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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, SUNDAY, OCTOBER 14,

1906,

THE BURNING OF THE

TERRIBLE HOLOCAUST.

MEN, WOMEN AND CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. MAGNIFICENT STEAMER BURNT TO THE WATER'S EDGE.

OTHER STEAMERS AND JUNKS IN JEOPARDY.

to a case-hardened journalist it is paints to

write of the event,

At three o'clock in the morning the Row laden with a valuable cargo and carry ing about 2000 Chinese passengers arrived at Hongkong from Canton and was safely The Haukow, br berthed at her wharf.

FINE WORK BY NAVAL SEAMEN.

But

S. S. "HANKOW."

By 3.10 am, an immense crowd had assem- b'ed near the approach to the wharf and it was as much as the Police could succeed in doing by keeping the crowd-back from drawing too close to the firefighters, nae and all of whom worked with herculean efforts to save the ship! from total destruction.

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The over-

a long while, but no headway was made; jo those principally discussed in shipping circles to-day there are four likely theo-fact in looked as if the fire increased in force as

each hose was priated at it. ries. The first is attributed to

The fact that the wind was blowing with some turning of a hand lantern by one of the FIERCE WIND DRIVES AWAY OTHER VESSELS. numerous gang vi boarding-house runners,

s is well known upon, the arrival every day forch from the east was not at all favourable, as of the Canton River might boats quite a rush it drove the flames on to the Liang Wing wharf, driving away what launches that were moored is made for steerage passengers by what are

there. The Steamboat.company's steamer Powas, ically called

which was sharing part of the wharf wear the burning ship, wis also in danger of the spread. steamed out into the harbour, returning to her former position when the flames were ex- tinguished.

THE CAMBOG BRIGADE.

MEN, WAR'S MEN TO THE RESCUE. The local fire brigade was supplemented by a.ost valuable. Naval' contingent. As soon as the are was discovered two signal rocket were fired. In answer to the call for assisting-house runners who "eush" the lower decking flames, and, casting off her moorings sha

ance, the "handy then" were on the scene almost in no time. A contingent was ROG!

a detachment from the Naval Yard: Once on

away from H. M. cruiser Flora in port with a manual engine, the same being reinforced by the scene the sailors worked like Trojans; but for their h-ip-great as were the efforts of the Hong ong Brigade the task of controlling the conferation would have presented difficulties beyond the nuiginal numerical force of the fire- engines at work on shore¬the fire fat having men 10 successfully cope with. With two steam

ber-he manual imgine from the Flora and foundered in the typhoon of the 8th Septem the large body of energetic rescuers the file was practically got under control by 5.30 am. when the aval contingent retired.

THE POWAN" TWED OUT OF DANGER The s.s. Patoum, Capt. Valentine, of the Hongkong, Camion and Macho Steamboat Co..

The "brigale" consists of Chinese board

after the saloon and second saloon passengers have disembarked. The men carry buge oil lanterns with conspicuous signs painted on

of customers. It is believed that one of these nien overturned a lantern which set one roll of them of their boarding-houses and go in search

matting afire, thus rapidly igniting the rest.

"THE OPIUM FIEND."

The "Opium Fiend" has as usual, his army af detracters. It is positively asserted by the calamity must be laid at the door of one of the Juke phalanx of anti-opiumists that the

pipes accidentally set the firit spark with such ⚫an tus results. smokers who while indulging in one of his

THE ELECTRIC INSTALLATION!

FIREMEN'S GOOD WORK:

near the

The firemen showed up brilliantly in rescu ing the unfortunate passengers from the burn. ing ship, and anme had very narrow escapes of being numbered, among the dead, in their attempt to save those who were flames, but who could make no headway to leave the vessel. The brave firemen rusbed down the gaugway time and again and at the peril of their own lives. Thanks to their noble work over 100 persons, including infants, were rescued from the floating ball, but when the Rames travelled to amidihips and licked dragged those who were in danger ashore,

the sides of the what, destroying the gangway i rendering all chances of further rescues impracticable, the firemen could do no more. All those on board of her then were doomed to eternity.

and

In an hour's time the fire had, burnt itself oul. No fire brigade in the world could have

Hundreds of spectators a anved the ship. sembled on the Praya Central viewing the gutted ship and the approach to the wharf was entirely blocked.

