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seeking for bodies in the vicinity of the wharves in Kowloon and Victoria and removing debris and garbage that had collected there, a service which the sad circumstances of the case rendered very trying. I communicated my thanks to Colonel C. H. Darling, the officer Commanding the Troops and caused $500 to be sent to him for distribution among the men employed.
Tung Wa Hospital.
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The Tung Wa Hospital on the afternoon of the 18th September sent a launch round the harbour and rescued 18 persons from drowning. In the remaining days of the month, with hired launches and with the assistance of a Chinese Gunboat kindly lent by the Viceroy of Canton, they picked up 665 corpses, provided coffins for them and arranged for their burial. Where Chinese corpses were recognizable the Tung Wa Hospital Authorities had them photographed to facilitate identification by relatives of the deceased so that they might know the places of burial and be able to render subsequent worship.
Police and Sanitary Departments.
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In the loathsome task of encoffining and burying corpses the Police, the Sanitary Staff and the Tung Wa Hospital Committee cordially co-operated,
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