might cavar, bodies, and my boo, and gallant friend on my right has been good enough to promise me other working patties to clear what is likely to prevent the business of load ing and unloading ships.
The Scheme of Relief. We have now to consider what steps should be taken to give relief to the Insel boud Chinese who have lost their homes and for tunes. The majority, unfortunately, also lost- their wives and families and so cannot be relieved. The Chinese chautable institutions after the immediate
needs of those
„hic, I understand, ¡gaking but some minic per: manent assistance is required, and for this pro pose that a public subscription shout? be started. ol I consulted yesterday morning the directors the Tunx, Wallospital, the 'n Leung Kuk, and the District. nichmen's Committee on this master, and they agreed to support at once the raising of charitable funds. They agreed also that Dro Kai, Mr. Wei Yuk, Mr. Fung Wa Chun, Mr. Lau Chu Pak, and the Chairman of he Tung Wa Hospital, Mr. Tung Chi Ngong act on a General Committee to which! prop 10 appoint als Paul Chaler, A Hewel; Mr. Gregson, Mr. B the Registrar General and Mr. 11. E. R.
inney will kindly consent to serve, Hunter, if the will ask Mr. inter also to act as reasurer of a lo receive a donation of $500 from myself
self and $100 from the Colonial Secretary with which to start the fund (applause) I propose that this Council
to
the Committee
should vote in the funds
to that obtained from private from the Governards unther
equal
the
and
Committed to consider whether any scheme by which the Government would lend money on security but without interest for the rebuilding of native craft should be adopt ed and inc consider also whether such a scheme would be helpful to junk owners, not unduly onerius on the Government. They will have to bear in mind that the Government Josses have been heavy and it would be in effectual for the Government to grant mor.ey with one hand so to take it away, by addition, al taxation, with the other.
"CONDOLENCES.
>
In many cases of loss of life all we can do is to give our sympathy, but the Colony will, I am sure, grieve that a French torpedo destroyer should have been lost while enjoy ing the hnepitality of this part. I leak upon myself to express sympathy to Admiral Richard, the Commander-in-Chief of the French feet in the Far East, and have received a telegram in reply saying how deeply the expression had touched the whole of the French Far Eastrin Beet.
The Council will forgive me if I have to refer for a moment in a personal loss as well as a public loss. I fear that there are no grounds for hope that we thill ever again see Bishop Hoare. He was a do we all respect. ed, and whom those amongst us who knew him well loved well. 1, nin sure the Council and the public sympathise deeply with his bereaved wife and children.
FROM BIR HENRY BLAKE. The Colony has in its turn received sympathy. Sir Henry Blake bas telegraphed from Kandy:
it desire to express deep sympathy with the people of Hongkung in the serious calamity repeating the disaster of 1900."
MACKO'S REORET.
The Governor of Macae has telegraphed : * Macan. "Son Excellence. Governar:
"Je prie vo're Excellence vouloir bien accepté l'expressin de notre avopathie et sincerets cunnteances par la tassitophe que a touché Hongkong.
"Governeur
LOAD ELGIN'S SYMPATHY,
The Secretary of State bas telegraphed: "Your telegram of the 18th September re- ceived with great regiet. 1 especially deplor the great loss of bin which it has cuised. I abali be glad to te un fauber particulars and full details of the measures taken for relief of the sufferers. I would wish to express on behalf of His Majesty's Government ¡heir sympathy" with the community of Hongkong at its great disaster.
**Elctr."
THE KING'S MESSAGE. Lord Elgin has also sent the following mes sage which shall ask you to receive standing:
I am directed by His Majesty the King to express the deep regret with which is Majesty has learnt the great calamity which has befallen the Colony of Hongkong."
"He is grieved to read the immense loa of life among the Chinese pupulation which your telegram reports, and I am to convey through you an expression of his sympathy "With the unfortunate sufferers and with the
whole community."
I propose (sid His Excellency, continuing) that the King's message should be placarded in the town in English and Chinese (applause). THE REPLIES.
1 ask your to agree to the following replies which suggest should be sent to the tele- grams that I have read. To Sir Henry Blake
propose to telegraph
Legislative Council on behalf of people in Hongkong express their gratitude for your sympathetic message."
To the Governor of Macio
THE HONG KONG TELEGRAPH, SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 22, 1906
·SAMSHU FACTORY COLLAISES. .
*Early this morning a samru factory in Yes Wo Street (Jardine's Bazaar) collapsed, and the loss of remiks amounted to several hundred
dollars.
