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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 6rg, 1915.
THE LOSS OF HM. S.
FORMIDABLE".
MORE DETAILS.
SURVIVORS STORIES CATE
LORDON, January 3rd. Two hundred and one men from the lost warship liave been rescued, but it is feared that all the others have been lost. The trawler Providence landod 71 survivors at Brixham. The Providence pioked up 09 men and two officers on board the Formidable's pinnaco, which was at the sime nearly full of water, and was leaking badly. Many of the survivors were in aight attire, and others were wrapped in blankets,
At 9 o'clock on Friday morning the Providence, while running for shelter at the height of a gale, sighted the pinnace foundering in the mountainous peas and lying a scarf on the end of an oar as a signal of distress. With the utmost diffi culty the trawlor maneuvred to windward of the pinnace, and after four attempts passed a line aboard and hauled the pinnace round the stern to the ice quarter. The sailors began to jump aboard the trawler, and there was great danger of their losing their lives, as the sons were 30ft, high. It took half an hour to get fall on board the Providence. A lad 18 years of age was suffering from exposure, and he required immediato trentment.
30 OFFICERS LOST. BE
An official announcement states that 30 aficors went down in the Formidable. These included Captain Arthur N. Loxler and Commanders Charles Bolland, Wi- liam Harrison, and Honry Street.
The survivors who reached Brixham 77-6 state that two other boatloads left the
Formidable.
Naval writers in the London newspapers emind the public in any case-whether the vessel was sunk by a British mine or a Gorman torpedo of the appositeness of the words uttered by Mr. Winston Chur chill on November 27th, that Great Britain could afford such a loss every month They also mention the wish of the Admiralty to avoid taking unnecessary Fisks with the battle squadron.
BURVIVORS NARRATIVES.
The survivora on the Providence state that there was the greatest difficulty in launching the boats. Their pinnace was stove in soon after it touched the water, and they had to stuff the holes up with their jumpers. All the cars on the pinnace were smashed in fending the small craft off the sinking battleship. Some of the crow jumped from the deck and swam to a boat. One boat fell nose first, throwing its crew into the sea. When the pinnace got away her crew were singing "It's a long way to Tipperary, but a heavy sen broke over the boat and compelled them to save their breath for continuous
baling
One survivor states that, after hearing
•£ great explosion, all the men went on deck and found the Formidable with a heavy list to starboard. An hour later. the vessel went down. Had the weather
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Proceeds of Concert, Taikoo Club,
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15000.
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Staff of Standard Gil Co. of Now,
York (6th Bub.) Proceeds of sale of "A Scout in Fairyland by Mrs. Ivan Grant Smith and Mrs. Weston (8rd Bub)
149.00
51.15
1200
60.00
50.00 15.00
442.00
50.00
dr. B. D. Harvey's Fund - Collected by Miss Square:
Miss B. Walker
8,00
Miss Hamilton
3.00
Mr. EW. White
8.00
Mr. T. W. Loughlin
5.00
3fias Square
6.00
Mr. F. T. Chapple
10.00
Mr. G. Martin
5:00
1,60
5.00
5,00
15.00
10.00
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*5.00
Mrs. Foy (Donation)
50:00
W. E. Douglas, Esq. (Dona.
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5.00
Collected by Capt. C. A. Mutton,
Amoy
6.00
16.00
6:00
4.00
10.00
10.00
· 10.00
10.00
10.00
Mr. J. Braga
10.00
Mr. Willis Wright:
$40.00
Mr. A. A... d'Almeida
$2.00
Louey Po Sang
10:00
Collected by Mr. J. J. McKay,
Fangmoon
Mr. and Mirs, F. Smith...
10.00
5.00
1.00
100
1.00
1.00
1.00
-1.00
$40
30.00
35.50
: 8.00
3,00
3:00
€3.00
NO. 1 DOCK. Doaking Length 615 14.
2:00
1.10
Collected by JP. Scott, Esq..
Haiphong
30:76
Staff of Green Island Cement Co. Herbert Gaffe, Esq. C.M.G. (7th
73.00
50.00 10.00 A3:00 $50,00 60.00 3,000,00
84,610.41
Mr. J. Noble
Mr. H. Cadman
Collected by C. A. Percy,
Mr. A. C. Botelha
Tai Ming Tak
Mr WR. McKay
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Mr. W. McKay
Mr. W. T. Hast... Mr. and Mrs. McGrann Anonymous
Capt. 8. C. H. Wilde Inspector Sime **Gratitude
Mr. J. M. Moorhend
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Bracy discription of repair work undertaken, large assortment of material Including tall whatis are kept in stock. Two powerful tow boats, fosting derrick to lift 48 ons, pasamatic, electric, hydmulle plante, etc. Manufacturers at angines, bollers, -figs, lighters, constructional steel work, etc. Tenders on short notice by letter or sablo,
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99 buildings, principally of brick and steel, containing private bonded warehouses and engar consumption tax covered warehouses Floor area 67.917 square yards, or 16 aeres. Every description of warehousing, Custom-house brokerage so inonsanto andar- takon. Rakow moderate, -
Mooring Basin, 600 foot by 180 feet by 25 foot deep, adjoining the docks and warɛhonses. De (1127)
misunderstood the Formidable signals. Already acknowledged Liats 1/17 103,075.83 INDIAN AFRICAN LINE.
