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A. S. WATSON

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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH. 1908.

Tsumati. In view of the opinions expressed TELEGRAMS.]

with regard to the Causeway Bay shelterin the recent letter of the Shipping Firms to the Government, no doubt the proper inquiries will be made as to what extent the boat ahelter at Causeway Bay answered thè &CO need of the occasion. It is inferred that

tay bouts were unable to find shelter at

| REUTER'S STEVICE. THE EMPEROR OF CHINA'S BIRTHDAY.

LONDON, July 25th. The Chiness Minister in London gave a

THE TYPHOON.

GENSBAL DAMAGE.

and generally succeeded in landing. It is esti Government House was not allowed to asospa.mated that (wanty junks foundered between the Part of the maf gave and the verandah at the Harbour Offee and West Point. The con- The Typhoon which visited the Colony on eastern and collapsed.

`servancy contractor has been again unfortunate "Monday night was a more severe ode than that -- Pabllo buildings suffered rather severely, in losing all bis junks...........

of the 18th September 1906, but happily we | Victoria Guol was unroofed, the wardsts"- The east end of the city has also ita fals of have not the same long sad tale of disaster to quarters were similarly damaged, and the roof of damage and diaster. The breast-wall—at chronicle. It caused more damage sahora than thô Magistracy has also fallon in, The sesind

Arsenal Street has been nearly washed away, the 1906 typhoon, but far loss akost. The 1903 court was untenable yesterday and Mr. Wood and fourteen cargo · boats and sampans,

and part of the registry at the Supreme Court has been carried away. The Sanitary Board matched at Wanchai has been destroyed. The Central Police Station has stood the storm vary well, only a few windows being smashed and the walls in part denuded of plastor,

Causeway Bay, but it may be that these dinner in honour of the Emperor of Obinna typhoon came with ban than half an hour's had to conduct the business in the small waiting whose venturesome owners should have boon boats disregarded the warning until it was birthday, those prost including / Warning about nine o'aloek inthe morning when room, The Fire Station has likewise suffered, within the refuge at Causeway Bay, were too late, and it is not unlikely they found it WINE & SPIRIT MERCHANTS. impossible then to reach the shelter in the tooth of so fierce a gale, On the whole the Colony may be considered to have escaped with loss damage than might have been expected considering the strength of the typhoon, and it is a pleasure to be able to congratulate the Observatory on the notices it was able to give of the rapid approach of Maine of Abraham, hunded by Lord Roboris, of several buildingu. There were early indies.

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Captain H. H. F. Stockley, Royal Marine "Light Infantry, A.D.C., to His Excellency the Governor of Singapors, was married last month

Herbert Gladstone, Lord Fitzmaurice, Sir Hart, the Lord Mayor, and Robert numerous diplomatists.

THE QUEBEC CELEBRATIONS.

London, July 215h. At Quebec, H. B. H. the Prince of Wales reviewed thirteen thousand troops on the and including naval detatchments from the French, American, nad British squadrons.

His Royal Highness afterwards handed to Rt. Hon. the Earl Grey, Governor- General, the title deeds of the battlefields purchased by contributions from the whole empire.

PARLIAMEET.

LONDON, July 26th, In the House of Commons the Irish

at Mousghan, Ireland, to Miss Temay Madelias University Bill and Finance Bill have

second daughter of the late Mr. Daore Hamil | passed the third reading. ton, D.L., of Coruscasss, Monaghan, DA,

The Indian watchman charged with attempt- ing to murder a Chinese ticket collector on the 5.3." Lintan" appeared before Mr. Kemp at the Magistracy yesterday, when an additional charge of shooting with intent to do griovans | bodily harm was preferred. The hearing was

remanded until to-day,

During the debate on the latter Mr. Austen Chamberlain condemned the Government's financial policy, and warnod them of the necessity for providing for a possible European conflict.

Mr. Lloyd George replying, scoffed at the perpetual talk of the menace of war, and said it would be far better for all of us i we did not spend the four hundred millions we were now applying to armaments. He believed that our resources were ample to

The Borges Company in Singapore received information last week of the murder of Mr. B. R. Naysmith, ma ager of the Sadong Goal OLARETS FROM TH5 CELEBRATED, Mines, Sarawak. The murder was committed | defend ourselves.