Salvage Operations. While the attention of the Dock Company's staff afloat has been given generally to the most urgent canes neading prompt action, efforts were this forendas principally directed to towing off the Fatskan, of the Hangkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., L.d., from the rocks in Hunghom Bay. Taking advantage of the food tide, the Robart Cooke at an early hour in the forenoon-10.30 o'clock-made the attempt to pull the Fuishan ff. She continued her efforts until noon when, finding that the tide was beginning to ebb, the hobert Cooke had to give up the attempt for the day to resume to-morrow at high tide."
Icellency has just mentioned, that the com-] 106th west of the Colony, and within 300 miles | Committee of the Tang Wa Hospital, who saw') pleasant duty to record to-day', thaty; up') which many a rescued Chinaman has this day' typhoon was there, to the bodies being photographed after they' to noon, no less a hum than $19,000 bar to thank him. We refer to Dr. Forsyth, and munity will bear is losses of life and property thereof. That the
already been subscribed. Of this amount the he is too well known in this Colony to need any with a resolute equanimity. At the same time and was approaching, was soon apparent, for were picked up and removed to the Sanitary it is well that those who are not able to help about to.30 p.m. the wind began to rise again, department matshed, near No, a Police Station, handsome donation of Sic,oco was received by encomiums. themselves and those who have suffered should the sea again becoming choppy, after its abort and to their burial in the coffee plantation in telegraphic transfer from the Chinese mer chants and residents in San Francisco, It have help from those able to afford is, and I lull, until, as the night advanced, once again Cero ins Hill Road
should be mentioned to their credit that the subscription was a purely voluntary one, no am pleased indeed, Sir, that you have already the wind and sen waged war, and
appeal having been made to the Chinese abroad, appointed a rehef committee which will at once nium prevailed in the Colony, and surrounding take measures to relieve the suffering. I am districts. But there was hitte, upon the har
for assuance to their compatriots in distress sure every member of that committee will tour, left for the storm of angry seast
in Hongkong through the calamitous disaster work for the suff'ters.ad anything which the in and destroy-its precursor of Tuesday last
of Tuesday Jast Official acknowledgment
સ Government cone way Catst.ng will had left but little for 10 promet a successor,
will, of course, be minde of individual contribu he, I am sure, appreciated by the whole of the and while a certain number of junks did find
ons. From an unofficial source we gather that Chines- community. Members of the Council themselves unable to weather this storm, so asust, also join with Your Excellency in ex closely following the other, the tale is quite
before the lists were put in circulation by the hinese members of the Relief Committee the pressing deepest sympathy with Mes. Hoare in incomparable with that we had unfortunately
uen Pal Hong asked the acceptance of $1,coo, her great loss. The whoop was a man vary to unfold both on Tuesday and yesterday:
followed by a like donation trom Mr. Yung nuch respected by all knew him and be
At 3 30p.m. the signals were ordered to be
a, Lonng,, and one from Mr. Ha Tung of loved by all who have been privileged to make lowered, the typhoon having passed to the
gco. It is reckoned that the Committee his acquaintance or claim his friendship. To IV.N.W, And the Colony may congratulate
would be capable of raising, without extraneous I those who have ruffered losses, especially itself on the fact that it is sb.
Huits, a sum of $50,000 from the Chinese and 1sses of relations and friends, we extend our
Foreign communities, which, with another sympathy, and I hope that in a very short
50,050, say, the amount of the Government time, when the committee gets to work, we
fant, will tender available"a lakh ‘of dollars shall be able to relieve many in distress.
for immediate relief. *The Canton Daily News understands that the ritish Consul-Ceneral, Mr. Mansfield, has ened a subscription on behalf of the sufferers f the late typhoon in Hongkung, and a ep rate Chinese subscription is also mer-ul fine to-day, the Canton River was expected tloned.
"La Colonie expresandée par le Conseil Legislatif vous remercie con2iallment poor votre dépêche si sympathique."
