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MORE MISSISSIPPI FLOODS

TEN DROWNED

SPITALFIELDS NEW FEDERAL ELECTIONS

MARKET

OF AUSTRALIA

FINEST IN WORLD.

THE VOTING

REFUGEES FLOCKING TO HIGH TO BE OPENED BY H. M. MANY SEATS STILL IN

POINTS

HEAVY FARM DAMAGE.

Kansas City, Yesterday.

Ten persons have been drowned

in Mississippi floods.

THE KING

COST £2,000,000

London. Yesterday.

DOUBT

STATE OF THE PARTIES

Melbourne, Yesterday.

The new market at Spitalfields, Many of the seats are still in which HM the King. accom-doubt at the Federal elections, but panied by H.M. the Queen will it la anticipated that the ultimate In Eastern Kansas and West open next Thursday, will be the state of the Parties in the House Missouri heavy damage was done, finest fruit and vegetable market, of Representatives will be Minis- terialists (consisting of a coalition to farm property, particularly to in the world. livestock and hundreds of refugees

Bulit at a cost of £2,000,000, of nationalists and country parties) The will embody under its roof every 44; labour opposition 31: are flocking to high points in the

known improvement in market former have last eight seats. It is, nflicted ares.-Reuter's American methods.

expected that labour will also gain

Service.

ENGLAND'S GALE

20 LIVES LOST AND MANY INJURED

MUCH DAMAGE

London, Yesterday. The number of deaths, attributed directly or indirectly to Friday's great storm, was under-estimated In the early reports. Twenty por sons were killed and a very large number injured.

!

Ten and a half aeres of slum a few seats in the Senate, voting streets have been cleared for the being compulsory, 97 per cent, have site of the market, the inhabitants, voted in some districts-Reuter. Being re-housed in new residential blocks elsewhere.

Round the market itself, narrow alleys have been made into wide streets but further work in this direction has still to be done.- British Wireless Service.

LOST "VESTRIS "

OPENING OF OFFICIAL INQUIRY

"AT ALL COSTS"

New York, Saturday. The "Vestris" inquiry was open- Richard the First was snapped off! as clean. as a whistle.

Jed with an announcement by State Euston Station was isolated for Attorney Tuttle who said:"I have Officials of the Meteorological over an hour by a large elm tree received reports from confidential Department of the Air Ministry have records of gusts of 90 miles as hour at Cardington and of 81 miles Jal Croydon,

which was torn up and fell across the lines.

sources which lead me to say that if anyone is attempting to prevent full testimony being given by wit-i Liners Bob Like Corks At Southampton, a gale of over esses regarding the sinking of the sixty miles an hour was reported. Vestris' he will be most severely Huge liners were bobbing up and dealt with." Mr. Tuttle earlier in down like corks, while four huge the proceedings whetted the Ameri- can journalists' appetites by saying cranes crashed down, one falling It is many years since a wind

through a restaurant, three per that he was prepared to "draw the of full hurricane force has been sons being injured.

Unofficial reports state that in some places on the English Channel gusts exceeding 100 miles an hour

were experienced,

Iand.

+

truth at all costs" from the surviv

Evidence of Officers

recorded over wide areas in Eng- All shipping was stopped ing officers and crew.

although several liners, including Cross channel passenger services the great Cunarder. "Alaunia," have auffered heavily, and the

were due to leave. Folkestone to Boulogne steamer

Fatalities

First Officer Frank Johnson gave as his opinion that the disaster was due to unusually bad weather.

Chlef Engineer James Adama

took 11 hours for the crossing, only At Yarmouth, more than a dozen making the harbour early yesterday of the small craft in harbour described how the water poured after seven unsuccessful attempts.

were torn from their moorings and through the ship's side. The Cap- Passengers on the Ostend to smashed.

tain told him that he could keep Dovar steamer spent the night at Nearly fifty houses in the course the ship afloat as long as he sea, the vessel anchoring off Dunkirk of construction At Newport, (Adams) could keep up steam until yesterday morning, when the Monmouthshire, collapsed.

itself.

victim.

pressure.

full force of the gale had spent A man was killed by the fall of

According to the dramatic story a tree at Bristol, and another man told by three of the engineer officers Many shipping casualties are re- lost his life in the same way at the "Vestris" sank because the negro ported, including that to the steamer Exeter. In the latter case, the man firemen refused (under trying con Eltham," which was found near was driving a motor-car, the tree ditions below) to stoke the bollers. Redruth broken in two. The crew, falling across. It and crushing the so far, are unaccounted for.