CHATRAUT ABOVE MENTIONED ARD

TOO WELL

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by the cook who also Fushed at Mrs. Keysmith,

the hundreds of small craft—the cargo junks and mampans--had just gammenced their daily toil in the harbour; and coming upon them so

Dorpectedly it okrrica them to speedy destruc. tion. Our Istest visitant arrived about midnight; at the end of a day which had opened with most welcome return of sunshine after more shan a week of wet weather culminating in several serious landships in various parts of the Colony which had endangered the safety

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At the corner of Borrington Road and Prays East the top floor of a Chinese house was lifted olean ont by the force of the wind. No ad lit

reported. The top parf of a house in miorrison Hill Roadalso gave way. A verandah collapsed at 94 Des Voeux Food, and a dwelling house & little further along collapsed. The Kang Wo Godowns at 163 Connaught Road West also tell in and other godowns in Kennedytown worn damaged in a like manner.

smashed on the Praya wall. A number of police and divilians wors present when the cecurrenos took place, and through their combined sorts fifty of the crow of this mosquito dset were mad. At the Trog Tai Tesung Koo Shipbuilding yard's small steamer in course of construction was washed against the Prays wall and badly damaged. It was lifted bodily on to the Praye, bat carried back into the water by the waves. In addition to these catastrophes two lighters stranded at Fest Point, and ten-large junks wore smashed ap between Ship Street and Jardine's Begar Works. To escape the fall foros of the gala Police Sergeant Bosio entered the Naval Yard camber with the No. 1 polico launch. The esmbor was well filed with launches, but the shelter was not suficient, in consequence of which much damage was done. As he WAH' taking his Iannah into this bayan a honvy lurah to port sent the sergeant and his ow overboard, and they had to swim for their lives. Happily, they all succeeded in landing safely. Only two bodies have bean so far recovered, blown down; flowers and shrubs and wreaths but the sea has not yet given up its red have been washed away, and great destructionand-it is anticipated that the total dasth roll has baan wrought.

will not fall far short of 1,000 persons.

towever, that the respite was likely to be brief. The mid-day Observatory Report mentioned that the barometer was inclined to fall on the South Coast of China, but at that bear the depression gave no indication of being severe one. At the signalling stations in the harbour the red cons and dram, Indicating a typhoon to the South East of the Colony beyond 30 miles, holsted about mid-day, Towards oraning the red were replaced by the black sigands indicat ing that the typhoon was within the 300 mile radios. Ships in the harbour took the nuasi pre-in the Cemeteries,

nations, while the small craft swarmed to the shelter at Cann way Bay. The weather signs basame increasingly ominous after that and at 9.30 pm the Observatory reported that the typhoon appeared to be moving towards the Coast in the neighbourhood of Hingkong. At -11.15 the onder was lasted to hoist-No,-3-night signal and to fire three bombs. The typhoon had reached the Colony, and for upwards of four hours the wind continued to blow with terrifle fores.

The mentre of the typhoon must have best vory near the Colony. The wind commenced to blow from the North and went quickly round to South, South-East Bud South-West. It was

Happy Valley is a scane of desolation. The matsheds belonging to the Civil Service, Polies, Craigsngower, and Football Clube have been levelled to the ground, na also the grand stand, and the new pavilion of the Golf Club is prac. tically in ruins, Great havoo has been wrought Tombstones have boon

Speaking generally, there is scarosly a pro- party in the city that will not need some repair. Jalousies have been wrenched from the walls, windows or parts of them have been smashed tilos have been torn from the rosis, and wall have been stripped of plastic. The buildings opposite the Supreme Court have been made to look like a rain; a large portion of the scaffolding | at the Law Cousta has disappeared, the same description applies to the New Post Ofoe, and not a few military and other methods hare

gone down.

