CUTLER PALMER & CO'S
NAPIER JOHNSTONE'S
Known as the
"OLD
SQUARE"
WHISKY.
ESTABLISHED
1745.
BOLF AGENTS IN HONGKONG
AND SOUTH- CHINA)
LANE, CRAWFORD & CO.,
and from ALL WINS MERCHANTS,
WEATHER REPORT.
THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS,
On July 6th at 11.45-No returze from N. China, Japan or Indo-China. Prossaro Jins decreased në all reporting stations, A depression appears to be central in the vicinity of Shanghai lan irregular arzs of low pressure is still indicated to the W. of Pratas Shont:
Hongkong rainfall for 36 bourn ending af 10 am. to-day, 0.00 Inch Total, unos 1st January, 20.38 inch, against to stage el 41.20 inches,
THE SINKING OF THE "ALNWICK CASTLE.”
MOVING STORY OF THE SEA.
CAPTAIN'S GRAPHIC REPORT.
The following report written by the captain of the Union Castle Line Alnwick Castle, giving details of the sinking of
FRIDAY, JULY 6mm, 1917.
ODDS OF 8 TO 17
BRITISH PILOTS GLORIOUS HOUR.
[FROM THE TIMES SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT]
few minutes when we drew first blood, and an enemy machine which Captain A, had attacked went down flames, with the wingi : of one side shot away. Then it wa Lieutenant B's turn. He caught his adversary at close range fairly, and the German aeroplane went down turning over and over as it fell straight down Lieutenant C. scored next, his enemy's 11,000ft, leaving a trail of smoke behind. machine spinning plamb down to where crashed, somewhere below the haze, it must have
had provided a bundle of blankets for A GREAT FIGHT IN THE AIR and nail. And the fight had lasted but a. anch bant Wo divided a tin of milk between four men once a day, and a tin of beer (8lb.) was more than sufficient to provide a portion for each person (29) once a day. At midnight, Tuesday- Wednesday, the northerly wind fell light, and we made sail again, the wind grad ually working to north east and increas- sag after sunrise. All the morning and
This is the story of how five British way until about 8 pm, when I was.com aeroplanes fought 27 Germans and best 'afternoon of Wednesday we kept under pelled to beave to again. During this day them, sending eight to earth crashing,
ur mast and sail went overboard, but we saved them, and were able to improvise new step with the aid of an axe and piece of wood fitted to support, the boat cover strongback. We were now feeling the pange of thirst as well as the exhaus of sleep. Some pitiful appeals were tion of labour and exposure and want made for water. I issued an extra ration to a few of the wenker ones only.
The furront for the 24 hours arding at Road that ship without warning by a torpedo the iron stop of our mɛat gave way and crippled or in flames. The official dom Then, for a moment, it seemed that our
to-day in sa fellowy pas
DIBIRICT
Hongkong to Gap Rock
Formoss Chainzel
FORMOABT.
(6 W, winds, to fresh fair to cloudy, probably [rows ralu later,
The same se
No. 1.
South Coast of China betuwon The Maes
Hongkong and kamipoons No South Coast of Chios bywoon The same as
Hongkong and Hansa No. 1.
and non-local
storm
from a German submaring is placed at the disposal of the Press:
French 8.8. Fans, Fabre Line,
At Sca, March 29th, 1917. The Managers, Messrs. the Union Castle Mail S.S Co., Ltd., London. Gentlemen. With deep regret I have to report the loss of your steamer Alnwick Castle, which was torpedoed without warning at 6.10 am, on Monday, March 10th, in a position about 20 miles from the Scilly Islands
SWALLOWING BAILSTONUSI day the wind dropped for a couple of During the night of Wednesday Thurs hours and several showers of hair foll The heilstonce were eagerly scraped from the sail to be spread out in the hope our clothing and swallowed. I ordered of catching water, from a rain shower, but we were disappointed in this, for the rain was too light Several of the men were getting light-headed, and I found that they had been drinking salt water in spite of my earnest and vehement
At the time of the disaster there were HONGKONG'S STORM SIGNALS crew and 14 passengers, the captain and on board, besides 100 members of my own 24 of the crew of the collier transport Trevor whom I had rescued from their boats at 5.30 pm on the previous day, Sunday, March 18th, their ship having been torpedoed at 11am that day, two Arab firemen being killed by the explo | sion, which wrecked the engine-room. 1order.
