79

and sixty four were taken to the Stropital the

most serimo

injuries of all of them beong and deaths occurred homely during the day

Many

more are expected to die Several others who were also much scalded were latten to

the Gung Wah hospital and other less severely injured went to their homes. One man was taken by his prendo into a

the afternoon

sampan where he died m

Only

me

European

was hurt the second

Engineer Mr. H. Hagget who however is Staggat

was a

not very seriously injined. It ghastly sight to see the dead and wounded lying about and crowds coon collected round the steamer and as the doors of the Civil Stropital and the dead house The wretched victims of the explosion were fearfully disfigured and on the deck of the steamer the skin from their hands

feet

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