The destruction among trees haa bad re-

ON THE HARBOUR,

Through the courtesy of the Hos. Com mander Basil Taylor, R.N., Harbour Master, a representative of the Daily Pres was allowed to tour the harbour with him in the steam lauzek "Daisy." Starting from the Marb

Harbour Offloa the first object to attract attention was one of Mosers, Butterfeld and Swire's lighters which had been lifted bodily on to the Hong. kong, Canton and Macao wharf, causing conti derable damage to the base of the wharfund-

bimboo wharf utilised by the Harbour depart nient had been completely washed away, aud don ing in the harbon, near it was scopsised junk which the Harbour Master had to give ins trnations to have removed. As the launch pro- eceded through the harbour numerous, quam- oated hats and other wearing apparel in titles of wreckage were passed amongst which

dieating probable loss of life.

while the wind was south that the storm was smarkable. Even in Queen's Road numbers were dompletely destroying the shed tierson, The

ite worst

The lower level tramway service was disor-rooted or denaded of their branches, and in

who tried to save her husband, but the lady was HONGKONG CANTON AND MACAU \ ganised by the storm, but repairs were promptly the thoroughfares higher up this was

fortnitely able to escape. The murderer fed into the jungle but was subsequently captured, Mr. and Mrs. Naysmith had been married only ten months.

The Chiness Immigration Bill which recently passed the Canadian Commons provides that A. S. WATSON & CO., China may only be admitted as students who

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ALEXANDRA BUILDINGS. Hongkong, 28th July, 1908.

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Correspondents must forward their names and ad-

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have been students in Chiss and who come to Canada to continue their education. All such students will have to pay a head tax of £850 upon entering the country, bat thist money will be rafunded after the student has completed a year's study in Canada.

STEAMBOAT COMPANY.

The Directors of the Hongkong, Canton and Macho Steamboat Company will recommend at the meeting to be held on the 11th proximo the payment of a dividend of $1.25 per share;

$10,000 he written off the book vaina of steamers;

83,610 be writion of wharves and properties; $12,500 be transferred to Depreciation and Insurance Faad; $10,000 ba transferred to Special Repairs Fund, Having a balance of $17,755,84 to be carried forward to new account,

NEW YORK'S NEXT SKYSCRAPER

Owing to the large number of Chinese

The Equitable Life Assurance Society: bas who have arrived in Jamaica recently, and the decided to erect on the site of its present bild. increasing protests against their being admiting an enormous. 62-story building, having

effgotod and the trams were running before tifla yesterday, Telephons wires also suffered considerable damage on the higher levels."-

furnished with a detailed report of the casualties, His Excelleney the Governor has asked to be

IN THE CITY,

With the exception of the disaster at Kinge lore not the collapse at King's Balldings, the damage in the City is not great in Individual cases, yet the aggregate is very be very considerable. extensive and the total loss occasioned must

THE COLLAPSE AT KINGSOLSKA,

Garden

Road,

even xore noticeable. Lower Albert Road and other roads in the vicinity wars blocked with fallen trees, and Wyndham Street was a mass of debris from fallen, tiles and plaster, while branches of trees and fallen wires made the thoroughfare- prastically impassable. Telephone wires were down all over the oity and it will take some time to repair the damage. It is pilonlated that 390 wiros have been broken in Victorin and about 70 or 8) in Kovicon.

The first steamer visited was Messrn. Jardine, Maths son and Co.'s 8.5. “Lai Sang, which displayed considerable damage on her port bow and quarter. According

In consequence of the general destruction to the story told by the master, Captain the Pablo Work Department and Sanitary E. J. Tadd, she parted her moorings from Board staffs are working Ists and early, but No. 3 buoy and dragged. When drifting increased staffe, it will take a wosk at least to

on to the Hongkong ebore he managed even with their redoubled energies and clear the streets of the city, which are every-

to elaar, and manoeuvred her out into mid stream. Then she came into collision with some unknownship, the weather being toe

ted, the resident Chinese telegraphed on thehich it is proposed to erect, the structure will portion of the beautiful building is in ruins where strawn with blinda, bamboos, files, hazy to discern anything. After this further.

24th ultimo advising their countrymus against coming to Jamaica The Chamber of Com- meros at Kingston refured, to support the agitation.

A correspondent writing to Hankow paper From Changsha, recounts a exciting episode, He says that the Commissioner of Customs was

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'when the animal suddenly “point d,” and up

height of 959 feet. With a flagpole of 150 feet, a higher than the famous Eiffel Tower of Pary. There will be thirty-eight slevators in the building, which is estimated to cost £2,000,030.

THE SHANGHAI WHARF COMS. ARBITRATION.