Refrigerating Engineer Smith, Four of the east coast lifeboats

Fourth Engineer Prestwick and Another man was killed in a fall Sixth Engineer Dixon all said that were out almost all day yesterday, but apart from a few pieces of of land at Torquay, while a village the Captain of the "Vestris" did not

hall collapsed At Stubbington, send an 3.0.8. earlier than he did, wreckage, they found nothing from

Hampshire, killing a child.

because until 9 a.m. on November! Sereby Sands.

The gale in the Channel, which 12 there was no need.

They de-i made Rye a village of mourning clared that the trouble started on yesterday, broke with renewed fury the previous day when a big sea to-day.

smashed the glass port in the so- Many ships are reported to be in called coal door. A torrent of distress and all the Atlantic liners water poured in, which, however, have been delayed several hours was checked by the pumps and was already.

not dangerous. Nevertheless the Rye Disaster Subscriptions negro firemen became increasingly Subscriptions are pouring in to panicky till on the morning of the the fund opened by the Mayor of 12th it was almost impossible to Rye on behalf of the stricken de handle them. They constantly slip- pendants of the victims of yester- ped up onto the deck and several day's lifeboat disaster.

times were driven down at the point

Although 344 main trunk tele- phone lines are out of action, owing to the storm, alternative routes have been established with all provincial; towna.-British Wireless Service.

Dutch Family Drowned

Amsterdam, Yesterday. -The gale wrecked a Dutch a ling hout off the Island of Terschelling. The master, his wife and ten child- ren are believed to be drowned. Reuter.

The Rye Inquesi

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"A HOWLING SUCCESS!”

If you thought Dave and Arthur were funny in "Rookies" just wait till you see this comedy rlot!

KARL DANE

GEORGE K. ARTHUR

IN

"BABY MINE"

THE highly amusing story of a pair of college boys who suddenly have a pair of squalling infants thrust upon them!

AT THE

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A SENSATIONAL film story of spiritualism, fake mediums and seances !

THE MYSTIC

AT THE

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AILEEN PRINGLE CONWAY TEARLE One of the most amazing mystery dramas ever screened !

Orchestra 5.15 & 9.20. Interpreter 2,307.15.

THRILLS, SPILLS AND LAUGHS !

in one of the famous comedian's funniest pictures.

HAROLD LLOYD

IN

GIRL SHY

ALL THE APPEAL of “Grandma's Boy,” all the thrills of "Safety Last" and all the joyous comedy "of "The Freshman" combine to make this picture a real even- ing's entertainment !

A1 THE

STAR

London, Saturday. In a wooden but on a camber in Thirteen bodies, have now been of the mate's revolver, but they re- Sussex, which was lighted with recovered and they will be buried fused to feed the fires and finally flickering oil lamps, with the gale in a single grave in Rye Church-steam began to fall and consequent- shrieking outside, haggard and yard, which will be dug by ly pumps did not do their work pro- destitute women and other wit-volunteers because the aged grave- perly and the water increased in nesses gave evidence at the inquest digger, who is small shopkeeper, volume till at 9 a.m. on the 12th the on the Rye lifeboat disaster. lost three sons in the disaster and ship's list was forty-five degrees. good name of Captain Carey at the

The enquiry established that the has said he is unable to dig a grave Then the Captain sent out an 3.0.5. "Vestris" enquiry. lifeboat had no defect, but did not for them.

..

show what compelled the men to Coastguards and the fisherfolk, return direct instead of taking the despite the tempest, spent the night more correct route via Folkstone.

President Jefferson

Hague Maru

Tai Hing

3.30 p.m. 4.80 p.m.

6 p.m.

searching the shore for bodies.

President Jefferson NOVEMBER 20.

Titan Michael Jebsen

The Inquest was adjourned owing Įto a technicality.

Lifeboat Rescues

10.30 a.m. 10.80 a.m.

