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really brothers is bordoning their British protests made that the hearts against men in another Aquitania was not given the American mail, it being held over trinch beyond woman's land who
one day for the American boat, the are similarly having the scales" Leviathan." American · postal struck from their eyes. Thus does officials assert that the clerks the evil outweigh the good. And on the Leviathan sorted the
mail on board so
as to make this is where our typhoon comes in. up for the day-late start as compar Suppose these two kostile tranches, ed with the "Aquitania. "Accor- instead of being swept by each ding to despatches printed from
London and Paris, the Aquitania, other's fire, were now swept by which carried only 107 sacks of 'common peril. Suppose these two mail, actually completed her dis-
· rival bands, one moment since fight.tribution before the arrival of the It is Leviathan, with 7.497 sacks. ing to the death, suddenly found declared that
envelopes ád- themselves arivan by the terrific dressed to go by specific ships elvinents to seelt comtuon reluge. | are neverheld over and all mails Would they then grapple with each addressed "per Aquitania" went in the Aquitania. Mr. Edwin other and fight with primeval Sands, the Chief of the (savagery and kill each other? One Foreign Mail Division Post Office likes to think not.. One likes to Department at Washington, also think not for the honour, if not for said the practice of delaying the Shipment of mails by sending them the suity, of the human race. And in American ships is identical with that is why we regret that some the practice of other nations. Three evils-Nature's great catbursts-postal clerks are on board the Leviathan, he said; none are are so soon forgotten. Were the aboard the Aquitania" Another eruptions and the flocis and the official said that practically no mail typhoons better remembered per was obtained from the British Post laps also the spirit of brorul Office for American boats. "They | do not refuse flatly," he said, "but humanity which they engender merely say they despatch the would also survive longer, nmylup mail by the fastest hout, and, as never to wane. Perhaps men would they usually have the fastest boats, the. Yesult is obvious." then not so soon forget that they So is the rented British ships ar brothers, that even as before must have their postal clerks too the levelier Death they are all, and then there will be no room for discrimination at all. The fastes Nature's children before the great boats will get the mails, as they common fors. Perhaps instead of, should whatever flag they fly. warring among themselves and
trying to cut each other's throats. To-day's Poom. they would then unite against their
(Where He Lies.)
real enemies, for although they are "There's a grass-grown road from.
the valley- largely helpless when the wind raging 130 miles an hour knocks A winding road and steep--
That leads to the quiet hill-top, them down like nine-pins, they are‡
where lies your love asleep. mat helpless against national, greed.{- Lignorance wifi disense. Surely if While mine is lying, Cad knows a hundred fathoms
TYPHOON.
LATEST DETAILS.
MACAO STRUCK.
MANY LIVES BELIEVED LOST.
STEAMER'S ORDEAL.
HOW THE BIG LINERS FARED.
MONDAY JUGUST 201923
Though probably it will be many days before the full tale of destruction is told, it is now clear that, sad and serious as the results, of Saturday's typhoon have been, the Colony has cause to be thankful that the havoc was not very much worse. Details gathered during the week-end show that on land and sea the damage done was fairly extensive though Hongkong, even an hour after the storm had passed over, was far from being the spectacle of devastation one might have expected from so terrific a gale,
Captahi Jowitt was carried help lessly along his waterlogged boat. He heard a shout and picked up his personal boy who was cling- ing on to a plank He also rescued another Chinese member of the crewand after considerable difficul- ty made the land at Castle Peak. A motor-car was procured and the three survivors were brought into Kowloon late at night, Captain Jowilt going over to his room at the King, Edward Hotel. Naval tugs sent out to look for survivors picked up the dead body of the third engineer, Mr. Malcolm Black. A few of the bodies of the Chinese crew were recovered with lifebelts around them.
Through the heroic efforts of the crew of the Egremont Castle which was dragging her anchors. hear Stonecutter's the cook-boy of the "Loong Sang" was saved. It is stated that several other Chinese
members of the crew have been found but it is feared that more Chinese numbering about fifty men than half of her complement of are not yet accou ted for.