Mr. A. R. Vincent has given ble award as Arbitrator on the mitter referred to him in connexion with the aim of J. C. E. Douglas v.

rends as follows:—

Dealing first with the damage to property, the greatest is perhaps at Kingaslers, where a But what adds to the diesful effect of the ostastropha is that it has claimed a European victim, a resident, who though still alive, lies in the hospital in a very critical condition. The sause of the disaster was the collapse of one of She chimneys, It was blown down when the storm was at its height, and crashed through a bodroon in the north-east portion, the débris, in turn, falling down through another apart-

bricks, and other wreckage.

at night the puncipal streets were in darkness Not a few street lamps were damagal, and

the electric wires had been affected,

AT THE PEAK.

The majority of houses at the Peak have

and an anchor left the vessel incapable, and she manearring was useless, and the anabors, were let go, Bat-the-loss-of-125 fathoms of chain

drifted across to Stonecutters and was washod high and dry on a sandy beach. Bu olose was she washed to the shore, in fact, that it we only acessary to pass a rope ladder over the side to enable the orew to land. The "Lai Sang” was

rose a leopard which fortunatoly did not appear Mr. D. Landele and others, Directors of the ment, tearing down the walls. The odonpant suffered to some extent, bat we hsvo hoard ofna townd safely off yesterday, and fe making vorg farocious, and mado off. A battue was organized | Shanghai and Hongkow Wharf Co. The Award of the room, Mr. Hunt, of Messrs. Showin serious collapse or extensive demage. A good little water. Preceding along the shore of

Tomes and Company, who has only been in deal of glass has been broken, onverad verandahg HONGKONG OFFICE: 10A, DES VEUX ROAD C by the residents, but their quarry bad dissp-

the Colony about three months, appareatly rose and windows &s, have been blown is, a for out-

Etonecutters, mumerone wrecked junks and LONDON OFFION: 181, FLEET STREET. E.Ɑ"} paared,

other native craft were seen high and dry on

leaking. It is surprising that the damage is above the water line. Then the order was not greater. The wind blow is such terrifio given to run alongside the se, "Pocahontas gusts that it seemed to those within that mere which lay ground fors and aft bricks and mortar could not possibly withstand Stonesatters, with little hope of getting off before the next high tide. Her bow we the hammering the houses roosivad. It was a trying experience for the occupants, few of whom store in and nonsiderably bent, and her mate's

·Bould have had the

The Daily Press.

HOLUKOM, JULY 29TH, 1908

The Russo-Chiness Biak Rocounts for 1907 exhibit a loss of 4,216,530. roubles (431,663),

which is due to the failure of various clienta io

East Asia and to maoipalations by some com-

To all to whom these presents shall come Arthur Rosa Vincent, Aoting Assistant. Judge, from his bad to look out, but hearing the honges have collapsed and many roofs are badly the beach, and riasts of sunken vessels showed send greeting. Whereas on the trial of the above action before Mr. F. S. A Bourne ominous noise overhead he disined that some B. M's Acting Jadge, it was ordered by the thing was wrong and immediately sought Court that the following issue, vis: "Ought the protection under the bed. Then the arsch eams, contract in question to have been entered by the Directors upon the Register of Mortgagus?" The debris fell on the bed and filled the be referred to arbitratieu, and on the consent room, bat, singularly enough, though the the award order, sebitrament and final determin- which happened to be of the parties and the legal representatives, to wreckage broke down the bad the leg

Doar his head

pradores in the Chinese department. It is proposed to extinguish this loss by making appear in meteorological records as consi- whic amounts to 4,426,993 roubles. In 1906 bitrator, without argument by Counsel nor

Jardine boat had gone on top of them** derably worse than the one which makes the the sum of 1,520,000 roubles was placed to the statements to be led on either side. Now breathe. But the weight on his body and legs

At Mountain Lodge, the summer residenca of Casting off from the "Pocahontas" and look. 16th September 1906, for ever memorable special reserve fund, leaving net profits of salt the barthen of this referenos, and having Naturally the cocarrenos caused great consterna blown off and considerable damage was done to and fast upon the beach the steamer " Schul- I, the nail arbitrator, having taken upon my- was great, and be suffered great agony, of H.E. the Governor, part of the roof was lug towards Chang Hne Island, we saw bard in the annals of the Colony, it fortunatele 3056,057 roables; ont of which a dividend of 17 duly read and examined the contrast in question, tion in the house, which was not decreased by the stable in the rear. At Mr. Jones Hagher' kill," one of the Standard 011 Co's feet, A