To the Secretary of “tale? "Legislative Council of Hongkan; exp est their heartfelt thanks for the sympathy of i Majesty's Government on the distressful effect. of the storm of Beptember the 18th. The Council, the charitable institutions and the European firms and residents will do who is in their power to relieve their distress"
to
In reply to His Majesty's message I propose Bay
Please convey to His Majesty the King this humble expression of the seat apprecia tion of the Colony of tongkang represented by its Legislative Council, for his most gracians of sympathy on the catastrophe message which has befallen the Colony; and inform His Majesty that his people here respood with feelings of the deepest loyally for his loving care in their distress,"
HOEDUSLIKE.
the
experto
great.
com-
left
ing
A RESCUE PRTY.
of the cruised round the
for a
HOUSE IN DANGER. Soon after the second gale had made itself led and heard during the small bouts of this morning a report was made at No. 2 Police stole that a building in Cross Street wan about to collapse. The police investigated the matter and the result of the investigation was that the whole house was cleared of its tenanta aide an hour and the police took charge of the building. The house in question is at No. 2, Crosstrect, and the walls of the house, are so badly cracked that there is danger of its collapsing at any moment.
DISTRESSING SCENES.
Two telephone posts, a little, beyond Belle
View Hotel, is leaning dangerously over the ond. It is expected that the next gust of wind will bring them down and the overhead tram way wires that are in their way,
The picture of the hungry and homeless simpan people at Causeway Bay is really dia tressing. Some unknown institution has come to the aid of these miserable people and this morning ship's blacuits were being served out to them
wind to-day most of the wreckage that Boated In view of the change in the direction of the
about the Praya East during the past two days was washed down to Jardine's Bazar,
THE SHIPYARD.
The Harbour Department launch Stanley returned from her fist rescue trip last night, with a party of twelve castaways, from about the islands, who were victims of the typhoon of Cucadny last. The Manley, sur carmant, Department, of Cap sin Cuacy, of the barbour Depart even
typhoons,
a tour of rescue, and anchoring for the having been night off Stanley, no living beings seed up to that point, and all appearing quiet, wind and sex sub-ided. At day-break the following morning they proceeded slowly slong towards Tylam, thence proceeding to Nine: line, where they turned, until they reached a point about eight miles north of Gap Rock. A stray Chinaman was picked up here and there, on the way, either afloat or on the stance, The Stanley then altered her course and headed again for the Lammas, of which she made a circuit.thence proceeding to the small
·In last night's issue of the Hongkong Tele islands to the eastward of Lantau, where mere graph we reported that a steamer, the name of Chinese boatmen were picked up. The Stanwhich was then unknown, while discharging a Try then set her course for Hongkong, arriving cargo of sugar, broke her moorings and was hausted, blanket-enwrapped, bruised ship of mud he was able to get offundamaged. From wrecked Chinese maiiners, nearly all of whom information now to hand we learn that the had lost even the clothing they were when rame of the steamet isaSierra Morinaffle in they were swamped, some of them having been commanded by Captain Mannah, and is a vessel in the water, clinging to spare, for 28 hours, of 1,283 toas. She arrived here on 18th instant bungry, thirsty, chilles, and exhausted.
from Probalingo with a cargo of sugut.
The diving gear of the Shipyard has been lost
AT THE SUGAR WORKS, Little damage was done to the Quarry Bay The only property that was destroyed wax the corrugated iron roof of the buildings, which was blown away. The explanation given for the little damage done in precautions were taken before the arrival of ibe typhoon to see that all gear which stood in danger of being destroyed was properly stowed
The Dutch Petroleum Works. The Royal Dutch Petroleum Works were not to be allowed to escapa unscathed, oven
THE KINSHAN." We have already stated that the Steamboat o, was endeavouring ra secure the charter of the dredger Canton River to proceed to Castle teak Bay to operate on the beach where the Kishan lies. Owing to the threatening condi tion of the weather yesterday it was not deemed prudent for the dredger to negotiate a journey outside the harbour limits. Dat as it has turned
in set out this afternoon. Upon reaching the Kona she will lose no time to dredge the led of the bay around the stranded steamer und by that means it is confidently expected the Kinzhan can subsequently be pulled off without difficulty. She is hardly, if at all,
amaged.
The Looters.