As discribed in Captain Jowift's story, the ship's officers were The steamer which, driven to her doom before the gale, Strak within Baras, the second cagincer, was gradually missed. The wife of Mr. a stone's throw of the Praya, opposite the Central Market, and wrs aso on board ad she is said to thought in the confusion of Saturday morning to be either the "Ming have 'jamped overboard with her Sing" or the "Jade" was, it is now painfully apparent, the Jardines sort y before the vessel steamer "Loongsang." That was the typhoon's most poignant tragedy though the burden of grief it caused has now been lessened by the news of the miraculous escape of the Captain, the Chief Officer and members of the Chinese crew.
COLONY'S ORDEAL.
Story of the Typhoon.
MANY LIVES LOST.
able
went dow..
Captain's Experience.
i
Seen yesterday morning, in the King Edward Hotel, Capt. Jowitt, of the Longsung." gave a brief recount of his experience before the sinking of the vessel. Information was only asked on such points as would be of assistance in organising
uninhabitable. Over in Kowloon one of the most remark
sights of the typhoon was the spectacle presented by Nathan Road which was bestrewn search for passible survivors, with tree trunks as though it had Captain Jowitt sold that, as soon as been raked by heavy shell fire. it was ascertained that the vessel All this happened in the space of was adrift in Kowloon Bay, all the After the hoisting of the signals about two hours from 9 a.m. to I crew, both Chinese and foreign, on Friday and the pessimistic during which Hongkong was were immediately paraded and fitted forecast issued by Mr.. Claxton, grip of the typhoon. By with life-belts. During the worst of noon the wind had gone down a the storm he came into collision Hongkong had more от tess* resigned itself to another
good deal aid the men can, rise above themselves and
weather with the stem of a steamer (un- cleared week-end and it was no great in the afternoon so that gangs of amidships, thereby inuediately good deal known), which cut him almost reven splendid new traits when i handed together for wur, surely "I saw you kneel at agrave-side-surprise to find that the "Star"
workmen made good headway flooding Nos. 1 and Molds. was ferry wharf How still a grave can be.
flying the
The they can brave Nature's anger Wrapt in the tender starlight, far red flag on Saturday from the streets and curious spect and particularly the force of the with the task of clearing the debris extraordinary weather conditious, together, even laying down their lives for someone they had never] But through all dreams and star-people seemed unable to make ators were able to saunter out and wind, made any effort to lower boats
met before, perhaps for someone they had actually, disliked→→surely 4l thuy can become noble like this—, and we know they can-they might ever remember to their essential brotherhid, "treasure it and foster it with infinite care and joy. Unless Hongkong people see Saturday's typhoon in this light it will have Bwant nothing for them beyond an exciting experience or an enforced holiday. And it will have taken its heavy toll and told its message in
vain.
personal scandals, as the recent phononcual output of memoirs and TURNER.—On August 12, 1923, confessions again shows. But men at Shanghai, to Mr. and Mrs. Moon forget other evils. Were this Turner, a daughter.
not true the war devils conld not now be sowing the seeds of another Life, Savers. Nineteen Fourteen. People would
MADRILGES.
FRASER-TURNER--On August
61
where, deep.
from the meaning sea!.
light, the breakers call to me. Oh! steep is your way
Silence--
But steeper the ways Iroan, For never a road can take me
On the
wet-
side
up their minds whether or not to brave the obvious perils of a cross- toing, with the contingent risk of spending the day, and possibly the night, on the wrong side of the be-harbour. Some went home again
yond the wind and foam, Aud never a road can reach him who lies so far from home." RUTH GUTHRIE HARDING,
as soon as they saw Mr. Brown, of the Ferry Company, chalk up a notice to the effect that the typhoon was within 30 miles of Waglan and others hung on to watch curiously the desperate struggles of one ferry which took nearly half an hour to come alongside the wharf. It seemed to the onlookers that the
up
a
survey the storm's ravage without the need even of a raincoat.
Adrift In The Typhoon.
HOW THE "LOONG SANG"
WAS LOST.
impossible.
