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THE HONGKONG DAILY PRESS, MONDAY, DECEMBER 20ra. 1926,

THE LOSS OF THE

"LIENSHING.”

DETAILS OF THE DISASTER.

BRAVERY OF OFFICERS AND PASSENGERNS.

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SMART RESCUE WORK. Copies to hand of the C. Daily News of December 13th and 14th give many further details of the loss of the Finihing of Amherst rocks at 4 m. on December 19th

Early reports of the cool bravery of all concerned, officers, crew and both Euro pean and Chinese passengers, are fully borne out by the reports of eye witnesses The Liching was due to arrive in Shanghai on December 12th from Tien tsin. Her loss, excluding cargo, is esti mated at about £90,000. The cargo was of the general China coast typq, but in cluded four gold bars, worth About $20,000. It is understood that the ship was fully covered by insurance.

On the Rocks in a Heavy Side. What apparently happened at the time the ship went on the rocks is related as follows:

Just before the change of watches, at 1a.m., the Second Mate and the Quarter master were on the bridge with the Saddles and Gutzlaff lights still in view on the beam and astern. Then the Lienshing, now known to have been out of her course, went on the rocks Heavy tides were running, being nearly at the full, and these evidently threw the vessel

from her course.

The officer in charge sounded the alarm and Capt. Simpson, half dressed, rushed to the bridge and took charge of the situation. Though the ship showed to signs of immediately sinking, the Master ordered the crew and his subordinate officers to man the lifeboats at once.

Rush for the Decks.

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SUGAR MERCHANTS ASK

LOWER FREIGHTS.

Local sugar merchants, through the medium of the Twenty-four Commercial Guilds, have applied to the shipping com- paries for a reduction of the rates of freights for sugar, shipped between Hong Kong and Shanghai.

Notwithstanding the large quantity of from Java, dealers in Hong Kong still raw sugar shipped to Shanghai direct do a large business with, North China forts by buying local stocks, and on the secure a reduction in freights. shipments, sugar merchants hope to

A SPORTING BID.

Commenting up on the fact that the order for the floating dock for the Singapore Naval Base has been placed on the Tyne, and that Hong Kong's hope of securing the contract, representing some thing over & million sterling, has not materialised, the China Express & Tele graph says: Obviously, Hong Kong had some advantage over its rivals cheaper labour and only distance with the ability structure to Singapore-but these appar to choose good weather for towing the ently have been countered by the success ful home tenderers. Mesars. Swan, Hun-agar. ter & Wigham Richardson, Ltd., whose bid the Admiralty hat accepted, have had thirty years experience of this class of work-they were actually among its pioneers and can claim to have built most of the big floating docks now. in. various parts of the world...

At the same time, against firms of such. experience as there are in England" and with the handicap of having, to import the necessary materials, it was sporting of the Hong Kong company to auhmit a tender. It is some consolation to know that it is not alone in ita disappointment and that its successful rival has still to face the main problem, so easy of solution in Hong Kong, of delivering the dock at its destination, "pine thousafid miles away. So keen was the competition for the work that nine big shipbuilding firms in England, on being asked to tender, sent the representative of a famces firm naval architects to Sin- gapore to report on the conditions there.

With regard to the Base there is no doubt, despite the forebodings of the Daily News and its other opponents, that the work of construction, involving an outlay of something like eleven millions sterling, is to continue, and though the original scheme may be amended as pir- cumstances arise, the undertaking will The first intimation to the passengers still be on the huge scale originally. that anything was wrong followed the devised.

