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EMPRESS OF ASIA" AND "TUNGSHING.

FINDINGS

OF THE COURT OF ENQUIRY,

COMMANDERS OF BOTH SHIPS TO BLAME.

(THROUGH REDTER'S (AGENCY.]

18тн, 1926

As has been stated, valuable help in rescue was afforded by the sampans and SHANGHAI, January 16th. The Naval Court of Enquiry into the junks in the vicinity, and the crews of these deserve every praise. There was collision between the Empress of Asia

another class of individual on, the scene and the Teagahing on January 11th re

however, also in sampans, and almost. turned a verdict that "the commanders before the Tungshing, had touched the of both vessels were to blame.

bottom they were busy collecting any The Court says that although the loose property they could lay their press of Asia was navighted-in a sea-hands on. The Captain's gramophone manlike and proper manner, the.com- was the Arst thing to go, followed by one mander should have stopped or reduced of the ship's chronometers, and then an speed the moment when he first ported attempt was made to remora anything his helmi

and everything that could be taken away" As regards the Fungshing, the Court from the vessel. These creatures were driven off, and later a detachment of considered the master coramitted an

the Water Police arrived and placed a error in not altering his course suf-watch over, the Tungshing. ficiently, at an early enough moment After rendering such help is

Of the two ships the greater degree of necessary and arranging for the rescued responsibility is attached to the Tung crew and passengers to be tram rted to whing, but the officers of both ships, con- Shanghai, the Empress of Asia Lubecoded ducted themselves properly after the to an anchorage outside Woosung, where collision and took all possible steps to

she waited for a survey of the damage and further instructions.. save life.

THE ACCIDENT DESCRIRED.

The North China Daily News gives the following account of the collision be tween the R.M.S. Empress of`dria and the 9.8. Tungahing t

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STEM BEN. Shortly after 10 o'clock Lieut. Col. P. A. Cox, assistant Oriental manager for the CP.S.S. (who had returned from long leave only the previous day) and Mr. H. L. Fletcher, Lloyd's surveyor in Shanghai, left.on the launch Alexandra

examination of the Empres from the for the Empress "of Asia, A clear side revealed little apparent damage. Her port bow was seen to be scratched and chafed, especially in the region of

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THE OVERSEAS LEAGUE. AIR. ERIC RICE'S MISSION IN HONGKONG..

Mr. Eric Rice, assistant Secretary [ Secretary to Sir Edward Stubbs) who has the Overseas League (forinerly private, been spending the past week in Hongkong on a mission in furtherance of the Over- scas League, writes to us:-

"I shall be most grateful if you wil A PASSENGER'S STORY: inform your readers that full details about The following is an account of the the Overseas League are to be found in collision by a Shanghai resident whe was

the care of Mr. A. S.- Abbott at Messrs. a passenger on the Empress of sin and himself, is able to enrol other members. Kelly & Walsh, whỏ, being a new member. who was on deck when the accident.I think there are well over 200 members occurred :-

newly enrolled, and this already makes in Hongkong aiready, including qwer fifty

At about seven o'clock many of the

Vancouver, at 6 am, og Monday. The delay the sailing of the vessel Without passengers on the Empress of Aria were of Hongkong one of the record branches,

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in the world.

make any comment on the matter, and as we have already heard two separate One of the worst maritime accidents that has occurred in Shanghai for a long

pencu,' it would appear better to print ontside versions of exactly what hap- time took place in the Huangpu on the

neither, but to wait for the Court of morning of January 11th with the

Enquiry which, we understand, will pro- Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Axia

bably be held either before the Empress and the Indo-China Steam Navigation the boot-top"; there was what ap resumes her journey, or when she returns Co's coasting vessel Tungshing were in peared to be some slight denting of two to Shanghai. callision, resulting in the sinking of the

ce three platesmand 1 few rivets were Tungshing and in some damage in the

missing; but generally from a super. Empress of Aring

ficial appearance the vessel seemed to The Empress of 4, which is comhave suffered very slightly. manded by Captain L. D. Douglas,

