EARLIER TELEGRAMS.
(Continued from Paga" 2)
THE WESTERN FRONT.
Another American Raid,
London, March i
A French communique statee: There is an intermittent artillery duol in Argonne and Vosges, but it is violent in Cham- pagne, especially in the region of the heights, and in Wostre. The Americans successfully raided south of Biobecourt Six enemy abroplanes were brought down and another badly damaged.
Good Work by Portuguese.
London, March 13 Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports: The PortuguesD ccmpletely repulsed a raid on a seven hundred yarda front southeastward of Laventie. The hostile infantry was caught by machine-gun fire on front and on both fanks, and ruffer- ed heary losses, both in endeavouring to cross our wire and when retiring through the artillery barrage. Many dead Garmens were left in no man's land and some others were taken prisoner. The enemy raided a post eastward of Zonnebake. A few of our men are missing. Three raida further south were successfully repulsed,
Splendid Aviation Operations.
London, March 13 Boater's correspondent at Headquarters, describing the work of the aviators, says; Acharacteristic-fight was the great daylight attack on three hostile aerodromes on March 9th. Our sinnen, flying at an altitude of four hundred foot, reached their objectives as the enemy fliers were start- ing out Bombs were literally showorod down, while our fighting escorts maintained a furious machine-gun fusiladi. The squadron flew back at a height of a hundred feet, engaged a horse transport, stampeded another and dis- persed with casualties marching infantry and a troop of cavalry, all returning safely and unmolested by enemy fliers.
THE SHIPPING SITUATION,
"London, Alarch 13.,.
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The con in a position to begin making good our losses. struction of standard snipe and been delayed owing to variations introduced as the result of submares experience The Appropriation Bill passed 114 second reading.
FRENCH HERULSM.
l'aria, March 13
The repatriation from captivity of the second uncer of the submarice alonge, sunk in the Mediterrie "JJecomber," 1915, Itveals a must, trilung story:_or_Berolin The munge wa wrpeuved au sustrian destroyer when thes cruiser Holigerant rummed and holed her, suing her w The water fooded the accumulators, Blok two bullurea rtEZ
extinguunng the guts. The crew, thinking way were lost, shouted "Yire la France! and then calmly obeyed, the orders of Commander Morillet, w Wishes with the succeeded, but a bad or situs on the cunning tower com- A shell struck the sunnfergang pelled ham to re-descend.
null damaging it irretrievably. The crew remained at their posts and Commander Marilive had to order them to leave the ship. He himself and two other went down with her and perished.
AIR RAID ON YORKSHIRE.
London, March 13.
The Press Bureau anu,unce that traps attacked the Yorkshire quest this evening. A low bombs were dropped The raid le progressing. sughtly inland.
"THE JAALAND ISLANDS.
London, March is. Germany's alleged announcement but to annex the Alénawhue Aalanda, 'cabled last evening, is not confirmed. the islanders have peutend the Finnish Depute, the king ul. Dweden and the baiser for a plebisque regarding the destiny of the islands, pisönsking that meanume Swedian troops he retained as a guarantee of the neutraj status of she islands.
SIAMESË WAR ENTHUSIASM.
London, March 13
The King to-day most cordially received the Siamesa Military Mission, the Chief of which, subsequently inter- "Tiewed by Beuter, stated that the pro-Any enthusiasm of djam was.romarkable. When the Mission left Siam two months ago over twenty times the number of men required had volunteered for service with the Allies. They included... -many-röpresentatives of the highest families in Sham, The -Biamese wore moet indignant at the German barbarities.
PROGRESS IN Palestine.
London, March 15
A Palestine official message states: We further advanced astride the Jerusalem-Nahlub road, inflicted considerable. casualties and captured several machine-guns
ANOTHER M. P. KILLED.
London, March 13.
Major P. K. Glazebrook, MP for Manchester E., has been killed in Faleštine.