Meantime, a berth for initial bump on the rocks, which, it, is

the new dock is already being dredged understood, were submerged six feet beat Singapore and, when complete, the low the surface. Is appears evident from dock will probably have to be taken out, reports current, that each passenger was in sections, as the towage of such a jolted from his berth. Then came the gigantic structure for a distance of 9,000 hurried rush for the decks. There was no miles would be a difficult and risky un- panic. Men, women and children, bow dertaking. The dock is designed to lift ever, streamed from their cabins and the largest warships now allost or likely rushed out to where they could see the to be built in the near future. Some idei yellow water. Some of the survivors, of what the sira will be can be gained speaking of the accident, say that the from the dimensions of the battleship ship appeared to strike in two or three Nelson, now nearing completion on the successive bumps. Others say that the Tyne. This vessel is 702 ft long and has entire affair consisted of "continuous

a displacement of 35.000 tons. At Sin- grinding and grating motion the Lienshing nosed herself on the submerged roughness. At all events no time was lost in getting on to the upper deck. Wonten in night clothes, children half asleep and men in, pyjamas, rushed from their cabins. Several of the men, who realized the seriousness of the situation, rushed below to assist the women.

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Most of the passengers believed that the ship would retain ber upright posi- tion and went below, dressed themselves and appeared on deck later when the first lifeboat was lowered.

Lifeboats Lowered.

When the women and children appear ed on deck they were directed to the first lifeboat. Men in their pyjamas, same with a dressing gown or overcoat thrown over them, awaited their turn. There was no rush or hurry. Each took his turn ir an orderly manner to the place where be was assigned. The infants and child-

gapore the facilities for repair will re- quire to be equal to the demands of the clean, and perhaps still larger ships

Heavily Laden Boats.

The first Lifeboat to be emptied was that containing mest of the women and children. She was loaded no heavily that we were afraid that when they came near us they would all rush to one side and be swamped. One of our men sang out through a megaphone for them to keep their seats, which they did exceptionally well. Had the soa been at all rough they would surely have been sunk

As soon as this was over the pilot boat commenced to cruise abcut amongst the wreckage and picked up persons who were clinging to it.

Further Details of Herolo Deeds. Reports attach great credit to the

ren seemed to have no fear and in cam-heroic work of Capt. Simpson, who, after pany with mothers and amabs went along having superintended the lowering of the quietly. The frat lifeboat contained most lifeboats and seeing to the care of the GUNS by W. W. GREENER WEBLET of the women and children, while a few passengers, went to the rescue of a Chi- Chinese also got places in this first boat nese boy, who evidently was on the ahip It was not long before the second. and when it slid off. Capt. Simpson was third boats were in the water with the re-greatly exhausted as he was pulled into maining foreign passengers and a large the beat. The risk of his life was in vain, however, for the servant was found to be dead.

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Capt. Simpson, Mr. J. McCabe, second officer, another officer and Capt. J. J. Kazeradzky, master of a China Mer chants' vessel, stood by the ship until she began to list to port. Mr. McCabe dived into the water, Capt. Simpson and Capt. Kazeradzky crawled along the deck and on to the starboard side of the hull eventually being rescued by the boats.

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nesa of mind of Mr. McCabe, the second officer, who was on the bridge at the time. of the crash, and to Mr. Smith, the third The former continued with his officer. duties until the vessel listed completely and then dived into the water. Smith secured a number of emergency rockets (Verey Lights) and in setting them off gave the rescue vessels their accurate position.

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Wireless Operator Busy. Fassengers crowded the wireless room Wireless signals had been sent out by ships. The operator's nerves could not seeking information regarding rescue the operator, and were answered by half stand the passengers' insistence and he a dozen ships. The Ellerman Line Afinally ordered them from the room.ɛɛy- Colorado arrived first. sinfung came ing Can't you see I am busy 1" and next and then the pilot ship. Although remained at his post until the rescue the Colorado appeared on the horizon ships, with which, he had been com- about an hour after the first boat put of, municating, were at hand. the darkness precluded any possibility of an immediate rescue.

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many prominent ladies assisting, those in An officer aboard the pilot ship thus need of clothing and food were given im- describes the scene as his vessel arrived of the accident, and hearing that most of mediate relief. These women, on hearing on the scene:

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don the ship with only their night cloth amongst the débris, we lowered our motor launch and dinghy boats and they sent out calls to their friends and proceeded to the side of the Lienshing been, secured" It was found, however, soon more clothing than was needed hid and started removing the long row of that many of the passengers had received persons who perched along the hull like roasting chickens. In this our own boats clothing from the people on the Colorado were assisted by lifeboats from the Colorado and the China Merchantr steamer.

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