Paul Lecat

1. p.m.

Halyang

Sulyang

Calulu President Grant New Mathilde Honang Kwongsang NOVEMBER

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21.

Mishima Maru. Chinhua Gov. Gen. Morlin

The coroner foreshadowed a ver-

Keeping Up Steam

FINAL SHOWINGS TO-DAY.. Continuous 2.30 to 11.15.

bearing on the disaster. These will be available for the enquiry at New York and also for the British Board

of Trade.

Tense Atmosphere

New York, Saturday. One of the lifeboats of the "Ves-

British Government Offer Help

London, Saturday. Meanwhile the British engineers

The British Government have in- desperately struggled to take the

Government of the places, of the negroes, who were formed the then on deck, straining every nerve United States of their readiness to Four people were killed, many to keep sufficient steam to work the give every assistance within their tris" has been seized by agents of dict of accidental death at the next seriously injured and widespread pumps and also the wireless dynamo. power in the inquiry into the loss the Department of Justice and sitting,

damage done as the result of the They only left their posts five of the Vestris," which foundered taken to the Federal Building to be The Verdict.

terrific gale in the West and South minutes before the ship's final off the American coast with a loss used in evidence before the Inquiry, the opening on the second day of London, Yesterday. of England.

plunge. The three engineer officers of 125 lives on Monday last. The Coroner's inquest verdict was. A velocity of one hundred miles emphasised that Captain Carey did. At the adjourned sitting of the which was accompanied by a tense death from accidental drowning,per hour was reached at Cardiff, his utmost and vigorously axoner Inquiry yesterday the New York atmosphere.

ninety miles at Cardington and ated him from any, blame whatso- District Attorney, Mr., Tuttle, ex- eighty miles at Croydon.

Reuter.

ever.

Fifth Engineer's Heroism,

Discontinued

Rio

de Janeiro, Yesterday...

nounces that material has arrived at Para for the erection of a tyre plant for Mr. Henry Ford's · con- .

Messrs. Lamport and Holt's The Damage

prossed his appreciation of the atti- London, Friday. The sea and air Channel-services]. The Federal Inquiry was adjourntude of the British Government. In private examination of the officers has been discontinued, in view of The storm, the most violent. for were suspended.

ed till Tuesday.

offering to co-operate.

Federal inquiry.Rester's many years, swept the whole coun- The Plymouth lifeboat rescued

The desire of the British Govern- the try, though the Southern counties eight of the crew of a grounded!

The heroic deed of fifth Engineer, disaster should be as searching and

ment is that the inquiry Into the American Service." experienced the worst spells. 'steamer, the rest being saved by

John Jones has just been revealed. complete as possible and conducted Reports are coming in hourly tell- breeches buoy,

The Ramsgate lifeboat rescued Jones, a few moments before the with fairness to all concerned.-Bri- News received from Para an- ing of considerable damage to communications and to property.

six from a sinking schooner and the Vestris" sank went below and tlah Wireless Service.

crawled on top of the main boiler]| It is stated that over 200 trunk Margate lifeboat rescued the crew which was able to explode at any All Wireless Messages lines are down, while many houses of n grounded coal barge. Reuter moment and turned off steam, prob- The Navy Department has in-cern, which is also contemplating

Washington, Yesterday, have lost their roofs, and advertise-

ably preventing the ship from structed Naval Wireless Stations to the establishment of great rubber ment hoardings have been smashed London, Yesterday Messrs. blowing up. He thus saved the forward all radio messages from and cotton planations in Brazil. to matchwood and carried away. Theodore and Kermit Roosevelt lives of most of the survivora..

Over London

have arrived at Southampton Watching Capt. Carey's Interests

"Vestris and any other messages Reuter's American Service. The full fury of the gale awept from New York en route for a hunt- over London, and one of the most fag expedition in Burma, China

London, Yesterday. remarkable incidents occurred out and Indo-Chinav to collect, speci- The Imperfal Merchant Service side the House of Lords, where the mens for the Field Museum, Chi- Guild has telegraphed to a firm of 'sword of the statue of King cago-Reuter-

New York lawyers to protect the

10.30 am to

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1.80

Tjisslak

p.m. 2.80 p.m.

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