task of identification was pro and two sisters-in-law, the Misses document from the Neukvells (Berlin) ceeded with. The charred remains
believed that they were amongst the able attention from the whole of tiss
of the victims were laid out in row, Ribeiro, are also missing and it isMunicipal Council-:tracts very consider of the disaster and relatives and believed that they are amongst the German Press, and under the influence of admitted to see whether, by a shred friends at the missing opes were
victims.
the publication of this confidential memo- Mr. J. J. Blake and Mr. Olsen, randum new scandals are coming to light,
ander deter could be arrived at. Those who had was somewhat severely injured and December 19th. missing friends or relatives and were was sent to the Government Civil Neukoclia, which is a citadel of not able to find traces, were instruct- Hospital.
Socialism, confesses Ite in with 'she
TH Stewarde of the Joskey Club after first desiding to complete, after a day's interval, the programme of the mass, resolved at a meeting held to-day to entirely abandon the meeting. This decision, it will be seen from correspondenes in another column, has the endorsement and indeed has been made possible by the
of women and children. This work: usanimona agreement of the owners
was most difficult us the place was of stables to absolve the lab from
The annual public meeting of pitch-dark, and most of the unfortu-
in a matabed enclosure on the scene financial liability so far as they them-the local auxiliary of the British and ante people were pinned down by decision will reanis in much financial at the Helena May Institute next Many of those we rescued were seri selves are concerned. As it is, the Foreign Bible Society is to be held beams, counters, tables and chairs.
complication, but in the presence of Tuesday when the Bishop of Victoria ously injured. We worked as ons of clothing, an article of jewellery who were working in Mr. Warren's writes the Amsterdam correspondent of such an appalling calamity no other will presice and addresses will be we could until forced to leave by or a shoe and such like, identification booth, were saved, but Mr. Blake the "Daily Chronicle" MEE CHEUNG.
coane could possibly have met with
delivered by the Rev. A. L. Wazn the heat which became so unbearable public approval, and we bare no
shuis, "of Amoy, and Dr. H. Gordon that some of us were overcome and
had to be drugged out of danger." doubt the general pablis who may
Thompson, MD. of Yunnan-fu. be hit by the decision to abandon the
RESCUE WORK.
ed to raport at No. 2 Station, Wan On the person of a corpse searched excuse that the municipal coumail sati meeting will reconcile themselves to
There were several doctors on the chai, and is will be come cocaider- last night a letter was found adfoodstuffs at outrageous prices set by the
·munition and other interests in order no the situation. The chief disappoint-
able time, no doubt, before a com- dressed to "Magadid" announcing to arouse anger among the populacs, scene, including Dr. McKenny, Act plete list of the casualties can be that the writer, who signs himself But other municipal authorities have HE DANCES ADVERTISED for ment over the abandonment of the CEREBRO SPINAL FEVER.ing Superintendent of the Govern
the Week are. CANCELLED in
compiled.
J. J. Pereira, would arrive in the been engaging in this scandalous action view of the sad catastrophe at Happycling in the terrible circumstances
ment Civil Hospital, Lieut.-Colonel Valley,
Very few of the bodies, however, Colony on the 2nd February. The in order to recoup themselves for war Crisp, RAMC, Surgeon-General
up enormous, war expenditure bills. A which the Fands for War Charities Department, sends us the following Forsyth and others who rendered ending scenes this moming were owing to some parts being burnt and great proportion of that expenditure Mr. Carpmaal, Head of the Sanitary Dreaper, N., Major Black Dr are recognisable, and the heart body of the letter was undecipherable expenditure. All German cities have run must apparently suffer, bat, unques-respecting the new epidemic: tionably, the Stewards have done
The disease Cerebro Spinal Fever is every assistance to the wounded as
The officials have been hard at they were brought out. The refresh-
JAPANESE CASUALTIES. the right thing in abandoning the dus te a germ which lives in the mucous
werk all day and were also doing meating.
membrane of the nasopharynx, that ment bar within the Grand Stand is the passage connecting the nose and enclosure was converted for the till a late hour. Detachments of the Suzuki, and his staff visited the everything necessary last night up The Japanese Consul-General, Mr.
