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3,000 LIVES LOST?
TYPHOON TOLL AT COAST PORT.
Yeung Kong Fleet Tragedy.
GALLANT RESCUE BY BRITISH STEAMER "HYDRANGEA."
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1926, -PRICE, $3.00 Per Month.
Three thousand lives are believed to have perished in the Typhoon, the victims being of the Yeung Kong fishing fleet.
The thriking experiences of the crewy of fishing feets frem Yeung Kong in Chinese territory (not far rone Maeno) were related by the survivors of ten jupka who were rescued from the wreckage by Cap. tain R. Elvidge of the s.s. "Hydran- gea" between 2 and 6.16 p.m. yes terday, south of Hong Kong, the exact position being given at Lat. 21.7 No. Long. 111.10 E,
Captain Elvidge in his report, stated that the ten junks were n' mass of wreckage. four of them gensidered to be dangerous toʻnavi- gation within a radius of five miles of the position given.
Rescue Under Difficulties, Heavy, seng ware running at the time and the rescue of 36 survivors who were clinging for dear life to the wreckage was effected with .considerable dificulty feat ac- complished with great gallantry and at the risk of the lives of the crew of the vessel. Wreckage was float- ing about all around
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Passengers on the vessel were moved to sympathy at the pitiful Jappearance of the survivors as one by one they were Hauted on to the deck clad in what ittle rags were left after the fury of the storm.
A voluntary subscription among the crew" and passengers of the "Hydrangea" realised the sum of 3200 which was handed to the sur vivors to help them in their sad Ighto The recipiente gratefully
knowledged the gift.
Survivors' Narrative.
When they were sufficiently re chwered "frora,their long immersion f the water and Buffeting by the waves, with the careful attention; given by the crew and passengers on board, the survivors related their experiences from the time they were caught by the typhoon untik they were rescued.
It appears from their narrative that the 25 men were part of tho erews of ten junks which were out at sen on Monday morning.
1-40 Junks Capsize.
to: Lave perished.
CANTON LOSING...
Northern Allies Advance Continues.
CHANG'S TERMS FOR PEACE.
Yang Sen Marching Down on Hankow
BOYCOTT END.
Opposed Reports As to Pickets.
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YANGTSE TROUBLE.
Yang Sen Trying to Save Face.
AN AMICABLE SETTLEMENT,
Latest Reports of Interference' with Ships.
(From Our Special Correspondent.
Private advice" received in the No further official statement Colony indicates that an amicable On the first flush of victory, the has been issued by Canton on the settioment of the Wanhsien affair, northern arm of Marshal Sun settlernent of the boycott. "Chuan-fang's army 18 eontiüuing
fis predicted. Opinion remains unchanged. With the return of the two the offensive against the Nation- The Chinese, particularly at Can- B. & S. ships to the Brition Navy, 180:alists to an extent that even proton, are confident that the pickets it is felt that negotiations will be
Kuomintang..organs report the offer of peace by General Chang Kai-
will be completely withdrawn by followed by a mutual understand- October 10 at the latest and that fing, implying resumption of Brit- shek.
there will be no interference with ish shipping on the upper Yang- traffic, either way.
Itse as hitherto..
On a conservative estimate of 20 persons on each of the other junks, it would appear, that Tewer than 3,000 lives, have bren lost.
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The survivers have lost every- thing they possessed and it is their intention to stay here a few days before leaving for MacaO from which place they hope to get to Yeung Kong,
This northern, arm comprises "5 province allies and a few detach ments from Hankow-remnants of Wo Pei-fu's army in Hunan in the earlier days of the war...
Even the crack regiments of the
Foreigners are still doubtful as Pressure has been bright to to the outcome.
bear on General Yang Sen; it is There is a little more evidence thought, by the Chinese anthori- of pickets leaving outports forties.
In spite of Kuomintang pub ications hinting that Yang Sen would go over to the Nationalist side, he now seems to be trying to make amends.
MR BOYCOTT GETS THE BIRD.
Mr. Eugene Chen has announced that the Canton Government has made arrangements with the Strike Committee for the boycott to terminate..
..possibly by the end of September. To-day is the last of the month. Above is "the cartoonist's conception of “Mr, Boycott day. (See also page 6.) ..
gradient of pressure, in the vicinity, extending over a large area. Hong Kong's had weather is attributable to these conditions.
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At that time there were about 130 other junks within sight of each other all carrying out their occupa tion with nothing to indicate the fate which was.in store for them.
The typhoon struck the junks at Ships to the south of the Colony 10 o'clock in the morning and
must be having a bad time just now almost without exception as far as unless fairly secure in port. It is those who lived to tell the tale expected that reports from incom-" could see, all the junks capsizeding shipping during the next few in the lerrific gale, which kept on days will be unfavourable. continuously for about 14 hours.
Those rescued formed only a small part of the crews of the ten junks which were carried away by wind and wave, as one by one drop" ped out exhausted. They had been afloat for 20 hours.
Enormous Death Toll. The survivors state that in their unit of fen junks there were 270- other pulk, who are all believed
WHY THE STORM.
. REASON FOR TO-DAY'S BAD WEATHER
MONSOON & TYPHOON.
A fairly heavy blow, with almost uncensing ruin, made ita presence felt last night and continues. The present storm is due to the joint presence of Monday's typhoon and the monsoon in this part of the weather map.
The typhoon which pussed near the Colony was, near Tourane, in Indo-Chinathia, morning, going in.
westerly direction, and
still "severe."
Earlier expectations that it would
That a stiff, breeze was blowing was abundantly evident on the harbour.