though their wharf is in a fairly sheltered pool tion, just to the east of Bay View Police Station. Early on the morning of shat fatal Tuesday, the company's big iron_tank_lighter, Alpha, towed by their launch Gratches, and hat the police in every district in this Col Containing 100 tons of pauoleum, went along-y have their hands full of work in the mattor side their wharf and made fast, che launch cast- | of gathering in all the corpses found floating ing off an inachoring close by. Connections in the harbour and that special attention bas were at once made with the hose, and pumping to be raid to the gangs of looters frequenting "portions comteced, lo transfer the oil from the districts are well known, but & certain the lighter to the storage tank. All went well insper emphasised the fact this morning, woul they had pum na' out about 30 tons of at the l'olice Court, by appealing to the Beach
to stave off giving stocks sentences in his case howling along, and wand the operators to because he could not afford to have his mer
disconnect the in
gua ding coolies in the stocks when their that the lighter might be towed to safety in Servics were required elsewhere. Causeway Bay. A hawser WJS immedi ately paised to the Gretchen, which was about to commence towing, but WOL then too late, The full force of the storm struck them, and the tow rope broke and the lighter, being then helplesss, was car.. led on to the rocks b.tween Bay View and Causeway Bay. There she lay until yesterday, when the second storm blew her off the rocks, and the Gretchen, which had been stand
Hon. Mr. Hewett said-After the remarks made by the senior unofficial member, very late remains for me ty say; but I think, repre. senting the section of the community I have the honour to do in this Chamber, it is only fitting I should refer to some of the points Your Excellency's remarks. The loss to the Colony is, we all know, unfortunately very great, and the loss of life is terrible; but i feel confident that already the Colony is pulling it off together, and that will not be long before we get the whole of our business in the train of progrevely!
and th 1 Hongkong will go on as if speaking, there has been no such check. Your Excellency bas referred to the question of appointing a Commission to deal with the point raised very generally amongst the public as to whether eatlier notice might have been given of the approaching storm by the Observatory and consequently a maligation brought about of disaster which has befallen un Folding the. pasilion 1 have the honaur to do, if here at 8 o'clock last night, with twelve ex driven on to the foreshore. The foreshore being when the first b'w of the typhoon came have made inquiries from cenain petent in form an opinion, and feel quite con fident that the finding of the Commission will be that it will exonerate the Director and staff of the Observatory. 1st sincerely that this will be so, and firmly believe that it will. With regard to the relief (und, I am sure Your Ex cellency's proposal will meet with the most cordial support of the whale community. The committes will no doubt get to work at the earliest possible moment, for we all know th 1. on becasions of this it there is only one agiem to work upon and that is "Those who Rive quickly give twice." Your Excellency made a der certain condi:ms to former regis tered owners of cargo ha 11 lo enable them to recover themselves. The proposal is a round one, and will receive the carness consideration of the cominiites. It should result in great god to the native shipping population who ave suffered so terribly in this disaster. An her point to which I must refer, and I feel stified in doing so, in the sympathetic remarks made by Your Excellency with regard to the loss of Bishop Hoare. feel confident that I am as well qualified
5 day one in the
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Large numbers of bhats of all sizes, from the smallest sampan to the largest junk, were pass ed, drifting bottom upwards-all with their silent tale of the tragedy of the sea to tell; but strangely enough, in that pasticular zene noaramag dead bodies were seen, though the over-turned boats gave evidence that there must have been much loss of life in the vicinity.
Captain Casey, with the limited means at ates he was enabled in rescue, to give them covering, comfort, and cheer. was not a sim- ple task he had before him, for another typhoon
referred in the possibility of advances being his disposal did all he could for the unfortune the Sugar House, and the Shipyard was that 1 by, and which was herself nearly, capsized
Colony เ dadorso
was threatening, but he performed it in a most creditable manner. We understand that other search parties are also preparing to leave, if they have not already done so, which were only delayed by the unexpected visitation of the second lyphioun.
CORPSES FLOATING IN THE BARBOUR,
Throughout the whole day crowds of people assembled on the praya central watching the corpses, of which there were a few, drifting about the harbour. Three or four bodies were seen floating between Blake and Pottinger piers. Further west, our Tung Yik what, could be the corpse of two French sailors and, the remains
what was said to be a European Intermingled with these were the carcases of sigs and a number of rats. It was not until this afteroom that the police in the Central district commenced hauling the bodies
scen
woman,
AWAY.
THER CASUALTIES. From Chinese sources it was learnt that
ki-wan to-day. about 1,0 odead bodies were seen around Shau.
One dead body was recovered on the hill at Breezy Point.
The steam launch Lee You, which carried sixty-five coolies on her fatefát voyage, is lying on Breezy Point.
A twenty-ton junk, with the corpse of a crew in the hold, was this morning found lying of the road near Belle View Hotel
|
ore than once, got the lighter in tow, and beached her just off Bay View. She was then was lost, and it is believed she has several holes in her hottom, and will require to be leaking badly, and all the oil, some 70 tons
placed in duck, as soon as berth is available. Asr regards the Oil Factory itself, the damage was of minor degree, a portion of the roof and. all funnel, only, being blown over. The wharf, however, sufleted considerable damage the iron piles and supports being very much bent. The damage there is estimated at about 530 0,
THE OPERATORS' GOOD WORK.