When the survivors reached Brixham they Less discount on subsidiary coins sang "Auld Lang Syne
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Many men were saved through plunging
187,099.20
into the rea and swimming to the boats.
23.72
197,659.54
DEATH
COLD
Some of the survivors reached Lyme Regis in the Formidable's cutter after being twenty-two hours in the boat. The latter originally had about 70 men aboard, but it is believed that twenty of
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1914 £17,000 ℗ 1/9 5/16 191,488.95 ORIENTAL AFRICAN LINE.
these perished. The others were almost Remitted to London on 22nd Dec., exhausted when they reached the port, and nine of them died after landing. The leading stoker, Parr, states that he was asleep in his bunk when he was awakened. by a gigantic explosion at 9 o'clock on Friday morning. The crew rushed to the deck half-dressed, but there was no panic, and orders were given and obeyed as dur ing manœuvres. While the boats were being lowered the boilers exploded. It was impossible to lower the pinnaces without steam, and the men were able to launch only the sailing cutters.
Balance in hand...$32,389,32
N. J. STABB;
Hoz. Treasurer: Hongkong, 4th February, 1915.
THE SHANGHAI SHARE MARKET.
The market, says the Mercury of Fri- Perr states that his boat stood by for day last, presents a healthy appearance,. an hour, and that two boats got away
Funds for investment
from the ship afterwards; these with the with abundant enquiries and buyers for first boat were soon lost to sight in the nearly all stocks, and a firmuese point- heavy seas The Formidable, fired distressing to rise, rockets, and the last ho saw of her was with the crew left aboard standing on the being plentiful, there should be no rERSOA foredeck, smoking and talking, and all to anticipate a fall in prices before the the officers at their posts. The heavy seas Chinese New Year. Present rates are almost swamped the cutter and swept the abnormally low and offer good induce- rudder away. Coats, caps, and sea boots eats to investors, MEGA had to be used for baling. At about 5 The steady output of oil has reflected o'clock in the morning those on the cutter on the quotations for Langkats. The result of the borings of the Shanghai- unsuccessfully attempted to attract Sumatra Tobacco Co's fields is anxiously passing liner. The men were half dressed, expected, and this fact is largely respon and they felt the cold hitterly. A cox-sible for the rise in this Company's swain and several others died from exhaus-shares; this, too, may have helped tho tion, and were dropped overboard After Langkat shares, as there is every prob- sighting land the men rowed all day ability of the latter Company working for without food
the Sumatra on a royalty basis, si orq
Cottons continus trong, and Rubbers promise a good return to buyers
The business recorded during the work comprised: --H and S. Lanks at $600) Langkate at The 39, Tle 40, Tis 41 Tls. 411, Tla. 42, Tha 491, Tls 48, Tin, 434, The 43 and Ts, 42: Sumatras ut The 137; Shanghai Docks at The 51, Laou Kung The Times of India published an ex- Mows at Tis, 72, Tls. 71 and Tix78 tract from & letter from an Indian Army Ewos st Tis 130 and Tle 131 Shanghai offour with the RA, M.C. at the front Cottons at Tls. 84 and Ts. 85; Soy Chees Philippine Explorations ut
MEDICAL MEN AND THE WAR
R.A.M.C. OFFICER'S DESCRIPTION.
"I do wish," he says, it could be brought at Tlaarpings at Tls 12 Almas at.
home to the people what a life and death Tla. 3.cb struggle this is. I am not pesimistic, Tle 4.00, T14 Tle. 4.53 and Tis 4.00 and, of course, we must win though; but Anglo Dutch as Ts. 1.05; Anglo Jayas at nobody must think it is all over bar shout-Ta 5.60; Bukits at Tls. 1, Cherigs at ing. Do people realise that though Ge: Tls. 2.80, Tis 21 and Tls 2.80; Con many has failed in her offensive objects, solidated at Ti 0.75; Dominions at she is by no means on her knees! The Tls. 3.60, Tls 34, Tis. 3.85 and Tis 3.80- British Army has, man for man, beon do- Gulas at Tls. 6.90; Kapalas at Tl. 0.50 ing superhuman work. I can say this Padangs at Tle. 8; Shanghai Pahangs at because personally my work ges on a Tl, 1; Pengkalans at Tls S; Samagagas usual, only, unfortunately, there is more at Tl. 0:47 Senawangs nt Tla 6: Tai of it than any theory ever calculated for, pings at Tls 1.30 Tebongs at Ts f; though one would like to say that the way Ziangbes at Tis: 2.40 and Tla 2.35; Anglo- everyone has turned and helped the Red French Lands at Tls. 96, Shanghai Lands Cross Ambulance, etc., is magnificent, at Tls. 101; Telephones at Tla. 102, 102 with the result, I hear, that in no war and 102; Trame Bat Tls 95; Hall & have wounded men been removed so Holtz at $203; Werks at $291; and Autor rapidly.
Hotal 7 per cent. Debentures at Tis. 103.
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