reported this resene by W/T after dark. It was with great difficulty that anyone having seen another steamer blown water, which seemed to leak into the boat The captain of the s.s, reuse reported could be prevailed on to bale out the whilst in his boat, probably by the same
at an astonishing rate, perhaps due to submarine
some rivets having been started by the pounding she had received,
A NEW CODE.
Now Toeaf signals cuder will be introduced at Hongkong on July 1st, in place of the old Local Code and the China Coast Code.
The principal change in the Local Code is that the new signals will show the direction from which the gale is expected, whereas the old signals showed the post tion of the typhoon. The latter will bo
“ASAHI BEER," indicated, as heretofore, by the non-local signals. The new Local Code is given below:
DAI NIPPON
MITSU
{ASANI BEER
GRAND PRIZE
ASAHI
BEER
ASAHI
LAGER-BEER
-SPECIALIT BREWED
FOR EXPORT.
COMPANY
LIMITED
BOLEY AGENTS:
TEL. No. 230 or 155.
BREWERY CO.. TOKYO.
VAY SIGNALS.
Signal, Symbol.
Meaning.
1-Rod cope-A typhoon exists which may possibly causa a gale at Hongkong with; in 24 hours.
2. Black cone.-Gale expected, from the
North (N.W. to N.E.). 3.--Black cone
inverted.--Gale expected from the
South (8.E to 8. W.). 4.-Black drum.--Gale expected from the
lifeboat rescued by the 8.8. Fenerin on I attach a list of survivors from my Friday, March 23rd, together with those the boat. It may be summarized as who perished from exposure and thirst in followar
Captain and crew of 4in
wick Castle, Third-class passengers Crew of Trevasé
Crew of Alnwick Castle who perished in life- boat
Total recupants of No. 1
lifeboat
.13 souls.
G
24 Aurvivors,
At in the mind came away again from north-east and we made sail, but we constantly soaked with snap and unfortunately it freshened again and we had to be always baling. Our water was now very low, and we decided to mix condensed milk with it. Most of the men were now helpless and several were raving in delirium. The foreman cattleman, W Kitcher, died and was buried: Soon after dark the sea became confused and angry; I furled the ting reef sail and put out
aero
muniqué has said that we had six planes engaged. As a matter of fact six started on the trip from their bone Berodrome, but one had engine trouble on Five only were there when the enemy the way and was forced to come back. hove in sight. I speak with authority, because I have spent the day at that same aerodrome, talking to the men who did it handling the battle-scars which the and other officers of the squadron, and machines received in the fight
luck was turning. Lieutenant B's angina the formation." It is a simple phrases, gave out and he was compelled to leave but what it means is that, helpless, and with engine still, the aeroplane dropped
and wenting easy prey, went after him. 3,000ft. It was a dizzying drop, and as out of the fight from 11,000ft, down to he fell an enemy, seeing him defenceled
But other oyes were watching. Lirat enant C saw his crippled comrade slip- ping downward and saw the German followed, and before the German could do diving after Quick na a flash ha his work the British aeroplane was almost
It was on Saturday, May 5th, a day ofching the tail of his machine and in that you could hardly see the ground from great heat, when there was a haze so thick another second the German turned elenst a height of 2,000ft. Our men had started At down into the abys
over in the air and then crashed nose fore- fairly late in the afternoon, and at 6 Then, almost by a miracle. B.'s engine o'clock were well over in enemy country, caught its breath nyait. when, with the sun at their backs, they
Once more, the machine was under control, and H., who saw two enemy machines ahead. They tried to close with the enemy, who made game, climbed and rejoined formation: was one of those who were new to the
drew near the Germans turned and rande some show of giving fight. It was only n
Nome
with all speed for home. show, however, for as our leading machine
*
GERMAN DECOY MACHINES,
machines
were only
below up into the inverted bell above, 1,000ft, he had to climb, with the baffled "Archies blazing at him from where his four comrades were fighting enemics who outnumbered them aix to one. Just as he rejoined "another German fell. It was A. 's second victims the minching go, sheet and foe alike saw
the and friend
into the gulf.