As soon as the sea abated a bit, and the wind luiled, the staff of the Oil Factory formed th mselves into a rescue party, or, more cor rectly, rscue parties, and their efforts were rewarded, for when the parties returned to the Factory with their human Botsam, it was found they had pulled back a round hundred from The poor men werd possible watery graver well takes care of, being housed and shekered in the factory and supplied with nolimited tea' and chow, white as many blankets were also
he mustered.
SEARCHING FOR "TREASURES." *hree-fourths of the cases heard at the Police Coui ́ during th; last few days have been for footing. In every part of the city where wreck-ge accumulate can be seen a bind of men and women; and some. times children, diguing and scraping in search of "valuables." "The police can do nothing to stop them, for as soon as they see the man-in uniform approaching they scat- ter. For the health of the Colony it behoves. the Government to have the heaps of rubbish along the prays removed without any further delay.
LOUIERS AT THE COURT, There were about thirty cases of unlawful possession heard at the Police Court this morn ing. Four acamen were charged with looting the Wingchat, which vessel was wrecked at Sham-shui-po. They were fined $25 each, and in lieu of $1 of the fine to be exposed in the stocks for six hours. Five other boatmen wern proceeded against for removing the woodwork offi
fthe steamer Macao and they were sant to kaot for fiflecti cach. Six boatmen wore arrested at Hunghom for being
unlawful of posision of a large quantity yara. They could give no satisfactory explanation to the police and coming before the Court ware fined $50 each and to be exhibited in the stocks for six hours. A shop coolle of Bonham Strand, who
Pas senger on board the Haungshan whan sho became stranded, and who "wat brought back to Hongkong among other passengers on
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from outside. The gracious message of 1soul, the delay bring put down to the scarcity mise the Kinshan as soon as year is available. I handed to those who were clothesless as could ↑ the Hot-sang, was found to be in possession
the remarks of Your Excel ency and the senior unurial member. I have had the honour of his Liends ip for nearly thiny yeare, and I am sure the community will endorse me when I say that he was an upright and God-fearing man, and that uprightly, sincerely and without fear or favour he carried out the Work provided for him by his Master, and in the execution which he lost his life. We join most sincerely offeriumour sympathies t to those who live to m urn his loss. It is satisfactory in the trouble thy in which we find ourselves to find sympathy. Majesty I am sure will be received by the
The whole Coliny, with rateful affection. messages from the Secretary of State, the Governor of Macao od Sis enry Blake know is express sympathy which we horughly, sincere. I don't think it is necesvary I am sure we we all deeply indebted in Your Excellency for the prompt manner in which you dealt with the disaster, and the steps you have taken to mitigate the misfortunes of those who have suffered by it (applause)
nie
THE RELIEF FUND.
MEMBERS OF THE COMMITTER.
of coffin.
" HEUNGSHAN” LOOTERS ARRESTED. When the Hoi-tumo came ‘alongside her wharf at about ten o'clock yesterday morning, bringing with her the Heungshen's passengers, whom they rescued near. Lantau Island, a large number of people assemble on the praya wall waiting to bear the fate of their friends
Among that crowd were lietective-Sergeants Terrett, Grant and Murison and a posse of police, who were detailed to search every Chi- nese passenger leaving the riot song and to take charge of all persons suspected to have
been looters.
The first thing that the detectives did on arriving on the wharf was to stop every sampan The following Jelles has been issued by the from going alongside the ship so as to ensure Colonial Secretiny to-day :
that no passengers left the vessel without being searched. The result of the search was that three men were arrested and removed to the Central Police Station, where they were Each charged with unlawful possession,
and
Colonial Secretary's Office,
2 September, 1906,
Sir, am directed to vile you to serve as i sender of a Committe in be appointed by His Excellerev, to jaise and administer funds for the let t sufferer by the ircent cyphoo A list of the proposed Commúliec i enclosed.
I have the binur, etc.,
1. SERCOMUK SMITH, Colonial Secretary>
LIST OF THE PROPOSED RELIEF COMMITTEE
The Hon. Sir Paul Chater, K., C.M.G,
(Chairman.)
11. E. R. Hunter, I »q', (llon. [reas;)"
The Hon. Mr E. A. Hewett,
The Hon. Mr. W. J. Gresson
The Hon, the Registrar General.