COUNTRY FINANCIALLY ENSOUND. No authoritative explanation of the throat. The principal authorities are time being into a hospital and many military forces
So the muncipal cruncile are driven were stationed at scene of the disaster: yesterday and to make their balance shocte a tolerable the exploitation of the workes, lo enter Rwill be resumed on FRIDAY, Lat coming. There are rumours, which due to floating droplets of infected naso- the Matron of the Government Civil EHEARSALS FOR THE BALLET Case of the calamity is yet forth agreed that the spread of infection is received attention here, Miss Sloan,
intervals to keep order and also again to-day to conduct investiga as possible. Hera can be seen one great Harch and those who have already signified their desire to assist anspear to amount to no more than is a person who may be otherwise
pharyngeal secration from the "carrier'
Hospital, and other ladies assisting.
Police Reserves and other units were to. Amongst the burnt stands piece of evidence of the highly unsound requested to attend regularly on Fridays surmises, that it was the work of quite healthy and yet be able to conver
Special mention is Beserved of the assisting in the work.
was a Japanese booth, and, fificennancial position of Germany,
Many councils, bowever, resorted to BOPAL.
Those who were able to recognise Japanese cut their lives in the dis profiteering with deliberate intent
make money and to favour particular interests. The Council of Schoeneberg, another suburb of Berlin, provides curious example of official persernity.
To disregarded all Government regula tions in dealing with favoured employees on ita municipal estates. While the population is receiving with luck TEXT had another meeting at 12:80 to-day Ponuda of potatoes a week, these pam. The special measures which are being the rescuing operations in which the The Captain Superintendent of and it was unanimously decided to pred persons ked more than three pounds
daily. and combat the spread of the epidemic polices and mer of all branches of Police stated that about 570 bodies abandon the Race Mesting.
by
J. H. TAGGART. Manager.
Hongkong, Feb. 27, 1818.
182
"FINKLE AND THE FAIRIES.”
ST. GEORGE'S DAY PRODUCTION.
will be respecting the extant to
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ing. spitting etc. The immediate
terrible to witness.
sodden..
and Tuesdays at 5.15 pm at the Theatre miscreants who cut the lashings of infection to others by coughing, sees heroism displayed by the men of friends or relatives, were allowed toaster and 60 were injured.
There are vacancies for more Dancers, poles underneath a stand, presumably surroundings of a "carrier" as regards the Middlesex Regimens yesterday take the bodies away and at about and Aapirnate should apply on the above with the hope that a losal sollapse Buence the extent to which he or sheat the Races and Lieut.-Col. Ward half past eleven this morning this
days at the Theatre.
Hongkong, Feb. 17, 1918.
DIOCESAN GIRLS' SCHOOL, KOWLOON.
bad rentiation or overcrowding in-There were a considerable number
181 would create a panic and facilitato may spread infection.
WILL RE-OPEN OR
FURSDAY, March 12th, at 9 AM. An Assistant Mistress is required for
Boarders return on March 11.
the above.
Apply to
THE HEADMISTRESS. Hongkong, Feb. 27, 1915.
184
their designs to rob people on the should be careful, was he put himself realising the rature of the disaster remains of the unidentified were pus It therefore follows that each person the Commanding Officer, promptly sad task was completed. and the stand; but it would be well to dis-nnecessarily in such a position as might had the fall in" sounded on the
in coffins. count all such rumours until the carriers", and should avoid anything bugle to which the men responded render him liable infection from official inquiry is held and reports doors or outdoors.
"crowd whether in- of the kind can be properly inves
with alacrity and did fine work in tigated. A searching inquiry thers
in the nature of
must be without delay. We might aro as follows
at once correct the impression, which
appears to commonly prevail that the Jockey Club has aný dírvet resposa{- bility in the matter of these stands. Ponies! Ponies Ponies! The land on which they stood is
PUBLIC BOUP.