The tactics suggested that the two intended to lure our little botilla decay as possible from its base--and the suspi- started to chase the two flying enemies out had gone against us, for, still under ou cion was soon confirmed.. Even as WB. Then ones again it seemed that a throw fets came closing in reserve petrol tank, one of our machines of the haze and void on all sides new trol but with Hames bursting from its
The new arrivals flew in three forma tions, two of which contained eight machines, and the third contained nine tain nine, but it is better to be on the it is uncertain whether two did not co all of a uniform fighting type, to whom safe side making 23. German acroplanes,
begun to drop. Again an enemy, glimps
an easy quarry, dived for the daming also dived, and while our crippled ruin ag it fell, but, qucker than he, “Ă with its nose set for home, the German, machine, still belching flames, alid off, mortally
the son anchor. At 8 pm. We were the other two, which now ceased to run hit, dropped like a stone.
minimum of 27 enemy machines in all.
It
was just retribution. The unwritten aluws of this marvellous game prescribo. that no honourable fighter attacks an enemy in flames. Such an enemy is out of the fight, and has trouble enough for brave inna The German who dived for our burning inachine knew that he was. doing an unchivalrous thing, and it may be that that knowledge unnerved him so that he paid the penalty."
I was being served with morning coffee at about 6.10 am when the explosion occurred blowing up the hatches and beams from No. 2 and sending up a high column of water and debris which fell back on the bridge. The chief officer put the engines full astern, and I directed East (N.E to 9.E.). him to get the boats away. All war six 5.-Black ball-Gale expected from the boats were safely launched and left the West (N.W. to 8. W.). ship, which was rapidly sinking by the 6-Double cope.-Gale expected to in-head. Mr. Carnaby sent but the W/T and 8.0.S. signal, with the position I gave him, several times without receiving 7-Black cross.-Wind of typhoon force any acknowledgment. I destroyed by expected (any direesinking the two hngs of Admiralty mai! tion).
which were ready in my cabin, also the the physical suffering, are beyond my in the course of the things that followed span of the upper plane. The thick rear secret ende bouke and sailing orders,
crease.
11
Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by three explosive bombs, fired at intervals of 10 seconds at the Water Police Station and repeated at the Harbour Office.
The signals will be lowered when it is considered that all danger is over.
The Day Signals will be displayed at the masthead of the storm signal mast on Blackhead Hill, the Harbour Offee, H.M.S. Tamar, Green Island signal mast.. the flagstaff on the premises of the Hong kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company at Kowloon, the flagstaff on the premises of the Standard Oil Company at Laichikok, and the flagstaf near the Field Officer's Quarters at Lyemua.
NIGHT BIONALS (Lamps) 1.-White-white-white. 2.-White-green-green:
3--Green-white-white.
4.-Green-green-white. 5.-White-white green. 6.-Green-green-green. 7.-Red-green-red.
The Night Signals will be displayed, BUSSAN KAISHA stunset, on the tower of the Railway Staba, on H.M.8. Tamar, and on the Harbour Office flagstaff. They will have the same signification as the day signals. Signal No. 7 will be accompanied by explosive bombs us above, in the event of the information conveyed by this signal being first published at night.
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When local signals are displayed in the Harbour & Cons will be exhibited at the following stations:-Gap Bock, Waglan, Stanley, Averdeen, San Ki Wan, Sai Kung, Sha Tau Kok and Tai Po, to notify the fact to native craft and pussing ocean vessels.
Further details can always be given to ocean vessels, on demand, by signal from lighthouses.
THE BABY IN THE BOAT.