The Hon. Dr. †lo Kai, CM..
the Hon. Mr. Wei Yuk,
Fung Wa Chun, Esq. Lau Chu Pak, Esq.
SALV GE OF THE KISHAN, News to hand to-day says that there are hopes of saving the steamer hinshan, which is ashore at Castle Peak Bay. Captain W. E. Clarke, of the Canton Steamboat Company, visited the stranded vessel in the Flosam yesterday, and it is said that negoti.tius are at present in hand with the Dock Company to As soon as the weather is good the dredger outou River will go to Castle Peak and start dredging around the Khuhuu and it is hoped by this means tu float her. THE SINKING OF THE "FUKAI MARU." Oo the 18th instant, during the first typhoon, the bows of the steamer Fukai J, which vessel was then anchored off Wanchai, was seen to be under water and her stern high up. The vessel, however, sank oarly this morning, taking with her a six-inch centri frugal pump belonging to the Dock Company
Her funnel can be seen above water,
H.M.S. "PHENIX."
The gale which came up this morning caused the 'hant to become a total wreck.
THE MONTEAGLE"
The C. P. F. Company's steamer Monteagle which went ashore at Kowloon recently and sustained severe damage so her stern post was refloated this morning. She was later taken in tow by the tugs Robert Cooke and Edith and. removed to Wanchai Day.
*E "CHANGSHA,"
Bodies On The Mainland.
WATER TOLICE BUSY. The tale of mortality in the late visitation is gradually beginning to unfold itself, and grue some stories are heard on all sides, of floating bodies of men, woinen an children. But per
comes from theater Police, who, under in haps the most gruesome of all is that which pecins Langley, with Inspector Kerr, Sergean Kaygill, Wilden, Jackson, and Davis, and Con stables Walls Munday, Winter, Sutton, and Edwards, have practically been spending their time, since the abatement of the fury of the storm permined of their geting around, in hauling dead bodies from the sea, or the foreshores, and passing them on to the mortuary. Thus they have already secured and removed too bodies from Stonecunter's Island, and another 149 along the fateshore, from funghom Bay to Kowloon Foint, while this morning they found another ju of the foreshore at Laichikok,
EXÖRBITANT LAUNCH-HIRE.
Not having launches sufficiently large enough for the purpose of harbour rescue work, the Water Police, yesterday, were compelled to hire the steam launch Awang Tung, but they were only able to secure her on payment of 5180 fər the day, , and undertaking to be responsible for her
safety.
was searched at the station from the pockets of one inan over 5950 were found. Another was arrested carrying abox which was found to contain officer's clothing, and on the other a. ship's revolver. The China Navigation steamer Changsha, The men could not give a satisfactory explana which was reported a total wreck; was pull tion as to how the property came into their ed off her perilous positiin to-day and moved to possession. More arrests could have been alongside the Dock Company's Wharf, ap
made, but many of the looters saw the search.parently but little damaged. ing operations being carried out on the wharf, and let their foot on the ship and cleared When the detectives, after seeing the parsen; The Canton steamer San Choung, which
boarded the sessel, they discovered broke her back alongside the Liang Wings of it for they are demanding $3 per day all kinds of p
of goods, such as boxes of soap, bund, wharf on the morning of the 18th instant, was lex of clothing-mostly that belonging to Earn dashed to pieces this morning. Leans, and sume guns, alleged to
to belong to the Heungskon, but their so-called owners could not be found. The property was gathered in a heap
removed to the Central Station.
gers away,
Tang Chigong, (Chairman, Tung Wa andr
Hospital.)
JAPANESE SYMPATHY.
Mr. Kumabs, Imperial Japanese Casul, received the following message this afternoon
fter the meeting of founcil:-
*Convey to Sir Matthew Nathan expression
This morning, at the Police Court, before Mr. F. A. Hazoland, the three men came up for trial and were dealt with with the usual fines for such offences,
Since writing the above we learn that nego tations are proceeding between the Macao
refloating-of-the
THE "SAN CHEUNG."
WHALVES.
The remaining portions of the Wingchat and the Paul Bras wharves, at West Point, were carried away this morning...