Soon after the fire had burnt itself out, de. molahing all the upper deck and superstruc tures, both aft and forward, but leaving the engines and boilers without much damage, the firemen, who were comprised of the following

donald, Lee, Davitt and Grant, Firemen

of Chief Inspector Baker, made for the hold of Cooper, l'air, Morphy, Counsell, Fox, McLen

the ship to clear away the dead. Other ean, Wilson, Sutherland, and lagham, in charge

hirty-six bodies were picked out of the sea, while up to a late hour this afternoon over 100 searched the adjacent waters for the drowned, charred and unecognisable bodies were re- moved from under the debris of the ship.

Hongkong has been visited during the But the momentary, battle for life was terri. smoking, an utter wreck. The fire engines pant few weeks by a series of calamities ble and is even now horrible to contemplate, were playing on the smouldering debris, which have shaken the Colony to its very Hundreds of men, women and children! What was more nauseating than anything care, bitt uthing so horrible has occurred were fighting for a foothold on a narrow else was the smell of burned human flesh as the burning of the Canton steamer gangway. Their screams were heartrending: The firemen were bringing numerous bodies Hunkon. We have faced a succession of they could be heard half-way up the Peak. "ashore and ranging them on the Traya wall, typhoons; we have seen men, women and Residents wakened in the middle of the decently covering them with mats. children drowned by the score in sight of night by the carpiercing cries, saw from there was nothing to see, nothing to identify assistance; we have heard of tragedies in their windows the blazing vessel and could. A few charred remains, a hand, perhaps a nuinemble, but nothing equals the ghastly guess, though they form little conception of, leg, a blackened corpse-it was worse than and terrible scenes which occurred on what was happening on the waterfront the typhoos. There was no sign of the junks

A-third theory finds advocates, amongst those A board the Framboz as she lay at her anchor-The-flames were spreading far and wide, which had been involved in the fire. The

who believe that a fusion of the electric wires age on arriving from Canton. In fact, the high over the surrounding buildings. A Bonhom was still burning at noon to-day,

What the actual loss caused by the fire

set fire to the first rall in the stack of matting only parallel which suggests itself at the strong wind was blowing at the time, carry

which made such excellent fuel for the flamea. moment is the burning of the steamer ing the spread of death to vessels a hundred will reach it is impossible to suggest. Only

SUSPECTED INCENDIARISM, General Slocum on the Hudson liver, some yards away. A couple of junks which had the roughest estimates can be offered at the

The last theory which has a large number of while the Hant. was in flames. Steam could.

warm supporters is that the burning of the years ago. The agonising screams of nearly been lying near the wharf of the Hankete moment, but it is well within the mark toid, was lying on the eastern side of the wharf

Hankow was a case of incendiarism. It is 2,000 Chinese who were trampled and were utterly consumed, and whether the say that the owners have lost half a scorched to death will live in the memory occupants escaped is unknown. A Chinese million dollars--some say a million. The be got up on the Pawan quick enough for her

a malevolent scheme of destruction foll anfety of those who beat them fill the end of their wharf--the only one that survived the ty to herself was valued at $400,000. 10 steat out of the danger zone. Recourse

su concerling their plan to be carried out after lives, and the spectacle of the inferno pre phoons--was crumpled up and destroyed. Among the goods carried by the Hanou had to be had to faunches to tow the Powan alleged that the friends wise could devise such

first secured to perform this duty, but when

the ship's arrival in port when the great vigil sented as the vessel blazed into the nighi The bus, another Chaton boat, which were goo bales of raw silk, 400 bales of out. Two Chinese steam Iunches were at ́can never he forgotten. The Gercest picture was lying at the opposite side of the Ban- waste silk; 3,700 rolls of matting besides a

to take the riverboat in tow, demanded an extore of hell's fury will not eclipse, what was sen koe's wharf, managed to be towed away and large miscellaneous cargo whose value is they were brought to the Powan they refusedance of the officers would be, relaxed, and in the early hours of this niôrning, and eve escape from the scene of the conflagration. unknown. Two hundred bales of raw silktionale price which, under the circumstance when, it was imagined, the passengers could officers: Inspector Warnock, Bergengis MaL-

o be ablaze fore and aft within the five minutes Meanwhile, the crankow was burning from have been recovered, but the material is admitted of no bargain making. Before, how away, upon the first alarm, with compara every port and loophole, while a few frenzied greatly damaged. by water and will only ever, an agreement could be effected, the launch five ense. The fact that the ship was observed masters had steamed their craft out of sight, and of the first report, as definitely stated by un passengers were making final efforts to fetch a fraction of its original value.