2110:27
FLYING HOME IN FLAMES.
plane got home;
Strangely enough, our hurning veror
have seen the
side and great ragged tears on the other wreckage, with the reserve petrol tank on the roof bearing owo bullet holes on one where the bullets passed out. The whole. tank is scorched and crumpled. The flames hat burned away the whole central
through, and two ribs were completely severed and hung with loose blackened main spar was charred and burned
not indeed at its own home, but on safe. ends. Yet, like a great blazing meteor.
and friendly ground; and as another air crossed one lines and came to earth,
perfectly upping landing." man said to me in admiration, "He made
swamped by a breaking sea and I thought away, joined themselves, making all was over. A moan of despair rose in, the darkness, but I shouted to them, that the boat could not sink. How they our little squadron and came at it, as One of the enemy Heete, taking advan Bale Bale Bale" and assured them tage of the thick air, had passed behind found the unters and bucket in the dark from the direction of our own lines, I don't know, but they managed to free straight between it and the sun an awk the boat, whilst I shifted the sen anchor ward direction from which to have an to the stern and made a tiny bit of sail enemy living at you in the late afternoon, and got her away before the wind. After when the sun is getting fairly low. The that escape the wind died away about other two fleets came from the south-eas midnight, and then we spent a most and north-east. As they approached they distressing right. Several of the men spread out so that our men were ringed collapsed and others temporarily fast round with enemies on every side.Bed their reason and one of these became The general order to attack, though pugacious and climbed about the boat given, was hardly needed. Each one of uttering complaints and threats.
Our five, keen as mustard, turhed at onc The horror of that night, together with for the enemy who was nearest.
The fight began, at about 11,000ff; but power of description: Before daylight, it ranged anywhere from 3,200 to 12,000, however, on March 23rd, the wind per up and down the ladders of heaven. And dipping, though the ship maintained an hoping now to be in the Bay of Biscay aircraft guns below kept at work, The forecastle was now (6.30 am,) just few who remained able to set sail again, while that it went un, the Germanu: anti- mitting. I managed, with the help of the extraordinary fact is that, all the upright position without list. The po and to surely go stane vesar to Laually, as soon as aeroplanes engage ple in my boat were clamouring for me Ruccour us. Never to come, as they were alarmed by the of smoke had we
sailor wisp overhead, the Archies danger of the ship plunging The purser light came the appeals for water were whether the German gunners were drunk are silent for seen. When day fear of hitting the wrong man; and informed me that every one was out of a angry and insistent that I deemed with excitement at what was going ou the ship, and I then took M. Carnaby it best to make an iue at once. After above them, or whether it was that our drawing to the close. The British pilot, Meanwhile, the wonderful fight was from his post, and we went down to No. that bad gone round, amidst much cursing machines formed so isolated and compact Lieutenant D., emptied a belt from his
boat and pulled away. At a safe dis tance we waited to see the end of the and snatching, we could see that only one a mass in the heart of the great meistrom machine gun into an enemy when so close submarine quietly emerge from the sea Alnwick Castle. Then we observed the Thomas, was dead; another was nearly then in safety, is not known. At all rudder: and the enemy turned turtle, issue remained. One freman, that it seemed still possible to shoot at that his wings almost brushed the other's. end on to the ship with gun trained gonn: we tried to pour some wilk and increased by the constant pumping into thick column of black smoke, went down! gone; my steward. Buckley, was almost events the tumult in the skies was clear over on his back, and, spurting out. on her. She showed no periscope-just conning tewer and a gun as she lay there swallow. No one could now eat biscuits;
water down his throat, but he could not the tangled mass of shells from the Some of the enemy were already, draw, silent and sinister. In. about 10
ground.
ing off, but our men were in no mood to winutes the Alnwick Castle plunged bow solid, our throats were afire, our tips individual fights Formation, as it is before the enemy inob could disentangle
it was impossible to swallow anything inevitably, breaks up into
Primarily, noy such grueral milée let them go. It is harder to get out of first below the surface; her whistle gave furred,
a series of losing fight than it is to begin it, and one blast and the main topmast broke were white and bloodless. During the could have surpassed the way in which machines had gone to earth one, his our limbs numbed, our hands technically known, breaks up, but nothing itself from the battle two more of their off, there was n smothered roar and cloud of dirt, and we were left in our named Tribe, died, and my steward, himself ever to be cut off and isolated C. and one to Lientenant E.
forenoon, Friday, 23rd, another fireman, boats, 139 people, 300 miles from land. Bickley, died; also a cattleman, whose from the rest. Not one failed to be ready
our men fought, Not one of them allowed third in the fight, falling to Lieutenant. The submarine. Jay between the boats, but only name I could get as Peter, collapsed when a friend was in imminent danger to lords of the air, came home. whether she spoke any of them I do not and died about noon.