So far us his own experience goes, he was washed off the vessel ax she sank, and, ou coming to the surface, was able to get hold of a boat which had fated clear, and eventually chambered on board. He way driven in the direction of Green The biggest disaster during the Tsind, and picked up one Chinese, typhoon was the wreck of the Indo- who turned out to be his personal China s.. "Loong Sang." The boy. So far as can be ascertained, vessel had just come out of dock the boat driftetl through the passage and was early adrift in Kow.oon between Ma Wan and Chung Hoe, Bay. She was bumped against the and Captain Jowitt eventually found rocks there and began to take in himself stranded on the mainland, While Padre took his walk one day, ferry service should have been Upon our after deck
suspended long before the blue water in the bows after rebound close to the Castle Penk Road, Resembled te our old dog Pay,' flag was actually put up and that the wind and tide, she collided He is of opinion that any survivors ing. Floundering westwards in whence he proceeded to Kowloon. And soon around his neck: the last ferry to make the trip with a Java-Lijn ship when the would undoubtedly drift in the same should never have been permitted chief officer, Mr. J. S. Mason, had to leave. As a matter of fact, after the good fortune to be thrown on direction as he did.
THE PAYMASTER.
I kiss him Heaven Man
Jens Kroto,
Asked when he last saw others on
a perilous passage, it just managed to the Dutch vessel with only slight bra. Captain Jowitt replied that by the greatest good fortune to injuries. The "Loong Sang" was
Mr.
make the naval camber where its sighted by the Naval Yard as it Mr. Parron and his wife, both with seared passengers were landed.
drifted with its bows submerged, life-belts, jumped into the water The wind was increasing every and a Naval tug was immediately just before the vessel sank. went up and the bombs were fired ever, the elements were against them to swim to, and when Captain at 9.20 torrential rains had flooded help, the tug being driven out of Jowitt last saw the swimmers they
its course towards Green Island.* wore a few yards from the plunk. the streets. The harbour became
By the time it had reached the Mr. Stanley Smith, Third Officer. simply a grey mist through which dim shapes could be faintly, des Douglas' wharf, a few people had was assisting Captain Jowitt to cried and half an hour later it was assembled on the Praya intent on throw over a large box which would almost impossible to stand up in rendering what help they could help in saving people, and while even though they found it they were doing this the Master was without алу exposed
to keep their feet hard the being flung about by
on washed overboard and saw no more violent wind squalls which sent the pavement, It came close of the Third Officer.
Two lovely arms flung from behind, The Chinese Flower Girl, Its the easiest thing in the world Mistook for Pay, the Padra kind, rise against them and dumn war to a moral, and te-day's press And so these words she hurled: 17, at Flongkong John forever. There's nothing good or comments will bear this out, especih, Master Master, velly bad Joss. Alexander, son of Mr. Thomas
ally, in the references made to the Fraser of Leith, Scotland, to evil but thinking makes it so," and absence of the elementary mens Number-one-top-side-Christian God minute and when the black cross despatched to its assistance. How- Barron had thrown over a plank for Glarlys Maude, daughter of when the thinking has become precaution which Hongkong should Excuse me, one time can!" Mr. and Mrs. John Turner, of blurred through the passing of years have in dealing, not merely with the Great Bare, Walsall, England.
or thié rush of events, you can hardly ravages of typhoons, but with the CONINGS-HAAS-On August
sudden squall which visit the har. 13, 1923, 31 Charleroi, Belgium, expect that men will see matters in hour. Every seaside resort at Home Denis Conings, of Tongshan their true light and not fall under has the obvious means at hand to K.M. Mines, to Malvina Hans, the sway of every new passion the effect rescues. Promenades, where youngest daughter of Mr. and
they exist, are dotted with boats on hour brings forth. Otherwise war Mrs. A. Haas, of Shanghai,
davits, whilst at every few yards is | had been abolished after the first febuoy, loosely held, to be used knotted club encounter in the in emergencies. Oer own water primeval forests. This is the more front, with its continuous scene of tage because every war has its cargo handling, may not lend itself to the provision of many boats, but lesson to well and every war tells it whether that is true or not, there
DEATHS.
HYATT.--On August 8, 1923, at Patku, the wife of J. Hyatt,
Customis.
SCHLEE-At Duxbury, Mass
U.S.A., Henry, the hitsband of Madge Schlee.
The China Mail
Horarono, Monday, ivg. 20, 1987.
TYPHOON LESSON.
R
1923.
:
SHADOWS BEFORE.
Coming Events Advertised In The Mail.
ENTERTAINMENTS.
Nanook of the North."