CAPT. AUSTIN,
Rumour was, afoot in, the Colony last night and to-day to the effect that Captain Austin, of the steamer Wingchai, had died of injuries he received. We learn to-day that the rumour
As for the coolies, no doubt they imagine: this is their harvest, and they must make the
for working on the clearing away of wreckage, and they are getting and are probably wish. ing that a
would bump up against this typhoon At least once a week. Colony
Cruising around in the Kwang Tung, the Water Police picked up 110 human derelicts, and took them to places of shelter, while the work is still going on.
of my sencere and profound sympathy at terrible for the footing of the Heangshaft, which rapidly improving that the genial skipper is doing yeoman service all along the Hunghom
const ophe which visited Hongkong
HAYASH1."
✓ ves el is ashore on Lantao Island. There is every probability that we may see the favourite boat on the Macao run again.
His Excellency the Governor has asked Mr. Ku abe to convey to Viscount Hayashi his sincere thanks for his very kind mestare of sympathy which will be very much appreciated by the Colony of Hongkong.
20th inst,
fron
YAUMATI REPORTS." The work of picking up the dead at Yaumati is vigorously carried out and up to this morn. jog, as we are given to believe, 400 bodies bave been recovered.
HONGKONG OBSERVATORY
TELEGRAM.
POLICE RAID PRIVATE HOUSES. That looting has got the upperband of those sampan folks that have suffered nought at the hands of the typhoon cannot be doubted for a minute and that the same weakness has deve On the 19th at 5.55 p. orders issued to loped among the street coolles is evident hoist the Red Coze pant downwards and
the raids made by the police at No, z Police Station yesterday. It was about five Drum, (typhoon B.E. of the Colony, distant more than 300 miles). The Black signal hav o'clock yesterday afternoon when lospector thaken on the 13th, was not available Gourlay and his officers raided Nos.
On the 20th at 4.10.8. Orders issued to fire Shu-ki-wan Road, premises necupled by Messrs. Harris Keene, but no arrests could be
the typhoon gun, and to hoist the Black Cone within 300 miles), At 9.15. to hoist the large number of blankets, indigo, native medi- cines, etc., alleged to have been stolen from
Black Cone point downwards and Ball (typhoon the beach peas Belle View Hotel by the SW. of Colony within 300 miles), Chinese employees, were discovered huidings and seized by the police.
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A OTHER TYPHOON.
elf immune from typhoons, for at least some sort as the Colony was beginning to consider time to come after its affalling experiences of Tuesday last, the full tale of terrible disaster in conclusion, I would say: 1 am confident connection with which has not yet been told, Colony will bear the trial that has coms to and business was being resumed after the in made as the birds had flown. Nevertheless, & point downwards, (typhoon S. of the Colony f with that characteristic which was looked teruption caused by that storm, trame once the ancient Romans as the highest again running, both on the lower level and up upon by the virtue and is certainly the attitude of every, to the Peak, ferries crossing the harbour, all great people, including the British and Chinese, according to daily custom, and things were, ap
The typhoon has moved across the China mans equanimity the equal mean, Hongparently, shaping themselves to the normal,
Sea with unusual rapidity. It continues to kong
has had a set-back but this will call for Comes a telegram from the Manila Observatory,
move towards W.N.W. additional energy and
Telegraphic communication between the and earnestness of purpose. which, through the courtesy of the American
Wanchai presented a scene of great activity Observatory and Hongkong continues teler So it will not be long before it has retrieved its Consul, we were enabled to publish in our last 1oster and advanced farther than ever towards evening's issue, to the effect that another to-day. At dawn this morning, when the serupted. Its great and civilised position-(applause).
At 3 p. Signal lowered, typhoon was off Manila on Tuesday afternoon, was lashing and sweeping over the Praya wall Hob, Dr. Ho Kai said: 1 am sure members of being then M.M.E. of Manila, and moving pro and the wind blowing with great force, the Council bave listened with great interest to bably w... this being supplemented later, inspector Gourlay, accompanied by Sergeant the various messages and telegrams sent to us or at so a.m. yesterday, stating that the typhoon Lee and P.C. Hynes' and a gang of coolles coadoling' with us in a calamity, nobly had crossed Luzon, near parallel 17, and was went to the water-front in search of dead bodies the gracious message of His Mat Gracious travelling in the direction indicated, viz. They searched among the wreckage all long Majesty the King, and also those from the w..W At 7.30 p.m., therefore, orders were tho Prays and by two o'clock this afternoon In praise of the remarkable spontaniety Secretary of State, the G vernor of Macao and given to holat again typhoon signals, this time they had picked up no less than fourteen corpses, evinced by our worthy Gefellow citizens, in Bir Haniy Blake, Well deeply deplore the consisting of a black ball, surmounted by a A Chinese gentleman, who gave great assistance their eagerness to subscribe towards the relief, sad catastrophe, and I am sure, as Your Ex- | anne; indicating the presence of a typhoon to the polles, was Mr. U Hoi Chau, one of the i fred fer the floating population, wa kare the
ACTIVITY AT WANCHAL
Chinese Magnanimity.