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They had newspapers Darkest Afrion a few thousa years ago. At a meeting of i Phonographic Swiety in Londy recently, Mr. Leo Weinthal, of i African World, read a paperi the Newspapers of Afrio giving an interesting survey | the 400 journals at prest
RACECOURSE DISASTER. Wenk round and warned people time. He could feel the best of about using matches. There was the fire when he was pinned down. strut on the Racecourse side By Mr. Wakeman-He did bat be could no way if there was not hear say shouts of fire before
The following amusing v Enquiry Resumed this Morning, etrus on the other taide the collapse.
MA. G. B-medior, do sasiat |
was mentioned in a recent
·A·Chinese octrespondance clerk
law essa an the chorus pSI ant in the Hunghong Electric in the P.W.D. said he was s
We are officially informed, that Slackers' song " The enquiry into the catas Light Company, said he was partner in Shed No. 10, called the trophe which occurred at the assisting in No 8 stand on the the "Kung Ping." Twenty-five subject to audit, the General Call out the Army and the N Racecourse, Happy Valley, on ground axr. He was employed persons had bares in the shed. Managers and Consulting Com Call out the rank and file, February 26, was continued at by Mr. Rrio, who was killed. He mnging the shed during mittes of the Hongkong Fire La Call out the brave old Territori the Police Court this morning, There were chatties for making the Racee, Ten of the shareholders enrazos Co., Ltd, all recommend They will face the danger wit
amile. being conducted by Mr. J. Rtes and coffee, and witness belonged to his department at the at the forthcoming Meeting of Wood, soling sa Coronet. The thought he had seen wood being P.WD. The shed had two-and-a-Shareholders to be held on 27th Whers are the boys of the
Brigade following jurymen were also pre-baros. The Chinese in charge half floors and the ground floor instant, the payment out of the Who made Old England free sent: Lesars, A. H.. Barlow was killed. There a eleotrio was sub-les to a syndisste of four profits for the year 1916 of a (foremat), J. H. Wallace, and light used, the fittings being people all employed in the P. dividend of $27.00 per share and out my brother,
My sister and my mother, applied by a Obincee contractor. W.D. The first floor was used absorbing $216,000; 10 Mr. B J. Gadge appeared for All that part was arranged by for betting and the top floor for s 25,000 to credit of Beinearance Bat for God's sake don't send s the Jocker Club and the relatives Mr. Rosario. The place was open reception room Two coolies Fund; $98,034 73 to credit of and Erobange were at the door but they were Investment of the late Mr. Albert Ahwee; Mr. to the public and invitations were A. E. Hall sposated in place also issued. He thought there not given instructions to regulate Flootustion Account; sad to carry of Mr. M. K. Ls for a numere over hundred people there, the number of people who enter-forward $394,528.77 in respect
ed. The chatties were used for of the year 1917." ber of Chinese who lost relatives for the place was pooked, in the disaster; Mr. F. B, Lacon! of the crowd it was making tes, bat he did not see little difficult to get in and out.any provisions cooked there. The Bowley represented the DOD- tractor, Tee Hok, who built the Witness we maderneath the fallen inel seed was charcoal. There matabeds; Mr. Leo d'Almeda Abed, but he did not know these electric light, on the two top Therefors A Chinese firm put in the appeared for the owners of Stands coase of the collapse.
Market Employee's Death, 7-sad-8-and so for the familiasse & eparate entrance gang. Ettings.
f the late Mr. L. Xavier and the way is he could not say
Witness, after time, continuing In the engang which has been
He instanced the Rosetta Sto Iste Mr. J. Ozorio and the hut whether it was broken in the bis evidence, said he was making conducted before Mr. E. D. G. Pablished in the Dark Contines Home siterations in lickste when Wolfe, into the death of a market erected in ancient Egypt abo band of the late Mr. Rasick; Mr. Tasb.