• Blow in Harbour. "The 9 p.m. ferry from Kowloon last night took 10 minutes to get ucross the harbour and another 10 minutes to go alongside the wharf:'' A high sea was running and either the wind or current may have acted" against the ferry. She got head on frat, secured a rope, and then gradually" worked in on her engines...
Small craft and motor-boats were badly tossed about but there was no "typhoon danger."
Fesk residents woke this morn- ing to find a strong gale blowing and some expected that tho signals had gone up again, but there is no "local" warning.
TO-MORROW'S FORECAST.
to-morrow the weather forecast is For the 24 hours ending at noon (Hong Kong and coast) East winds, trong, moderating; overcast, rain: (Formosa 'Channel) Northeas: Winds, fresh.
To-day's report by the Observa- thry reads:
Cadets dry failing to stem the ad- Canton, presumably, for demobi- yance of the allies.
The southern arm of Sub Chuun- fang's army has not ejected the Cantonese from Kiangsi · province" but are nearer doing so than at. any stage of the campaign.
Conditions of Truce. Hence, General Chang Kai-shek's reported, suggestion of a truce on, the condition that as vacated! Klangai. The presumption is that Sun Chuan-fang will be asked to release his grip on Hupeh.. The outcome is unknown but hostilities are at bitter, several determined actions having been fought..
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SEQUEL IN COURT,
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Agitation Continues.
The despatch of troops down the Yangtse to assist in the campaign. against the goutherners is con- strued as an effort to "save poli- tical face."
Both Marshal Chang Teo-lin and Wu Pelfu are said to favour a friendly, understanding to wipe) out the past.
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Students Demonstrate,
[From Our Own Correspondent.]
Chefoo. Sept. 20. The students of some of the schools here made a feeble at- tempt at a demonstration during the week to emphasise "the fact that such affairs as "the Wanhsien incident must not be allowed to pass unnoticed by such an august body.
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As they marched here and there they profusely Scattered abusive tracts, calling upon all patriots, toi be up and doing by getting rid of all foreigners from China as quickly as possible.
Hankow, Sept. 29. French and American vessels have been commandeered to bring down troops from the upper. Yangtse. Official Despatch.
APOLOGY FOR FIHING.
The latest "news" in connec- tion with the scheme to disband the strikers and pickets is that the Canton Government will continue |
Hankow, Sept. 24. the dormitories and eating-rooms A telegram received by the: for not more than four months, French authorities in Shanghai within which period all will have from Hankow yesterday states) been sent away.
that General Chang Kai-shek, the Cantonese leader, has sent a let-
Official Despatches.
Canton, Sept. 29:ter to the French Consul at-Han- There is nothing further to re-kow offering his apologies for the port from Canton and the position firing on the French gunboat during the last two or three days "Bainy" by the southern troopg is unchanged, but strike pickets-"Central China, Post.” appear to be less in evidence. Official despatch.
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Crisis Blown Over.
The crisis between the foreign Kongmoon, Sept. 29. Admirals and the Cantonese Gen- All quiet at. Kengmoon.
eral at Hankow has blown over A few pickets are still to be seen owing to a change of front on the but are not interfering or giving part of Chang Kai-shek. Finding any trouble.-Official despatch. that the naval commanders were Or Hong Kong Frontier. impervious to his warning that all The "China Mail" understands men-of-war should move down- that according to authentic re-stream he submitted as an ex- ports, a picket was observed planation that his request was searching people at Nam Kam To that they should restrict their ferry (on the frontier) in the late movements to waters in front of afternoon of Tuesday, September the Hankow Concessions. His 28.
first "order" he explained was This (Thursday) morning, how-meant to apply only to the stretch ever, there are no pickets at all on of river between Hanyang and the Chinese officer in charge of the frontier and it is reported that Wuchang.
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"A Norwegian Bailor named Oernerif Gophen was charged -be- fore Mr. R. E. Lindsell at the Cen- tral Magistracy this morning for acting in a disorderly manner at Murray Barracka.
It seems to have been tacitly Evidence was given by two East the pickets at Samchun has in- agreed after consultation with the brushed past the sentry and caused Surreys men that the defendant formed the Customs officer there foreign shipping companies not to that all the pickets have been contravene these modified belt- considerable stir by chasing a boy leave for Canton by the express ised that the extension of the out of the barracks until he was train to-day
withdrawn and that they will gerency regulations, as. It is real
taken in hand by an escort,
Defendant pleaded that he had When Leaving Shameen.,
Southern power necessitates the conceplan of some measure of no recollection of what he did. It has been definitely establish- belligerency status. Norwegian interpreter pointed outed this morning that there are no similar toleration has also that drinking was prohibited in restrictions on persons crossing be introduced at Swatew and | 611-up have not been borne out but of Lat. 17 N. Long. 117 E., moving Norway and the seamen took every the bridge at Samchun and per-top the Slang, River. 6. Daily
opportunity to get drunk when they said that defendant had missed his were out of the country. He also
bout
A severe typhoon within 60 miles It la felt that conditions in Indo W.N.W.. China will have moderated by this.
At 6 a.m. time to-morrow, with the local typhoon, which has become savere, this morning the weather also improving.
was near Lat. 16 N. and Long, 11 E., Ships in the South..
moving West,
His Worship held this to be no When a typhoon and the mon Pressure has increased slightly' soon, are present together, intense over N.E. Japan, Formosa and exouse for entering the barracks winds are caused a long way from Luzon, it has decreased moderate and causing a nuisance. the centre, hence the blow" feltly at Tourane and slightly at Haldant was fined, 35.
here and the disturbed atmosphong. It is nearly stationary at pherics.
At present there is a fairly steep
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Rainfall until 10 a.m. to-day. {/ ..73 inch. Total to date, 90,85 inches, against an average of 75,50 inches.
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