2.
591
在
between
Hongkong, So
Swator and
from
other coast ports, which has
unfortunately resulted in serious
loss of life.
2.
The
screw Steamer
"Hamoo" of 800 tons, belonging
to the firm of Douglas Lapraik
and Company, left this for
Swatow at eight
o'clock on the
morning of 10th instant having
on board four or five European
passengers
and over two hundred
Chinese deck passengers. Among
the latter were several Chinamen
from San Francisco and the
Straits homeward bound with
the savings they had accumulated
during several years.
All went on
quietly
- until the passengers went down
to luncheon. This was about 1
P.M. when the vessel was about
fifty miles from Hongkong.
Shortly after
a band of from thirty to forty
from among the Chinese passengers suddenly
made their appearance
on deck.
These were all armed with
revolvers