of the wind and flame which, fortunately, proved eye-witness on the wharf, gives the strongest support to the arson, theory. The object was, cheat the grim figure which overshadowed AN EX-WITNESS NARRATIVE. Pan was left to the tender mercy Hardly had the stroke of three o'clock from enti, ely propitious. A North-east wind was

so it is discussed, the boycotting at the British them. Many in the throes of agony leapt

Many the Clock Tower died out in the distant air of into the sea and were drowned. were crushed to death under the feet of the still moonlit night when residents on the blowing and so long as the direction was not longing to Messrs. Butterfield & Swire, has their fellow compatriots. Women and child. suburban levels above the city limits were changed the sun was comparatively safe. always been a favourite with native residents"ren had no cliance of success in the 'insane aroused by the clanging of the brazen belle Luckily for her two other sicar-launches were Powa was accordingly hauled cut into the on account of the excellent accommodation rash for the gangways. All this be it te denoting in its succouring tones the outbreak hailed, who acted as towboat for the Powan

stroke followed by a second stroke and a pause, provided, the cheerful conditions on board, entered occurred within a very few fa fire. There was a pause, then a deliberate upon a guaranteed payment of $ic each. The the courtesy of the officers and it may be minutes. Chinese on the houselops watch located the fire in the Central district of the stream. Such was the intensity of the heat added the appearance of the boat, for she Ting the scent but unable to stir a finger in city. No sooner had the aroused slumberer from the burning vessel that the paint on the Two of the lighters, also belonging to the had informed the behold-rivettell the attention of the beholder. was the largest on the run. Accordingly aid of the passengers were silhouetted gained the verandah as his recitepan port side of the Paze was literally peeled off 1,000 Chinese travellers, but on her last trip captain of the first outbreak, he rushed to the "pan a scene with the echoes of the shrieking Hongkong, Canton and Macao Steamboat Co., will never be known exactly how many wereon engine room in order to get the fire-hose hundreds of buman voices clamouring for help. Ld, which were lying alongside the Foway which it was beyond the power of man te having cargo discharged into them were also

towed out of reach of the devouring element. board for all traces of them have disappeared into play, but in five minutes the engine render, telling of the holocaust which was in the devastating fanies or in the waters of room was a seething_cauldron" and, 'nothing being enacted on board the familiar old river

A PIER BURNT. -The only wooden pier in this locality which the harbour... As already remarked the could be done. The officers made their steamer-iness. Hunkow-owned by Messis,

wire. That it was the good old survived the great storm of last month was Hankom moored at her wharf and the pas escape asbest they could, utterly helpless to Banfield & sengers prepared to leave. Naturally most render aid to the passengers. Rockets were lankow that was burning there admitted of doomed to destruction to day. It is situated about a hundred yards distant and west- of them had been asleep in their bunks of fired to all assistance and the commander no doubt; for right on the water's edge, re on the mats with which the Chinese cooles of ILMS. Para sent a detachment of men moved about a hundred feet from the farthestward of the famine. The breeze fanned to the direction of the line of the tallest buildings on the New Praya, the flames on invariably provide themselges. They were with a manual engine to the scene. the imposing funnel stood in bold relief a pier, which eventually became ignited and probably only hall awake when the vessel Naval Yard also sent a contingent to assist column of brazen red iron in the midst of a long harnt down to the water's edge.

In less than quarter, of an hour almost the arrived. There was no hurry to dis-the land brigade with the wharf hoses, but trailing cloud of smoke and tongues of fiame THE STABILITY THE RIVER CO'S WHARF entire fire fighting force of the Colony, consist embark, nu confusion, nothing whatever human efforts were powerless to oppose the that seemed to leap higher than the 60-foot At the most crucial moment of the fire the ing of firemen from nearly all nearby police dissonant to good order. Suddenly a cry ́funes In the opinion of those, however, buildings lining the waterfront. "Kas miang 5.$. i sprung about two feet from the stations, had turned out with the fire engines, was raised that fire had broken out in who saw the herculean efforts of the volun. Kun minng!? ak777-save life 1, Have life!! wharf and as the she did so the fire steel pier for the first big job they had tackled since the the after part of the vessel. The chief eers stamp out the flames and rescue the rose again and again, higher and higher, over just bent over slightly, but suffered absolutely Hollywood Road ho'ocaust some years ago. no damage under the great strain. It speaks Men from H.M.S. Flera answered the signals officer went up to the commander, Captain suffering both from the vessel and the water the raging noise of the devouring elements, Branch, and formally reported the fire some recognition should be made of their and as hundreds of voices clamoured piteously volumes for the construction of one of the and were ashore as 5000 as they possibly could among a bale of yarn, while another is to the