PUBLIC AUCTIONS.
The s.s. "Chekiang" now lying
p.m.
MEETINGS.
tree
below.
spot
limbs, bits of matsheds, to striking the stone pier at
As regards Mr. Wilson, the sheets of corrugated iron, sign-Pottinger Street and moved slowly Second Officer, Captain Jowitt saye towards the Yaumati ferry which it that white in the boat, drifting away boards, hurtling through the air.
Two bedraggled pressmen who also passed. The amount of water from the "Loongsung," he saw the literally fought their way up to the in the vessel by this time seems to Secol Officer on the top of the in vain. Under the stress of battle should be set places where boats
observatory scarcely needed Mr. have retarded its progress by then August 20.-Coronet Theatre Claxton to tell them that the wind as when a China Mail man arrived poop, which was then just awash. PETTERSSON-On August 14, men will plumb emotions that have could easily be found und as easily
Mr. Metioven, the Supernumerary 1923, at Shanghai, Henning in latent all their lives.
launched. They
This suggests either] August 20. Star Theatre; had reached typhoon force. The on the scene she was moving very Third Officer, paraded when life. Augustus
windcup which registers the squall slowly. Gradually, the bows be Pettersson, late
fixed crews for emergencies, or "Hunting Big Game in Africa." will find-as ever-that there are Customs, Chinese Maritime
force of the gale was whirling came more submerged till the pro-huoys were fitted on: and that was volunteer crews, willing to stand by! August: 20.-World Theatre; around at a tremendous pace, whispeller was standing clearly out of the last Captain Jowitt saw of hint. aged 48 years.
more things in heaven and carthat the slightest sign of danger. Bebe Daniels in
Asked as to his views of the Nancy from tling merrily the while as if it knew the water. The vessel began to that had been dreamt of in their Life-buoys seem a very obvious pre- Nowhere."
it was beating world records and list at this stage as it was seen that chances of the Chinese crew being philosophy.. And among these caution. They were non-existent
wanted everybody to know about men clinging to the rigging on the picked up, the Captain said that on Saturday with the exception of August 20.-Lammert Bros., at strange, new things they will find those being aimlessly corried about their Sales Rooms, an old collecit. To the imaginative mind it/port were standing almost per every man had on a lifebelt. Ae the ship went down forward, some sounded like the screech of some pendicular over the starboard. that men who bad, gone through life by various members of the native tion of Postage Stamps (really maniacal storm spirit exulting over Issue, two Chinese coolies got to retreated aft and climbed up on the As mentioned in Saturday's jumped from amidships while others just Smith or plain Jones are and Indian Palice. We commented being broken up), 5.15 p.m.
August 2r--Lammert Bros, at the tragic happenings resulting heroes, greater in their way than on Saturday at the sight of a young.
Indian constable, "dawdling with their Sales Rooms, Duddell Street, from its handiwork on the harbour the end of the Osaka Shosen poop, and, presumably, were wash
Kaisha wharf with a long bamboo ed of as the vessel foundered. any Caesar, thun any Alexander.one on the Praya, outside the
hook but the men on-board could In reply to enquiries as to the This discovery, if they are thought- scaffolding of the row Statue Pier at Shamshitipo, 3 p.m.
Fearful enough was the predica not move to throw a line on account report of a raft having been sighted. ful, will startie them. Yet it has obviously ill it ease and appar August 20.--General meeting of nent of the steamers which rode of the list of the vessel. Europeans Captain Jowitt said he did not know *******been made countless times down the ently uningtructed How far in the Hongkong Philharmonic So- out the storm at buoys in the arrived with a lifebuoy secured to of any raft leaving the ship, but
could have thrown such a buoy in ciety at St. John's Cathedral. 5.30 fore the gale, the "Loongsang
harbour. Driven to her doom be a rope and had just started to crawl possibly hatch covers and planks ages. Starting a new magazine, a problematical. Gazing at the ill
out on the rocking wharf when the were seen and might account for the eleyer young modern has confessed fated "Loongeaug," the obvious! August 21-Marine Engineers was swept from Kowloon Bay to vessel lurched and was swallowed report of the raft.
the spot off the Central Market up in the buffeting seas.