Then the last four of our machines, still know. She proceeded north-west after a
turn to his assistance. This is the more I have seen three of the machines, eteamer which was homeward bound about
remarkable as, with the exception of the counted their bullers, fingered the cut four miles away, and soon after we saw
Flight Leader, all the pilots were prac wires, and seen the dents on spar and a tail column of water etc., and knew scued about 10 pas on Friday, 23rd, fighting Bone had only been in France amazed me most was the fact that yester To our unspeakable relief we were re-tically new men with little experience of propeller blade; but what, I think, has that she had found another victim, by the French steamer Venezu, of the a fortnight. Yet no veterans could have day morning four of the aeroplanes, with from the number of their occupants considerable swell was running, and infighting judgment,
I got in touch with all the boats, and Fabre Line, for New York for horses. A exceeded these youngsters in ecoiness and the same pilots and observers, and best out was satisfied that every one was safely our enfeebled state we were unable to pro. Commander himself he, still a youth, inay some brand new scare from an anti-air- As for the Flight again. One had brought home with him in them. The one lady passenger and pasty wangeuvre our bont, but the French fairly be called a veterati, fur in that are of the battle, of course, has her baby three months old were with the captain, M. Paul Bonifacie handled his battle he reached his 17th German victim.
The stewardess in the chief officer's boat. I empty vessel with great skill and brought directed the third officer to transfer four her alongside us, sending out a lifebuoy equalize the number, and told them all to climb the ladders, so they hoisted as ordinary time for such a thing, and dur- of his men to the second officer's boat to on a line for us to seize. We were unable hour, from 5 to 6 o'clock, an extra
The actual fighting Insted for a full to steer between cast and east-north-east by one in ropes until the 24 live mening all that hour our men fought tooth for the Channel. We all made sail before were aboard. The four dead bodies were a light westerly wind, which freshened left in the boat, and she was fired at before sunset, when we reefed down by the gunners of the Venezia in order After dark I saw no more of the other to destroy her, but the shots did not take bonts. That was Monday, March 18th. effect.
THE FLOATING, GRAVE,
The
FIRST BLOOD TO THE BRITISH.
a
A
Badspread and the heroes have been flooded with congratulations. But for their own
rhythmical routine and discipline of the work, and it has not interrupted, the part they take it all as a bit of their day's
aerodrome,
(Coathaved in next culúmu)
THE
**
"
GERMAN CIRCUSES:" There is good ground for believing that the enemy flect which was smashed up was I found only three mes could help me I cannot speak with sufficient gratitude manner as to apprice all ships in the There are two of these circuses" in the
message announcing our rescue in such hop is known as "von Bülow's circus. to steer, and one of these subsequently of the extrane kindness and solicitation vicinity of the possibility of finding some Baron von Richthofen, and the other by became delirious, leaving only three of which was shown us by all on board, Cur of the other five boats Captain Boni von Bülow each comprising from 34 to 30 German Army one commanded by Capt The object of the code is to give at least us. At 2 am, Theday, the wind and wet clothes were at once stripped off and facie also left his course that afternoon machines (or that number take the nir 24 hours warning of a gale (Force 8 by sea had increased to force when dry ones put on; hot tea and cognac was and proceeded to the north-west in the together), which travel from German Beaufort Scale, or 40-45 m. p.h., mean deemed it unsafe to sail any longer; also poured down our parched and swollen hope of seeing some of the other boats.aerodrome to serodrome, staying, per- velocity by Dines Anemometer) and also it was working to the north-west and throats; then we were put to bed in stram earnestly hope that the other five haps, a week at each, for the purpose of waraings of expected changes in the north-north-west, I furled the sail and heated first-class cabins. Our feet and boats have been picked up for I fear that making spectacular flights and stilling direction and force of the wind. Owing, streamed the sea anchor, and we used the hands were swollen to twice the normal however, to the uncertain morements of typhoons and to insufficient telegraphie shelter from the constant spray and frost bite. In the evening we were given experienced. At present I have not yet doubts if Baturday's performance cart
canvas boat-cover to afford us some size, and several of us narrowly escaped much chance of surviving the weather impressing the infantry on the spok
neither of the small accident boats had courage into the local flying and observations, it will occasionally happen bitter wind At daylight we found our
One that signale 2 to 5 may be displayed eu anchur and the rudder had both gone.