THE Undersigned have received in
structions to sell by Pablie Hosp
817
WEDNESDAY the 9th March, 1918, at 3 pẩm, at the Fountain, opposite the City Hall.
▲ LARGE NUMERE OF WELL-KNOWN RACE PONIES. Call Particulars from Catalogue), Treks :---Cach
Crown property and the sites-about twenty in number are let annually by the Government by public auction for the Race Meeting, Purchasers of the lots are responsible for the erections on these sites, and some of the atards have been errected by the same contractors for a long series of years in ons same the same con- tractors have had the work for forty years in succession. Even among the purchasers of these sites there appears to be an impression that Do Government supervision is exercised over the erections, but we understand this is not quite in accordance with HE Undersigned have received in the facts, for all such creations are Istractions is nail by Fablie Anotios, controlled by the Building Authority
{ICE}ACOGUNT OF CER`OGFORESAD),
HUGHES ♣ HOUGH.
Aductioneers, Bangkong, Feb. 17, 1918, 77-
PUBLIC AUCTION
SATURDAY,
the 2nd Maral 1918, at 10.30
their Hal Rooms, No.. B, DM VOVK ROAD, Corner st
Les Bosse Street, SUNDBY
HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE, kje Hemoved to Sale Room for Convenience
of: Bale,
HUGHES & HOUGH.
Hongkong. Feb.
Board to try
THE DEATH ROLL.
the Military and Naval Services co could be recognised as such, but we
1. Disinfection of infected premises operated. HE. The Governor, who imagine there must be a number of
and clothing.
RACE MEETING ABANDONED.
The Stewards of the Jockey Club
‚ CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN
OWNERS AND STEWARDS.
2. All inmates of infected promises was present, put Colonel Ward in people barned beyond recognition of and known contacts of infection charge and soon the Captain Super. any kind. O those known to be cases are loaked upon as possible intendent of Police (Mr. Messer) pissing are the following :--
carriers and subjected to treat-]
Mr. Peter Gandall, employed in the [T. the Editor of the "CHINA MAIL-
went for 10 minutes daily for s arrived on the scene in a motor car days, by inhalation of atomised from the City, followed by other Eine sulphate obtained from stamm
storsisars containing 1% solation of Government offeinls including Mr. zine sulphate. This is carried out. E. Wright, the engineer in charge by Inspectors in all infected houses
3. For the purpose of treating those of of work under the Buildings Ordi
the general publie who may have nance, and Mr. Carpmael, Head of been in accidental contact with in-
fected cases, or "carriers", atomisera
the Sanitary Department, who
are to be installed in the following brought gangs of coolies to sasiet in places
A. For Europeani
1. Supreme Court
IL No. 8 Police Station, Teak. HIL Disinfecting Station, Yaumati,
Kowloom. B. For Chinece
the rescue work. To Sanitary Department a men proved particu larly useful. A guard of the Middle- sex Begiment was mounted over the scene and the work of recovering. bodies was continued till nearly mid- night by the aid of are lamps-pro- II. One at The Homestead, Fook.vided by the Electric Light and It is not considered necessary that Tramway Companies. persons who have no reason to believe themselves to have been in contact with ca ef Cerebro. Spinal Faver should undergo this treatment pu It would be difficult to say how
1. One in each Chinese Public Dis sary in Hongkong and Kawloon (8 in all),
are as follows
1. Enlisting
Estresta
CAUSE OF THE DISASTER.