MILITARY CO-OPERATION,
Military On Resene Work. To-day practically all of the 129th Baluchis who can be spared from ordinary guard duty, and 30 men of the West Kents have been Bay foreshore, clearing away the wreckage, and removing dead bodies found underneath~an have performed unpleasant duty, but one they well, though it is stated that the stench along the foreshore has been, and is, well-nigh unbearable, to much so that P.C. Munday collapsed, and had to be removed for treatment, Dr. Swan promptly attending to him.
Doctor's Good Work.
of a handbag, conta sing $50 worth of clothing, etc., and was arrested on the wharf, Hewasto-day fined $100 and six hours stocks for tooting. Another man had twenty-eight rolls of French silk and he was fined $50 and stocks. This 'is only a few of the cases heard, the others being too numerous to mention.
The police say that some of the looters aven go so far as to break up upturned junks in search of loot."
LOOKING FOR CORPSES,
Every police station bas issued instructions 10 its officers, whose duty take them along the Praya, to keep their eyes lifted and to remove all corpses that are seen in the harbour. As the days pass by the number of bodies recovered is growing larger, so much so that the coffin makers for the Wanchai, district alone find it impossible after working overtime to keep pace with the work.
This forenoon the Tung Wa Hospital en- gaged four steam launches to assist the police in recovering the bodies Two launches will patrol the bay at Shau-ki-wan and pick up all Ladies that are too far from the shore, while the remaining two will do duty beiwean West
and Wanchai. Point
The number of bodies picked up by the police at the different stations up to late last evening number, at an average, about fifteen
at each station.
Among the bodies picked up in the harbour yesterday afternoon was that of Captain Max field of the steamer Hongkong. The body was, of course, io a very bad condition and minus a Jeg
The picking up and burial of dead bodies. are dose under the personal supervision of the members of the Tung Wa Hospital Committes, and the working gang has been largely in- creased. One party alone reported the recovery of some 170 odd bodies.
UNFOUNDED"REPORT. Rumours were about the Colony to-day to the effect that the body of Bishop' Hoare had been recovered and that his funeral was to be held shortly. Several inquiries ware made at this office as to the validity of the rumour and on inquiries baing made at the different stations wê were told that the report was unfounded.
-CLEARING AWAY DEAD TREES, Coolies with the dust carts were busy the whole day at the eastern end of the city re- moving huge limbs of trees from abstracting the roads and attending to those treas which are in a dangerous position.
EVIL-SMELLING PRAVA, All along the Praya East the stench of des We compared bodies that mesta ona la most offen.
Truly has it been said and written that gecat calamilles bring out all that is best in man, and it has been nur pleasure and privilege to record, since the morning of
of it. Tuesday fast, many instrucce of have told of Mr. H. S. Bevan's, and Inspector sive. Gourley's heroism; we have chronicled In- spector Langley's excellent work, and written of the humane conduct of Inspector Collett Sergeauis Lee, Aris and others, all of whose names we shell to publish later, as the
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services of all are lion in the credit, and call for quariosa, And now it is
our pleasing dur known, gepular, and busy doctor, who, laying record the self-denying conduct of a all his own affairs aside, journeyed over to what he must have known would bn bis field of usefulness Taim-tea-tsui-and there placed his services entirely at the disposal of The rescued unfortunates, through la spector Langley, whom he accompanied throughout his tours, ministering to she wants of the sick and distressed, the bruised and the wounded binding up broken limbs, and gen, aṛaily doing some very valuable work, far
PHOTOGRAPHING STOPPED.
The work of photographing the dead, which was being carried out at East Point yester« · toy the Tung Wa llespital, was stopped to-day, owing to the unrecognisable condition of the bodies,
HEROIC INDIANS. News has just come to hand of the brave storm.. The two men were on duty at the gun. deeds of two Indian policeman during tha
powder dopot as One Tres island, near Abar
Between deen, when the typhoon arrived. thom, according to official reports, they saved the - lives of about twenty parsons from drowning.
HOUSE IM, DANGER. ON
house in Holland Street, West Point, is in danker of collapsing? "o-dayła large nume ber of coolies were amployed in raboring up the building, w
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