By Mr. Bowley-Witness was be felt the stands moving and a employee, who expired while 3,500 B.O., discovered in 17 D. V. Steavened appeared for
pari-mutuel. geond or two later the sheds ander arrest, farther evidence was and deciphered in 1823, as p the leases of the Unity Saad. working in the There were siso, present Hr. G. There was big fire backet is collapsed. The sheds callspeed giren this afternoon, when the bably the earliest newapani was pinned jury returned a verdict of "Death known, it being in effecti H. Wakeman, Crown Solicitor; the small room where they took
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Proclamation issued by the Hig faor. Εa was able to P. Mr. A. E. Wright and Mr. F. By His Worship: The Eleo:ric
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Sometime during the night one Priests of Memphis, in the Company supplied meters for the free himself. He made a hole in Sutton, of the P. W. D.
of the large trees opposite the On the resumption of the current, but he did not know how the roof of the shed and got out. Veroantile Bank fell down right languages from which expos
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have learned to translate" t As soon as he had done this he enquiry evidence was given by say sheds had light. Mr. J. O. Bemedios, of the Mer-thought the sheds fell towarde chserved fire at the side of No Brose the road, with the reaalt
that the telephone wires on the Egyptian hieroglyphics, till the 11. Ha atarted to help in cantle Bank, who said he was a the Mahommeden cemetery, for part owner of shed No. 8. He he was thrown on his back. rescuing people: The fire came opposite side were broken down, undecipherable.
& strut on the Golf Alao occupied part of shad N. 9 There was
so close that he ran bome to see if one standard being completely laid and another severely backl-
The precise differentistia The ground floor of shed No. 8 House side, but it was almost all the members of his family ad. The fallen tree was quickly was occupied by Mr. Rosario, aprib
were safe. He cool not say o is dead. He had had a Mr. & M. de Cruz, s clerk what had caused the accident, aswn up and removed and the between the "lady" and the mea
questions which have pusled share in the stand for seven years. living at No. 1 Mosque Junction. This was the first year he had bad telephone wires have already been "woman" is one of those rexe many people, that a war-tË TA There were two and a half floors said that be assisted Mr. Ritchie & abed. He paid $1,000 for the put in working order.
The Usual Excuse. to shed No. 8 and it had been the in running the. Colonial Stad. shed.
Early this morning, at Kowloon solution of the enigma ma♬ ||
According 10 Bame beight for four years. Two He did not examine the stand.
By Mr. Wakeman Head Railway Station, a Chinese was welcome. Chinese chatties were in ase in There was po cooking of any kind been into the restorans on the bout to board a train when a (feminine) shareholder of the his shed, on the fret Bor. They going on. Tas stand only had a
searcher found round the man's Aerated Bread Company, "every. were used for boiling water. He ground floor and a firet for. He ground floor.
By the Coroner-The chatties waist, eight taels of prepared woman who is earning her living was on the first floor at the time was on the first floor when the col-
were about three feet from the opiam, carefully concealed in a by work is a lady." The prin of the collapse, selling sweepstake lapse came, selling sweep tickets;
partition.
girdle. When charged before eiple is not altogether novel; have long been tickets at the counter. He first The first thing he heard was By Mr. Bowley-There were J. B. Wood, at the Police house wives beard a noise of people razning, people shouting for help. This two staircases ap to the first for Court this morning, the man familiar, with the "lady which seemed to come from two came from the next stand. Almost of his stand-one on either side made the usual excuse that he cleans the steps," but the essential or three sheds away. People also immediately the whole sheds of the ground for. Aarone who was given the staff to carry and nobility of labour has never began to ran from his stand, collapsed it was practically elmall-wished could go upand buy tickets. did not know what it was. His hitherto been so clearly set on making for the entrance on the anecasts. Be beard cries of fire He had not examined the shed but Worship imposed a fine of $500, record. Golf Club House side. By this before the collapse, but did not it seemed to him that it was safe. or three months hard labour, time the shed had not fallen, but see any fire himself. He was The second floor se ated for Theft of Seamen's Stores.