Eers of the D.A.J.A stand, who was
with view to diminishing the
Mesures have also been undertaken and when the collapse originated. who presumably has to be satisfied these are ad
poubištien of accidental infection and Mt. A. 7. da Rocha, one of the part before they are occupied. Such L Watering sisianes of the Anselling tickets of the Cash Sweeps Spitting and District Watchmen's for the 5th Race at the time, says Bocistics in making known to the be distinctly saw the left neighbour public the dangers of expectoration and considering the possibility of ing shed, which was No. 9. falling the provision of cuspidores, in the
his shed and he, with publið strecta. spent on towards
questions as these, a well as the conditions of occ ation, the pre- cautions required be taken against fre, and the provision made in case
ents, will all come within the brview of the Court of Ingo For the
text household dirt and refuse Danelves with voicing the grief and
by thiT
* Enlisting" thu assistance of
sistance of the Fo the resistance of Bir C. G. M
lics to prevent the throwing out of Pereira, immediately pulled his wife verandahawindows of all kinds of the
t
A regards the closing of schools were scorted out by Mfr. Pereira,
places of amusement or crowded gather ings for any@perposa, the Cominttes of anitary Board formed atfile' request «Kresianow the Governor decided ́nat dastrable to: recommend) mity
and Mrs. Lopos out. When they
began to render all the
he could in Carrying the
⠀⠀⠀ Gas Works, St
Mr. Edward Pereira, of the Mer-
cantile Bank.
SIR-I am directed to forward to you the following correspondence be
Mr. David Marshall, of the Row-tween the Owners of Ponies entered at
loon Dock Yard,
the present Race Meeting and the Stowards of the Hongkong Jockey Club
Mr. A. Ritchie, of Messrs. Baza
Bay & Company,
Mr.
Bino Xavier, Manager of the Hongkong Printing Press. M. J. L. M. Bozario, manager of Bicssrs. Connell Bros., his wife, à son and two sisters-in-law (the Misses Bibeiro), the compradore and most of the Chinese staff of the fam
Mr. J. Coelho, of Messrs. Gueddes
& Company
Miss Doris Xavier, sister of the proprietor of the Hongkong Printing Press.
1 remain, Six.
Your Obedient Servant
T. F. HOUGH. Hongkong 27th February 1918.
should be maile good by the Government, but the Government has other things to do with its money than fail its obliga tions in that direction.
to
While civiliar invalids have to get medical certificate to obtain a quarter lite of milk a day, thoes employees have been having anything from one to three like daily.
Other foodstuffs were distributed in the same lavish proportion. These revelations Council. The Pan-de-man newspapers, mado's great sensation in the Municipal
of course, endosvour to make out that the failure of the food distribution is really the failure of Socialisin
Meanwhile the Chief Burgomaster of Berlin inform the city that the city ga
works have only sufficient coal for three days.
The official food distribution i indeed a mattor full of pitfalls and dangers
Enclosures]
An old woman was charged with Hongkong 27th February 1916. smuggling opium. She had been saarch- Dear Sir,-In view of the disaster to ed outside Kowloon Railway Station, Chinese Siands having proved ⠀⠀ ̈ mora serious than wae at first anticipated and sad six tins, each containing one task of the loss of life much greater than opium, were found in her posscution. reported to the Stewards when they Two tins were sewed in the collar of decided to continue the meating, wes, as
deciding to abandon the Masting, we the
to Mr. J. D. Barros, 'Interpreter at owners, asked that the matter be reconher coat and two under each armpit.
the American Consulate. dared the roofound Mr. J. B. Wood convicted accused Mr. J. Rodrigues, a pupil at St. undersigned hereby undertake to absolve ned her $500 with the option of air.
the Club from any claim as far as wear mouths' imprisonment with hard labour, Joseph's College
personally concerned We are, Dear Sir, Yours laithfully yaradangan and ordered the coal soation of the
John Johnston, Ellis Kadoorie, Hopium Galluzi, R. M. Dyer, H. Birkett, H.A Beth, Dr. Jordan, 1. H. Congdan, J. Macdonald, J. Gibb, M. T.Johnson, W. Logan, B. Barto, Ene Koller A KL. 1. Soares,” H., B. L. Dowbiggin, F. T. Bartos für 1r. Barady, Q. Forsyth, R. E. tedgwick for Wayloong Bedgwick for Bath Fer Swick, F. Maitland F Char Beswick
Mr. F. Beto, of Holt's Wharf A. Ab Wec, proprietor of the Kow
loon Dury,
One Shroff employed by the Char
Mr. Hu Cheung Yon, a Chinesa clerk in the employ of the Gas
the Hongkong&
DORT COUCH
absurd to allow Chamberlain's Cough Remed
you. You don't know where a persiste
and lunga to