Afterwards, when a good deal of cargo had been removed and Mr. Fletcher was R.N.R., arrived from · Hongkong СП

able to make a close examination of the Sanday and left the China Merchants' bowa from the interior, it was seen that Lower Wharf, en cante to Japan and the damage was sufficiently serious to going tuto technical details, the vessel's Tungshing (Captain J. . Spurgeon)stem was slightly bent, some of the plates awakened by a jolt. that shook the ship which had arrived at Woosung during were buckled, and portions of the girder from stem to stern, while the few who

like framework twisted and distorted.. the previous night from Hongkong with

were on their feet at that early hour were Soon after noon, the Shanghai Tug a mixed cargo and a-lew passengers, and Lighter Co.'s launch Fulle arrived thrown violently off their balance, commenced her journey up the river at with a large quantity of cement and Curiously enough, few realized that daylight, and it was shortly after seven other materials which had been ordered the ship was in collision. There was sore of resume of the world's activities, o'clock, when the vessels were passing by the master of the Empress in anti marked absence below deck of any sign and contains wonderful photographs. in the Astra Channel, near the Asiatic cipation of its being needed. It was the of disaster. No whistles were blown; no Also the use of the Club headquarters in Petroleum Co.'s benzine jetty, that the intention at first, we understand, to shouting or roar of escaping steam-just the heart of St. James'; which comprise collision occurred. This Empress of Asia

patch. the damage temporarily with a distant grinding crash and nothing bedroom accommodation, for both sexes. was in the charge of Captain James cement to enable her to proceed to more, The general impression of those and married couples, restaurants reading Inch, one of the best-known of the Jocal. Nagasaki for more permanent repairs who felt the impact was that the ship had rooms, etc. It is a good spot to visit.. deep-sea pilots.

but after consideration it was decided grounded on a sandbank, and with that inasmuch as it is becoming rapidly recog that the vessel should be brought up the impersonal sense of security inspired by people from all parts of the world

nised as a meeting place for British Bungou again and be repaired suf- the Empress liners, most of the passengers ficiently to enable her to proceed to Van-turned over and went to sleep again. couver

From the deck, however, there was Arrangements were made for such of evidence enough of disaster. The Tung the passengers as desired to return to thing was heeling over alongside and. Shanghai to do so by the Alexandro, and it was mostly passengers för Japan, who been struck on the port side abaft the sinking rapidly by the stern. She had.

and such was the force of the impact that were in a burry to get there and wanted funnel, bow on, by the Empress of asia, it was obvious that the Tungshing was doomed. Ten minutes alter the collision the deck amidships was awash and the of the Tungshing's boats had been carried stern was completely submerged. Som away and were floating bottom up and the river was strewn with wreckage.

A TERRIFIC OBLIQUE BLOW. While the exact sequence of events that immediately preceded the collision. is not clear, it is certain that the Empress boat, going down stream, struck the smaller vessel a terrific oblique blow just near the after end of the enginé rocm.

morning, that did so..

A gaping hole was torn in the Tangshing to catch the Yagamki Mare" the next and she commenced to sink immediately. her stern going first. When the collisica occurred, the sheer of the bows of the Empress of Asia quite overlapped the deck of the Tungahtay, severing her rigging immediately and promptly bringing down her malamust."

It was a case of every man for him- self, and while the officers of the Tung- thing endeavoured to launch one of the ship's boats, some sampans and native junks which were in the vicinity came up and rendered what help they could: A boat was quickly lowered from the Emprera of 4sic and is, a few minutes the work of rescue was complete these in the water being picked up, and those remaining on the sinking vessel being taken off The Tangshing Bank in about eight minutes. She carried five foreign officers, including the master, and a Chineas crew of about 12, and it is be ligved that all of these were saved..

She carried also two foreign passed Bera stated to be Norwegian subjects and these were rescued from the river wearing only their night attire. She had on board also a few Chinese deck passengers, and it is feared, though no confirmation could be obtained up to the time we went to press, that five or six of these fost their lives...

Even when it was seen that the vessel was doomed and would ahkinin few minutes, some of the Chinese, insisted on descending into their quarters in the fore part of the ship and attempting to salvage their belongings, and they literally had to be chased off the ship. OFFICER'S LUCKY ESCAPE," The chief engineer of the vessel, Mr. A S Spiers, who was in bis cabin at the time of the collision, suddenly heard aerah and then saw the glass from his; porthole flying acrom the cabin and striking the bunk. The impact wedged his door and he believed that he was apped, but suddenly something gayo way and the whole door fell off. He lost no time in getting to a place of com- parative safety.

NO DISORDER.