a light meal of soup and boiled beef regained fully the use of my hands and have done much to brace upfferman without a gale occurring at Hongkong, There was too much sea to sail we the night the stewards were kept busy feet, but hope to be fit again before courage, and what one would to know with potatoes with claret, and during or even Gap Rock, but the reverse is not manoeuvred with oars, whilst I lashed providing water for our unquenchable will honour me with appointment to home from such a battlefield.
"arrival" in England, when I trust you is what the Germans, say when they get likely to happen, except in the case of two ours together and made another sea-thirst. Every posible waat, was at another ship typhoons forming in the vicinity and anchor We spent the whole of Tuesday cipated by the captain, officers, engineers, Undoms and Hoperstitions, combfand travelling rapidly towards Hongkong, or fighting the apa, struggling with oare and stewards, who placed freely at our son of sincere and deep gratitude to odds of four to one or so in his favour. The German airman nowadays in these with the insight il "ives into political of a located typhoon increasing its rate to assist the sea-anchor to head the boat disposal their wardrobes, toilet articles, Captain Paul Bonifaci and his officers The other day he sent up 12 machines to I conclude my report with an expres parts rarely tries to fight unless he has conditions in China, maker, " Chiloats of progression abnormally.
up to the waves, constantly soaked with tobacco, etc. OF: Fan-CarKay " an exeelless volumi Jor
No. 1 is a
and crew of this s-s. Fenezia, to whose attack one of our above one of his dero presentation so friends at Home;
to "Stand By" and watch for the next wind, which was now from the north, N 913 W about 160 miles from the near-recovery from the effects of our exposure. far-out over his territory, we fight bir dromes. Our man got one of the 12, and served out water twice daily, one dipper est lead, which was the northern coast The doctor is an aged gentlemen of 75 with three machines to 10 or a dozen, and about equal to one-third of a condensed miles in a south-easterly direction. I gallant spirit of French self-sacrifice as a party of thres or four which may between two men, which made a portion of Spain. We had sailed about 200 years, who most nobly exemplifies the hardly ever does he cross our lines, except milk tin. Fortunately I had made a doubt if we should have survived another of condensed milk, a case of beef two gave the main facts of the situation to practice of keeping in the boate a case might after our last issue of water. tus of biscuits, and a skein of amber line and come twine and palm and needle, the captain, and he sent out a radio besides the regulation equipment; also I
(Continued at foot of next column.)
sion of the Forses as the basis of Kwal lin, is dedicated to Bir Romas Hans, G.O.M.G., and Dr. A. BaiLH20.
IM description of “Chinom Boelal
PRIONE QU
To ka obisized from MONTH KELLY & WALER. LID, Mösüry. Raswan: A Co., from, the Printers and "ublishers, the *HOFSTOWA Davy Prim "' Ofies.
signal. “
In the now non-Local Code the approxi- mate velocity of the storm centre will be motion, and the position of the centre shown, in addition to its direction of will be given in degrees of latitude and longitude. The time at which the warn ing was issued will also be shown,
He too, has done his utmost on our behalf from the effects of his exhausting expert Captain Chave has now quite recovered ences, and his wish to be appointed to another ship has been gratified.
slin hy aur fighting men hy hiding behind of our observation neroplanes as it wheels loads, and wake wanden raid on one shove the battlefield below or hurriedly dash for one of our kite balloons.