Captain Towitt added that just Paving come through the horrors that piore than once it has been thought arose that a rocket uppura Guild regular monthly meeting at where to-day, an eloquent reminder | For about ten seconds nobody before the ship foundered loud of the great war with their reason borno in upon hun that he has tus might have saved valuable lives Guild Office, Stilor's Hom s p.m.
of the week-end ordeal, her red appeared. Then a few heads bob noises were heard under deck, and December 12.--Meeting of Un-funnel pokes up pathetically above bed up, barely distinguishable in he formed the opinion that the still intact, people are not likely to understood nothing about people at different methods of course should secured Creditors of the Hong the harbour surface, The sinking the sheets of rain and were carried engine room bulkhead must have fool greatly moved over a typhoon.all, Thon be has realized that he not merely be on the Hongkong kong Branch of the Banque of a submarine off Statue Pier was away very, swiftly. The Euro-given way owing to the great strain. This does not ignore the fact that has had only to stop one of these sido. Other suggestions could be Industrielle de Chits, at the City another sensational incident and peans raced along the Pray Captain Towitt, although shaken
added to these elementary ones and Hall, 3 p.m. for most people out here the war scurrying hundreds he has seen from doubtles after Saturday's tragial
when the wreck had cleared westwards with their dine in and bruised, will be able to get away it was seen that many other hopes of being able to catch up about after a few days' rest. was very far away and the typhoon the top of his bus and ask him the experience, something tangible will
ships, mostly small steamers and the men in the water," Passage very, very neat. Simply it adum-way to some street or other to be be done. We await officiul explana
river boats, had been driven [along the water-front was very brates an old truth. Human nature treated like a human being and amount of interest.
tions and proposals with a certain
ashore. A great many acts of difficult but the China Mail heroism have been reported and man distinctly saw three or four is still much what it Ims always brother. Asking the way is a small
probably there are as many more men clinging to what resembled a been. Great events, terrible events enough need, but the instinct which.
Writing privately to a member of which nothing is yet known, jumbled raft or pieces of wood indeed, ghastly events can still prompts the answer is the same Mails..
of tits, China Mai! staff a welt perhaps never will be. The actual strung together in a haphazard shock the race, but not for long instinct which minkes men heroes Preference in transporting the known resident of Kowloon, tem computable yet but it must have them was all that could be seen of loss of life on the Harbour is not fashion. About twenty yards from Memory is proverbially short, during war. Help is needed, American mails to Europe is being porarily absent, says
been considerable.. Shakespeare complained that men spiritual or physical-perhaps both, ig, according to instructions from
given to ships flying the American Isoo much has been written
a boat which being mostly under On shore the casualties were water seemed like a child's bath concerning the police. I saw a only remember what is evil, the Help is needed. help is given. War Washington. American ships
tub. At the distance was impos- couple the other day walking fortunately few, The wind tore sible to make out if the persons good being ulten, too often, interred
can do that and does it with every which carry postal clerks on board together and holding hands like down telephone wires and electric were Europeans or Chinese. An- with the bones. This may gover side. This last fact is alike the forty-ight hours over British ships
will be given an advantage of two fourteen year old flappers light fittings and some Chinese other batch of Europeans were on board, Mr. Brown, who held that
What Hongkong wants is some were electrocuted. sball individual trita, possibly glory and the Impeily of it all for and elices which do not succy
House col the Steamboat Co.'s wharf but the post, having been transferred to six-footers from Shan Tunk to apses also claimed several victims: men in the water were too far out the "Ho Sang only a few days. because it is human to gossip the very force which is showing postal officials. These facts are put some stiffening into that. Most houses on the Peak suffered and moving, too rapidly for help to before fressure and retail and enjoy little ment in ane trench that they are disclosed in connection
Total crowd.
damage and many are practically { be rendered..
"(Continued an page '6.)"
nd there been one. These
OUR POLICE.
“SOME SIX FOOTERS."
Loong Sang's Complement, The Loong Sung was commanded by Capt. P. Jowitt. With him on the vessel were the following officers :
Chief Officer.-J. S. Masson. Second Officer.-D. R. Wilson. Third Officer. A. R. D. Stanley
Smith,
Second Engineer.-J. B. Barron. Third Englacez-Malcolm Black. Supernumerary, McGovan, There was no chief engineer on