for help that could never reach them, the tale of finest landing stages to adom the waterfront of giving great assistance to the fire brigade staff.

When the fire-fighters arrived on the scene the good old steamer Hankow was one mass of flame, both fore and aft of the ship burning fiercely.

conduct.

The

If they failed to achieve the destruction as the imploring echoes gradually the Colony that it stood two such severe tests results for which they laboured it was only died away was frightful to contemplate in the because none in their position could have succeeded.

imagination

Immediate steps were taken to cope with the outbreak, but from the outset it was obvious that the vessel was doomed. Cap tain Branch rushed to cabins of the

As soon as, it was practicable a representative European passengers-among whom were

Shortly after four o'clock in the morning of the Hongkong Telegraph was promptly Mr. Zundel, the Centon manager for Messrs. 11is Excellency the Governor, accompanied upon the scene of death and desolation. From Amhold, Katberg & Co., and Miss Nicholl, by his aide-de-camp, arrived at the whart, an eye-witness who was present at the first A lady teacher in the Philippines--and rous but by that time there was nothing to be break and throughour the horrible spectacle ed them. The ladies ran to the wharf in His Excellency expressed the opinion of destruction as well as from other reliable their night-dresses' while the men appeared that the vessel should have been scuttled suices, were gathered the particulars relating in pyjamas. There was no question of

immediately the outbreak, occurred, but to the most recent of the series of calamitous events with which Hongkong has been visited luggage in the struggle for life.

Every when it is remembered that there were 2,000

within a month, a body lost their everything anil the European people on board and, also, that the ship was passengers are -to-day thanking God for pe serving their lives!

It consisted of 160 hales raw silk, 400

like the typhoon of 18th Sept, and the fire of this morning with practically little or no damage.

THE GOVERNOR 'ON THE SCENE. Amongst those to arrive at an early stage of the disaster waa His Excellency the Governor Sir Matthew Nathan, K,C.M., who was accom.

s'camera.

THE (55.

The loss in ship and carga is roughly esti med at rather over a million dollara, made up as fllows -

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Steamer, Cargo Raw Silk,.... Waste Silt,

Matting,

....$400,000

******* $50,000 40,000 30,000

Two large cargo-boats, which were at nuchar on the part side of the lank w, ready when the time arrived to receive cargo, were the means of rescuing a number of persons from the sea, but that was pot for lung. The flames were blown on to the junks and they took fire also and were entirely destroyed.

All the mails were burnt as well as the pri-ing that the junks were ready the bodies vate letter boxes on heard. The officers lost all their personal effects, Capt. Branch besides losing his certificates and papers lost also his valuable documents and securities left on board. Chief Engineer Christie lost all his Masonic orders.

Another Account. After efforts on the part of the ship's officers and crew to save the vessel had proved futile The fire alarm was turned in and rockets were sent up in the air, calling for assistance, from both ashore and aflost

JUNK PEOPLE REFUSE WORK. An incident occurred while the gruesome work of removing the charred bodies was on. Junks were engaged to move the dead. Think were removed from the hold of the ship inmals and taken and laid on the praya wall. When about twelve bodies had been 1. lng there for nearly half an hour it was discovered that the junks previously engaged were not insight and on inquiries being. made by the police it was tearnt that the junk people had refused to undertake the work. After some delay junks were obtained, and after they had been filled with dead bodies thay were takeo la low by launcher and removed to the different mortuaries preparatory to burial.

The captain and officers of the Hanketo busy, atiending to the work of saving the ship that they were unable to save a piece of clothing, the chief officer being just in time to remove his papers, before the fire reached his cabin.