roubles per share of 197 roubles was disicibated, and having carefully considered and faithfully the fact that the place was in darkness, the The directors, in referring to the prospects for weighed the intention, meaning and effect electric light having been affected, and the wind house Marion," Mount Austin, the wind the current year, express the belief that as the thereof without argament by Counsel, or state- depreciation and reserve allosiatione have been ments on either side, do hereby make and which now filled the building and threatened to blow down a door in the basement and nearly liberally estimated, further cases are not to be ablish my award in writing, of and concerning litt the roof made it impossible to keep candles succeeded in lifting cat the 1 or of the room

the matter above referred to me, in the manner or lamps Alight, Horevole e tedes above Pprehended, and that business will develop following, that is to say: satisfactorily, with a favourable course of seonomic conditions in the Far East,

TROUGH resterday's typhoon will probably appropriations from the special reserve fand, iation of me; Arthur Rose Vinoont, a sole stood the strain and gave bim a ́obance to lock courage to sleep before four reply as to how they got there was that "A.

MORPHIA SMUGGLING INTO CHINA,

the times on the 25th altime as follows:

Dr. Morrison telegraphed from Peking to

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I award, adjudge and determine that the contract, in question, referred to above, is not one that ought to have been entered by the Directors of the Shanghai and Bougkew Wharf Company, Limited, upon the register of mort gages or charges.".

In witness whereof I bave hereunto set my hand this 18th day of July, 1908.

(Signed) A. R. VINCENT,

Sola Arbitra'or,

run about eight o'clock.

ALONG THE WATERFRONT

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Las not wrought a tenth of the destruction that its predecessor did in about one fourth of the time. The velocity of the storm was greater and its duration longer. That it "did not inflict on the Colony anything like

of chair lampa some light was thrown on Before the Peak trams could run the Has and as much damage as its predecessor is dua

the scene, and when the state of affairs was to be cleared of several tree trunks below the solely to the fact that the Observatory on-

realised efforts were made to resoce Mr. Haat Bowes Bond level and the first ears began to this occasion gave the community timely

from his precarious condition. The polios and warning of its approach and so enabled

The damage done to trees and shrubs on the fire brigade staff came to assist and after four

Hill in extensive. Bevoral of the fico old trees hours digging, fraught with no little danger near the lower Fosk team station and in the adequate, precautions to be taken. What

by reason of the unsupported wall which loss of life the typhoon has caused it is

threatened to fall at any moment, they rescued Cathedral compound were broken off near the early yet to estimate, but it is believed to be It is i necessary once more to call attention to

the unfortunate young man, and had him roots by the wind. The road to Headquarter not less than 1,000. The foundering of the the serious smuggling of morphin into China,

conveyed to the hospital where it was found be House was blocked completely by fallen trees. both pure and in anti-opium remedies, Tele- river steamer Ting King which is reported to graphing to The Times on May 19 last year, 1

LATEST STEAMER MOVEMENTS. had received interna injuries of a serious nature. To add to the destruction caused have had upwards of 800 Chinese passengers said: Official statistics show during several

The C.P.E. str. G'enfarg arrived Shanghai on board represents the biggest and the before the jucrease of duty an import at 11.30 s.20, on Tuesday, the 28th inst, and left by the collapse itself, the water tank annually above four tons; when the daty was again at midnight game day for Hongkong, barst, delaging the rooms undgrusath, The saddest feature in the story. Ouly a dozen increased from 5 to 20 per cont. ad valorem where she is dus to arrive at noon on Friday, water percolated through pillars, walls and out of that large total apparently have yet the comsumption has in the meantime

the quantity importe fell to a few ounces, and the 31st inst.

The new T.K.K, str. Tenyo Maru will ad survived to tell the tale of the disaster. Increased, Cai.exe Customs statistics recently from Yokohama on the Subsinst., sud will be up it was feared that that portion of the build

isted show that last year the morphle on which due to arrive at Hongkong on, the 10th prox. Within the harbour, though the destruction day was paid to the Customs amounted to CPR r Empresa China arried of small" Craft as fentiively small compared to city, for titafe To Ho reason to toast that

reason to doubt that | Shanghai at 10:30 pm, on Monday, the 27th int wat never ten tony----- with the list in 1906, it is desirable that the anat importad

By those who know, morphia can be bought where she is ono to arrive at 6 am. to-morrow. and luff-again at 7p.. Tuesday for Nagasaki, official inquiry should be made as to in any quantity. It apparently comes in whether any part of this loss was due to Melindrot, but some also is sent by German, greatest quantity from the Austrian Erma of inadequate shelter accommodation. It cannot be said on this occasion that the warning giver by the Observatory did not allow time enough for craft at one end of the harbour to run to the other end for sheller. After the bombs were fired, giving the foal warning, while Chinese returning from Borneo, Java, boats were noticed coming from the dirão-Malaya, and Siam in a large number of onger bring morphin back as savings to hins. The tion of Causeway Bay and making for subject urgently requires învestigation.