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"The membership of the League is now close on 40,000-British subjects in every country. The annual supscription of ten. shillings includes the receipt of the monthly magazine Oresent which is

I am still hoping to meet a good many of the old members during my fortnight here, and to get many residents to back it up."

more Hongkong

ANOTHER PIRACY?

JAPANESE STEAMER MISSING. The NC. Daily News of January 19th

Baysi→→→

Shanghai yesterday to the effect that An alarming report was current in

Japanese steamer had been carried off by pirates from the Huangpu. What appeared to be circumstantial corrobora? tive detail was & statement that, in the H.M.S.. Carlisle had been despatched to. absence of any Japanese cruiser in port, search for her

LITTLE-FELT ON BIG LINER. While, naturally, there was intera excitement on the 'ungshing when the collision occurred, it is a remarkable fact that though many of the passengers on the Empress felt the impact, few of 1... them were aware that there had been a serious collision till much later in the day. One local resident, who had said directed the lowering of one of the other The officers of the Tungshing coolly good-bye to a lady passenger on Sunday boats and a ship's raft was sent away evening, and who bad necessity to go on board the vessel while she was lying at no easy matter with a heavy list and a There is no doubt that another piracy Woosung knocked at the lady's cabin sinking stern. The lifeboat crew on the has been perpetrated, but as far as can. door. When she opened it and saw him Empresa were promptly at their quarter, be learned it has taken place, not in the she was quite amazed and asked him why and the boat lowered and manned. Huangpu, but in south China, water, he was going to Japan so-suddenly She was under the impression that the ship and crew scrambled into them or into the of the names of Huangpu and Whampoa Sampaas appeared and the passengers Botually in the Canton River near Wham

pod. The similarity in pronunciation was well on the way to Nagasaki, and ship's boat in an orderly and quiet though ale had been to the lining saloon manner and boarded the Empress which doubtless led to the confusjon in the rest for tifin was unaware that anything un was standing by. Most of the survivors E.M.S. Carlisle, which has just arrived

port received." toward had happened or that the ship was were in night attire and some who had in Shanghai, is still at her moorings, not under way

been immersed in the bitterly cold water and while the departure of the Durban The Tungshing is lying in the Astren were in a pitiful plight, shivering in for Chefes has been delayed, this is solely Channel, in 35 to 40 feet of water, blanket, hurriedly provided for the due to the deaths of one of her marines. an angle of about 45 degrees across the One of the unfortunate European passen. No details of the actual piracy are yet channel. At high water, all that is scrambled aboard in nothing but showing is her foremast, the upper part Pyjamas and was fitted out after a of her bridge, and some of the forecastic fashion by one of the European passen stanchions. Her poop is almost com: gers who was on deck pletely submerged, and three boats, still Water was rapidly gaining on the along in their davits, sway with the tide. Tangshang and clothing and effects were The Shanghai Tug and Lighter Co's being thrown into the spans alongside, salvage and resque craft Sauer, St. The stern Bnally settled in the lid, with Sampaan and St. Dominic were early on the after part completely submerged, the scene, but it is understood that and, when all-hid left, the Empress back nothing in the form of immediate salvaged and lay clear. was possible. Whether it will be possible to salvago her will not be known till a thorough examination has been made,

ENQUIRY TO BE HELD

From the first to last perfect order and quiet obtained and it was hot till break fast time that many, of the passengers on the Empres were aware that anything untoward had happened. S

We have purposely refrained from typhoon which destroyed Swatow in 1929 It is recalled that during the terrible giving any account of the whistle blasts the Tungsung was wrecked. Her case which were given, or were supposed to was thought to be hopeless at one time, have been given, immediately before the but she was eventually calvaged, taken collision. The officer of the Empress of to Hongkong, and given a new lease of Asta were naturally reluctant, in view life, which apparently has been ter

(Continued on nad Column), minated by the distressing accident...

to hand

THE QUEEN'S THEATRE. ANOTHER MUSICAL TREAT BY

HAWKINS ORCHESTRA.

night at the 9.15 performance at the Music lovers had another fine treat jast

Queen's Theatre, when the management; were again fortunate in securing the at tendance of the excellent symphony or chestra of H-1B Hawkins,em

There was a large audience and the programme provided by the flagship's In addition to the Concert, thern was a orchestra was very much enjoyed. D picture programme which included the big stage success" Enter Madam, which was presented in the form of a Mole Goldwyn film play, starring Clara Kim ball-Young. This picture, will be re peatal at today's performances.