A Chinese, who 18 employed on spectatora There was cooking
One of the new jadges, Mr. suddenly he felt himself going rocked down by the wall of No down with the stand. He was 10 ehed, and was unconscious for on the ground floor but not ap slighter, was noticed by a seaman Arthur Clavell Salter, K.O., tells sinned down by the partition of a little while. He then tried to above. When he saw the chatties on & ship in the harbour to be an amusing story concerning
hed No. 9, and shoated for help. set up, but again became uncon on the ground on the evening of oarrying some tins from the ship young lawyer who, od Uhinese Feople running away trampled soions. He was pulled out by first day he did not think they to the lighter alongside, sad just witness being placed in the box in After recovering were dangerous. He had a wooden afterwards it was reported that as osse in which he was prosecute on him. He managed to get his bis brother,
upstairs penknife out and out a hole in the he tried to rescue Mr. Barroe bat bucket
containing quantity of sugar, coffee, jam and ing, proceeded to interrogate hum matting. That freed his head without access. At that time water, which was used for washing bread had been stolen from the in pidgin-English as follows: and it was then that be as fire the fire was about two yarde ap pota. At the time of the seamen's stores. The lighterman What your name? Ees in the direction of Shed No. 11. away. He had previously seen collapse there were a number of was later arrested and all the Lang" You lie in Limehouse? It was burning very fiercely and cooking going on in the basement people in the shed but it was not missing stores recovered, When You
sabow God?** shed No. 9 was also slight. When of No. 10, with Chinese chatties, very fall,
charged before Mr. J. B. Wood," replied the Oslestial, “^il^~ You are under Mr. Parker at the Folies Court this morning, you mean by your last query Do he saw that, he forced the hole Water and soup were being heat
be was fined $15, or 21 days' | I understand the entity of our bigger and got out his wife, and ed. They were using obarcoal, He Rees? Yes.
Crestor? I will merely remark they were both assisted by thought there were about three. Did you get permission from hard labour.
Military Funeral. soldiers. They got out on the hundred people in the ground for Mr. Parker Res to lesse the
that on Thursday evening nexí,“ The funeral of the tato Pte. I am to lecinte berore our local Beescourse aide. He thought at the time. Mr. Ritchie perished shed 7-No.
You know one of the con- Daniels, belonging to "O" Coy. branch of the Christain En that about twelve people in his and three other Partagasse. He stand must have perished. He thought that most of the Chinese ditions is that no gambling 25th Batt. Middlesex Begiment, deavour Society on the enbject of did not know the cause of the must have died, for the floor was should be allowed?Yes.
took place this afternoon at the The Omnipotence ot she Mr. Hall What was the rea Cemetery, Happy Valley. The Almighty, and absil, ba pleased collapse, but his stand must have packed fall. He could not say been pushed down by the others. how many people were on the ac for the commotion in your cortege formed up outside Wel-o have you attend."
shed P-I don't know what it was, liugton Barracks and was headed There were about 250 people in the upper floor.
Replying to Mr. Wakeman, The Coroner: Do you think by the Regimented Band. The stand when it fell, Admission was by invitation card, and 500 witness said that he thought the the collapse was caused by the service was conducted by the
Dr. Felix Calender, the newly carda were issued, Two Porta-fie began by the partition be shed next to yours falling on Bev. T. W. Robinson, and the elected President of Switzerland, guese porters were inargoted to sween Nos, 8 and 10, for the youre, or did the floor of your parade was under the Cor-will not find himself overburden
chatties ware there. When he was shed collapse by itself.
mand of the O. 0. "C" Coy, ed-with pomp and cucumstance A foreman in the Wing Lee Capt Bichardson. Other officers in his high office. The repablic withere aid that the letters about two yards away. There was contractora Company, who had s of the company present were does not run to a palace, or even
Replying to Mr. Wakeman, pinned down the fire was only "D.A.J.A" by which the stand ranging at the time he heard the share in shed No. 10, said he was Ospt. Padheld and Lt. Watson. an officist residence, for ita quiet was known represented the initiories of fire. This was the first in the ground floor eating oranges The deceased died at the Bowen citizen, who generally carries on when he heard the bamboos above Road Military Hospital' from eu his own business as usual daring ale of the four partners, Mesara, year he had assisted.
