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THE CHINA MAIL, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1940,
Fire in blockade runner at Taku Bar
Half an hour before the British blockade runnor Hupoh was due to leave "Taku Bar for the Colony with some 600 tons of cargo and 130 passengers, a fire broke out in hor lower 'twoon dock, which subsequently' dolayed hor departure for nearly three days.
1.15-News, Weather Report and A. The hatches and ventilators were battened down
nauhrements.
1,38-Interlude.
5 p.m. 31st Dec."
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Chinese ship arriving from Taiwan
A Chinese freighter, the sy Hwa Sung. is due to enter port today or Lomorrow from Keelung with a few hundred Jons of firewood, originally
by the taken to Taiwan Ha Tien from the Stras
The cargo was transhipped at Keelung from the Hai Tien, bien was perlled from Hong Kong
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hers after her arrival here before she could discharge her cargu, ineluding 2,000 tons **! voul for the Hoty Kong Gas Company.
The China Merchants Stent- ahip Navigation Corapany, owners of the freighter, explained tast she was ordered to Taiwan to make a special Government trip to Japan.
The con nnd few hundred tons of firewood were brought to the Colony by another Chinese ship. Lee Chl. early this month. The Hwa Sung, which is nearing local waters. is carrying the res maining Arewood,
The cargo is meant for severat Chinese firms in the Colony.
SHIP AGROUND
Muolla, December 27. Tugs
the way
from ure 00 Manila to pull the 3,700 freighter Silverwalnut off Royal Captain Shoal, 40 miles West of Southern Palawan.
The molarship ran aground on the rock at I am, yesterday. De- cember 26 (loen) Manila time). -Associated Press.
for 24 hours, while steam was injected and sea wafer poured into the hold to extinguish the outbreak.
Part of the cargo, stored in tight. Steam was injected. Hoses the bold, consisting of valuable poured sea water into the smoking Tientsin carpets, Chinese medi-hold. cines and vermicelli, was dam-
bay steam aged
and water. Damage by the fire has yet to be estimated by the insurance authorities here.
No one was injured during the the initial attempt to discover source of the are.
The Hupeh arrived here Monday
An officer, recalling the incl fent, said that stevedoring coolies saw smoke emanating from the Nu, 2 hok at about n.m. 011 December 18, while the last few bales of cars were belug loaded thoard. Everything was prepared to cast away.
Fire discovered
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On the following morning, the
There wa hatches were opened, no more smoke.
"We could not say when the fire died down," he added.
During the incident, n lighter was standing by to provide trans- portation in the event of an ex- plosion as a result brunk.
of the out-
"The panungsra were very calm and took it vary well," thr officer declared, He added that the Chimere crew behaved very seamantike.
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The hold has no electrica wiring. Illumination was vided by electric lamps
on the terk. There were no dangerou Fords in the hold nor was there combustable articles.
The ofeer believed that a coolte must have discarded his cigarette carelessly.
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The Communist port authorities returns from
"We were due to leave port at about 6.30 a.m. that day. Chief Officer went down to And out the source. But after descend ing six feet into the hold, dense smoke overcame him and he had to hurry mut." the officer said
When i was found that it would tse fute to trace the source, the hatches and ventilators were bat- tened down to keep the hold air-'en December 21.
tug, with some men aboard sent who carried axes and poles. There was no hose aboard the fire tug They did nothing.
The Hupeh left Tientsin water!
Shanghai seamen maintain picket line
Kongmoon
The first river sienmer to run the Nationalist seu blockade of the West River estuary returned to Hong Kong on Monday evening with some 200 foodstuffs
and Kongmoon.
passengers and Ilvestock from
Under cover of darkness, the Chinese river atcamer Weń Hsing evaded Nationalist gunboats at the approaches of the river and made the trip without Incident.
Personnel of the Wen Haing de- clinex to discuss their voyage, da claring "It is dangerous to Inik about such matters at present."
The
at Kong- vessel arrived mour, West River port from where the Colony obtains fresh vegeta- bles and ivestock in considerable the quantities, with about 100 passen- thegers, on Christinas Eve.
Christmas for most people in the Colony was an enjoyable one but not to the 61 members of the crew of the ss. Teh Hu who formed the picket outside the residence of Ng Chung- ah, manager of the Tch Wu Shipping Com. pany of Shanghai.
that sali had been told that
A spokesman
had left
17 She discharged her few hundred
To them It was cold and dreary and the same us the crew rest of the 17 days they have Shipping Company been spending on the pave-days' pay and a HK$300 passage pleuls of local cargo and the pas- Some 200 ticket to Tientsin for each mem-sengers immediately.
boarded the Wen went at King Kwong Streel
of the crew at the Seamen's sing through the night, while
Seamen's The men are in the 19th day of Union 14 Hong Kong. However: cargo was loaded at the same time.
outside the residence their vigi They had been discharged from the vessel on November 17 and were offered 17 days' pay and a pasange back to Tientsin.
They einimed that the Com- pany owed them two months' pay passage to enrit and A return Shanghai.
Ng Chung-ah left his residence abruptly after the first day of th
siege and has not been seen by the seamen since. Griginally there
were 64 men
had
Ar.
passengers
The
the spokesman aided, they
The vessel cleared port at dawn not inquired fully into the
for the Colony on Christmas Day. the men had two rangement as
we She salted out of the West River due to them under cover of the misty darkness. menths' back pay and besides, their homes were in
None of the crew went ashore Shanghai and It would cost during the brief stay at Kong- further HK$250 to get here from moon. A seaman Bald that he Tientsin. The 17 days' pay sup-noticed several motor junks in posedly left for them amounted part.
Wen Haing was the to only $50 for each man and was only large vessel there.
The Customs search WBS as Insufficient, he said.
usual, he Bald. There was no hitch. He recalled recognising familiar faces. "Pro- certain bably, old staff," he added.
The Wen Hsing will be sailing for Kongmoon again today or to- morrow, it was learned reliably
Given help Throughout the whole time Road. spent at
King Kwong the men have been receiving
in the picket but three of them inken sick through have been exposure to the cold und
last evening. rain
and have returned to the ship. The remaining 61 yesterday ex- preased determination
* donations of money and food
from various sympathetic work
ere' unions in the Colony.
The spokesman said yesterday to lick that the men were very grateful it eve" until
either
to all those who have sided them they could see Nut or his representative.
in their cause.
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The men have two meals 0 rice and vegetables cach day.
House-boy on larceny charge
Alleged to have stolen HK$3.50
They sleep on the pavements 3 worth of goods belonging to his night and have brought severa' employer, C. G. Jock of 3, Island tarpaulins from the ship to keep Road, on Christmas Day. Law off the rain on wet days and Tak, aged 35, house-boy appeared nights.
before Mr. Hin-shing Lo al Cen- The men
said yesterday that trai on Monday. He pleaded not their farailles did not as yet know gulity to the charge and was re- of their plight in Hong Kong manded two days in Police cus- They have recolved leffers from tody.
their families in Shanghal asking The goods alleged to have been for money.
The men have writ-stolen were a tin of wax polish, ton letters home but no replies three bottles of dry ginger and have been received.
three bottles of Coca Cola,
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