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HOW THE FIRE STARTED How the fire originated not even the officers of the ship could tell, but there are many rumours being circulated in town as to the cause of the outbreak. One rumour has it A careless coolie dropped a lighted cigaretta effect that a fuse in the electric light installa tion, of which the Hankcw was fully equipped, caught the wood work of the vessel and a spark fell on inflammable goods causing the The s.s. Hankow is a single screw, paddle wheel vessel of 3,073 gros tonnage. She bas been on the Hongkong.fanion" run number of years, and was one of the most popular boats to both the Europeans and Chi nese plying in the trade. She was to many' natives the "joss ship," having two eyel a superstitious native would prefer to postpone his trip in order to go by the Hankow than by any other vessels on that run...

fire,

for a

TERRIME SCENES. Heartrending were the scenes that occurred on board the ship at this stage. The Hunkow haf on board of her at the time about 2,000 pas. panied by his Aide-de Camp, Capt. C. Hsengers, of whom seven were Europeans, and a Calman. The Governor watched with cop: targo of silk, matting and beans. The Euro- engraved on her paddle wheel box, and many siderable interest the progress of operations to

peass landed just as the fire broke out and so subdue the fire, fud at one time, it was sug-escaped without any harm, but the native pas- gested, His Exellency expressed his opinion sengers were caught in a death trap. that it would be well "to scuttle the ship." At that siage it was practically impossible to aci up 'n' the suggestion, and all ifforts were con fined to extinguish the roaring flames. The Governor retired after being a quarter of an bour at the wharf.

Prominent among others on the wharf were Capt. R. Innes, marine superintendent, Messrs. Butterfield and Swire, and Mr. John Arnold

than whom it is, scarcely possible to find a more zealous official indentified with the large and growing interests of the Company to which rise, growth and developmept of the river traffic is mainly due.

Pies Hanzow, Captain B. Branch, left on fire from stem to stern five minutes aftry. Cinton 'for Hongkong as usual fași jevening. flames were seen, it will be recognised that She carried, it is said, about two thousand By this time pandemonium prevailed on ' the lower decks. The Chinese seized their the Governor's suggestion was hardly practi. Chinese passcapers in round numbers, besides seven Europeans, included among whom were belongings and ́made a mad rush for the raile, if not impossible.

How many escaped death by fire or water Mr Zandel, of the firm of Messrs. Arnhold, Katberg & Co. at Canton, Miss Nicholls, a lady gangway, Hundreds were distraught and ' simultaneously dashed to the only means it is impossible to say. Usually when a teacher from the Philippines, and two other of escape, with the result that nobody could vessel anives from Canton many of the ladies. The cargo was of a most valuable get near the gangways; men, women and passengers are prepared to jump ashore im. nature. children were felled to the deck and ruth. mediately, but when a ship enters, in the bales waste silk and about 3,700 rolls matting. The flankow drew alongside the wharf at lessly trampled upon. .s a matter of fact, early hours of the morning there is a dis the ignorant conlies utterly lost their reason; position to remain on board until dawn, or 3 o'clock this morning, reporting "all well;

A GAUAT SKELETON. they were lunatics for the Jime, and it is at any rate to dawdle over the work of get and within a few minutes was made fast

All that remains of the once fine palatial safe to say that if they could possibly haveling the baggage on the wharf." It is said Almost immediately after, at 3.16-a.m; the

river steamer is the gaunt skeleton of her been controlled the loss of life would have that if one hundred escaped it must be re Chief Officer, Mt. H. W. Holmes, rushed up to been averted. But so une can control à garded as a miracle. Readers may thus Captain Branch saying: "Ship's on fire 1" Then charred frames. All the woodwork has been lunatic,, least, of all a crazed contic, and realise the terrible holocaust that occurred he went at once to the Chief Engineer (Mr. entirely burnt out; the paddle-wheel boxes-pr thus the terrible result of the confagre and the frantic scenes that took place at the James Christie) with instructions to turn water raffer all that remain of them--are distorted sh to the ship's hose. Unfortunately, the and charred; the iron stanchions twisted out of tion. What made matters worse was the wharfside. During the height of the recent direction could not be carried out. None of shape; and the plates above water-line bent extraordinary character of the tire. It be phtons many tragic spectacles were beheld the members of the engine-room staff could by the great intensity of the heat. So that in gan as stated in the after part of the vessel; but nothing more pitiful can be imagined than remain in the engine-room any time as the the work of repair which the Dock Co, may be in two minutes it had appeared in the how the sight, which was to be seen before day. heat was terrific; the place being described as called upon to make, practically a new steamer must be made out of the blackened remnants and within five minutes the ship was a mass light today. The absolute helplessness of a veritable furance,

of the s.s. Flankato. Curious to relate by a most of living flame. No words can depict the anybody to render assistance intensified the

strange conicidance one lifeboat has not been scene which presented itself to the few specta, tragedy.