By Mr. Bowley: There was making a cracking zoise. Aterio fever. He leaves a widow his year of offion. The simpler D. Lopes, A. Rocks, himself and
They were all and Chinese serrans at the door, large number of people ran away with no children. He was very his life the better he is liked, A Asmand. present at the time. The ground but anybody could go in and bay He ran out but did not see any popular among the men of his The President is not supposed to. door was deed by Mr. Kosario for cash wape sad pari-mutuet fire before he left the shed. He Company Among the floral make or receive state visite,
weeps and place batting. tickets. The top floor wae used got out at the Golf Club side and sibates were wreaths from when the Kateer forced, his pre- There were no fire falling down. He was only a N.0.0.'s and Men of "O" Ooy.. years ago she ohist cfficist func.ion first floor, but it was put in by free.
smoking was foot outside the door. Eis right order of Mr. Rocha. He could buckets and
The cooking was aboulder was injured by a bam- not say whether either of the permitted. Chatties were alight at the time. going on in shed No. 10, sil boo, He ran away into Ship This was the first time they had day on Monday, and anyone could Street to search for his elder could not say at which spot the fire originated. In his half of No, 9 shed. He did not have eaen it if they had looked. brother. know what osused the first rush le es no policeman there. Da By Mr. Bowley: He did not opinion there was no stampede
on before the collapse took place, of people. Some years ago he the Monday be asked the man in
small accident charge of the obatties to mova Monday and had only just gone By Mr. BaxleyHe had no of the hospitsie in Egypt (a heard of & through part
floor them away from the partition and down on Tuesday when the eating house ficence. Tas polios London corporal ways that ho he
reached the dissy @nsighta collapsing. He could not they stere moved. He made no collapse occurred. He did not did not make soy objection.
When he first report to the Police or Fire see anyone casting the lashings. Farther evidence was given by gleeping on an iron bea say what year.
By the Coraner-He could not a Police Beserve Crown Sergeant between, white sheets." He saw the fire it was very elpas to Brigade. him, and was spreading very Mr. Joseph Gonzalea, a olerk, say how the collapse was caused, and warning officer to the Iam sucking sweats, gift. quickly. There were a good stated that he was working on A Chinese clerk in the P.W.D. John's Ambulance Brigade, who Britian Red Cross Society. many people barnt, who were on the ground for of No. 9. He also gave evidence to the effect said he was a partner in the give to every man a linen Bald the ground floor, for he afterwards first heard people in No. 10 that he was s partner in booth ground floor of booth No. 10. Hesli sontaining sweete, sigaretions saw a heap of bodies at the spot, shouting that the ebed was going No. 10 and was present at the was present the time of the matobes, writing paper sad enve- When the collapse lopes, toothbrush, face flannel, and By Mr. Bosley-He and his to collapse. He was pinned down time of the collapse. A large collapse,
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partners dedusted commission and momentarily lost conscious number of people ran away and conurred his foot was pinned handkerchief, i ́All nɛeful things. from the money put in cash news. When he came to he man there was a panic. He did not down by a bamboo pole but bef always bad an admiration aweeps, etc. He took precautions aged to get a hammer from under notice the shed moving. When got out. He looked to No.8 or 9 the Army Medical Service, dema against fire by having four large the counter he was near to and the shed collapsed he was pinned and enw people climbing on the the diffion ries of Monopostcar buckets of water and also. Asipashed a hole in the matting so down. He tried hard to extricate roof, and escaping. He canisted but I am mára than ofer
'with the affloidney of ite quantity of Band ander each that he could get out. He sisa himself and eventually escaped in palling people cuf,
kizy is proceeding.
tration, cuatty. During the intervals be rescued a Chinese lady at the ese through the roof of the shad, #4