English, and Scottish manufacturers. It mainly shipped to Kobe in Japan. It is not lande there, but is transshipped in the harbour, under a transfer permit which does not menas sitate examination of the goods, into

steamera

we watched, two tugs took her in tow and succeeded in getting her off, but It was observed that she was leaking badly, and as she was towed into the stream her main pampe had to be kept hard at it. -

Then the large four-masted tarqus "Jateo- polis" attracted attention. In the distance she

looked one of the most forlorn craft on the water, and a nesrer inspsetion of her proved that she had been the greatest saferer during the typhoon, The after part of the ship was a perfect mess of debris, and only by an inspection of hor can one rooliss what mast have been the force of the wind in this latest blow. Her massive iron miszən mast was doubled up like a piece of wire, and it had snapped off close to the deck as though it had been so mash matchwood." Her enormous spars were split like pine, her

boat on the starboard quarter was smashed to davits had snapped like cast iron and her life

ploces, In fact. the whole after part of the ship, was complete chaos, and the skipper and his crew had not escaped in this "tumbling of

launch ran alongside the "Juteopolia" yoster- day the doctor's Aig was flying, and the doctor had just gong aboard to attend to the. captain who had received two broken ribe, and to several of the crew who received minor injuries

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than six moms are wrecked either with falling in their linase that their gars When the

yesterday the Kowloon ferries made use of Blake The Star Ferry wharf was destroyed, and Pier. This pier was also seriously damaged, the iron stanchions and supports which held up the matshed oprering being carried away, eased josko and lighters Tandama ged piers and Boating wrockage between Peter Street and the Harbour of bore witness to the fores and fury of the gate. The Harbour Offes, fortunately, withstood all the blasts of the typhoon, the only damage done there being the breaking of a few windows. The upper storeys of this oflce, however, afford

ceilings, and unless those were speedily shored

ing would collapse in turn. As it in, no fewer debris or water, and the loss resulting must be very great indeed, Nambers of windows word blown in, and it is singular that mang of them, made of glass about a quarter of an inch thick, - WEATHER BEFORE,

were found on the floors intao. The visitation was indeed-most disastrous, and

graat sympathy. to-day is as follows:-

The foreosst for the 24 hours ending at noon is extended to Mrs. Baches, who had recently

had the place resevated and improved.

Hard behind the sailer Bosted a large and S.E. winds, THE KING BUILDINGS COLLAPSE.

helpless jank. Her masts had been carried fresh to mo-

Another serious collapse took place at Kings

was strewn with improving. The upper, ccupied by Mesare, Jebsen and gale, and from one of these windows Mr. A. E. wreekaze, but she had been successful in

B.E winds, Company, collapsed, and the whole fell

Same as No 1.

accumul-te-Loight. He saw junk after junk being the orews' wants could not be met. After the ation descending into the Pacific Mail office. helplessly washed into the Fraya, and noted that trying time through which they had passed The place is completely wrecked, but fortunately the occurrence was not attended with any loan as such vessel made a last bound on to the re- they were without water, but Commuder Cyclonic gales, of life,

taining wall the crows made a leap for the shore, Taylor came to the rescue. Boulining their

bound for Chins. Orders for 1,000lb weight Hongkong & Neighbourhood. derate; weather Buildings, where three offices were wrecked. ea splendid point of vantage to witness the sway and her deck

have been given in ous transaolion, the morphia being packed in 71b,, 141b, 211b, and 28lb, tins,

four is a casu. This emuggling is wholesale Formosa Chaunele te *** 1 med'te or light. into Meyer and Company's office, through Davey, boarding ofloor, withemed the storm at weathering the storm, Without boats, however,

Soath coast of Chies between South coast of China between Hongkong and Lamcoks, Hongkong and Haines