touched by the flames, she remains intact, and was the object of many comments of wonder ment that in the position it was in, it should have been possible to escape destinction.

THE EUROPEANS SAVED. Mindful of the safety of his passengers before tors who were in the vicinity of the Hanken The news of the occurrence spread with his own, Captain Branch personally hastened at. the moment. There was no time to amazing rapidity. When morning had dawn. to the Europeans in the cabin apprising them of the imminence of danger. As best they think. The Chinese fell and were sufled hundreds were at the whaif gazing im id, all the Europeans rushed out and made focated, for it is merciful to think and to potently at the remnant of what was admits for the wharf ncross the gangway, some in their hope that the agony of the damce was tedly the finest steamer on the Canton river. night clothes, while the ladies escaped in their saltigated by the oblivion of asphyxiation. Nothing remained but a shell, blackened, sighigowns,

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THE CR GIN OF THE FIRE.

Many theories have been advanced as to the possible origin of the fire: Amongst

The fire was alleged to have started among the cargo of inatting and it spread with consider. able rapidity; for it was less than ten minutes after the first signs of a fire had been discover ed that the whole ship was one ball of fire,

Immediately the yell weat up of "ship afire" the Chinese passengers the whole of the lower deck was one sex of humanity-made a rush 'for the gangway, and soon that was blocked, Women, with their babies lashed on their backs, old men, bent with age, and children, who had last night of their parents in the rush, were unmercifully trampled to death by the fighting maniacs, in terror of their lives.

Never in the history of the, Colony has such a catastrophe occurred to a vessel, anchored alongside a whit, as this one was, and with

tween the passengers in their effort to get away such a death roll. The fight that occurred be from that inferna on sea would never be for gotten if once seen.

Men yelling in terror of their lives, women gone mad with fright, all made a rush, for the wharf, as the fire swopped down upon them, only to be pushed overboard and drowned. Hundreds rushed to the port side of the vessel and jumped overboard, but how many were rescued?

All, this time the firemen were putting in their best work, as only longkong firefighter, can do, when they are put to it. Many lines of hose were laid. Several were attached to near by hydrants and others to the steam engines which drew sea water. The fire brigada men, alded by the naval men, fought the flames' for

TO DUMP"HANKOW'S" RUBBISH. At 2.30 o'clock this afternoon wlien a repra sentative of this paper paid another visit to the scene of the fire the last of the bodies bad beep removed, and work of discharging the ship's cargo of silk was then in progress. The dis charging operations were being superintended by the Captain and Chief Officer of the The cargo of silk is ruined by fire and water. At about five o clock the work of discharging the silk will have been finished; and the lankow will be taken in tow, presumably by the Dock Company's tig Robert Cooke, outside the limits of the hathur, where the accumula tion of debris on her, which in parts look like miniature hills, will be dumped,. She will be. brought back Inter and will be prepared for docking purposen.

terrible

of the Every ore present speaks speaking to our reporter said: "I never saw rapidity with which the fire spread. One officer.

about the stern of the boat and before I could such a fire is all my life. It broke out Just

fire had burst out in the fore part of the ship, it travelled so quickly." turn round to draw a man's attention to it, the

The official report of the number of persons killed, up to one o'clock to-day, is as fol- low-

Burnt on the steamer........... 85 Drowned in the harbour a 45 Great credit is due to the officers of the ship and to the firemen for the work they did during the fire. The crew of the Hankow is appended below sim

Mr. B. BRANCH, CAPTAIN.

Mr. H, W. HOLMES, CHIEF OFFICER. Mr.GEO,WILLOUGHBY, SECOND MATE, Mr. JAS. CHRISTIE, CHIEF ENGINEER. MT. JOHN THORBURN, SECOND Mr. THOS, NISBETT, THIRD

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