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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH TUESDAY AUGUST 31 19cq.

Intimations.

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD. THE YOKOHAMA DOCK CO., LTD.

BREMEN.

No. 1 DOCK.

Docking Length

515 ft.

V

80

28

No. 2 DOCK.

Docking Length.....376 ft. Width of Entrance... 50 Water on Blocks 26,

IMPERIAL GERMAN «MAIL LINES.

Width of Entrance

Water on. Blocks....

FOX

STRAMKRI

SHANGHAI, NAGASAKI, KOBE) " DERFFLINGER!...

and YOKOHAMA

NAPLES, GENOA,

ALGIERS, GIBRALTAR, SOUTHAMPTON, ANTWERP and HAMBURG....

MANILA, YAP, NEWGUINEA,

MARVUN BRISBANE, SYD.. NEY & MELBOURNE.

TO SLIL

Capt. E. Zacharişo

"BULOW

About WEDNESDAY,

1st September.

WEDNESDAY, -

Capt. F. Prosch

"PRINZ WALDEMAR 稽

Capt. F. Isako se stas,

8th Sept., Noon

FRIDAY,

NO. 3

THE GUNPOWDER EXPLOSIÓN NBAN OSAKA,

OFFICIAL REPORTS.

is a small one situated at the north-west foot of the elevation os which the magazines stood... The debris from the magazines fall on to the village and stones three font in diameter crashed down on some of the houses, causing tham to None of the houses in the village stand intact. totally collapse or partially wrecking them, it is remarkable that nobody was killed there.'' the explosion of gunpowder at Kinya (we find According to the villagers, a deafening rour thii ls the local pronunciation-net Kleno),

The following-report-is-taken-from-the-faga. Chronicle of aand August-Destructive as was

near Osaka, on Friday morning, it has for a heard at about a am, and a tremendous” 'shock was folt. No débris came döwa 'imme--- DOCK..tunately not resulted in actual los of life, while diately, but the tiles of houses slid down in all

the number of people injured proves to be

MINICOURSE OF CONSTRUCTION.)

Docking Longth......481 ft. Width of Entrance... 63 Water on Blocki...... 21.5,

"

CHESE DOOKS are conrealently situated in Yokohama barlour and the attention of THES

Gapiatos, and Euglasers is respectially called to the advantages offered for Docking and repairing Vessels and Machinery of every co-chipěna.

The plant and tools are of recent patiems ir dealing quickly and cheaply with work and a large stock of material is always at bend, (plates and angles all be ug tested by Lloyds' surveyors).

Two powerful Twin Screw Towboats are available for taking Vessels ipar out of 10th Sept, Daylight. Dock, and for taking Salling Vestel in or out joi the bay. The Boating derrick is capable

KUDAT. and SANDAKAN...{"a. SemblBeginning of Beptember.

For further Particulars, apply to

of liftlug 40 tons.""

much less than was anticipated, these found on directions. No one imagined that the powder Friday nombering not more than a dozen, in magazine had exploded; they thought it an |cluding the four soldiers on, guard' near the earthquake and all ran ont of their houses, f

powder magazines. An official report to the

at that momanit the second explosion War Office, dated the 20th instant,'says:——

heard, and so strong was the shock that the bouses simply collapsed,. and the vil age was enveloped in smoks. The fact that the people ran out at the first explosion, which wasof a lighter character than the second,- is held to account for the absence of fatalities 'and 'the email number of injured.

"This morning, at 2,20, the dynamite and gunpowder belonging to the Osaka Military Arsenal, 'stored at the Military Ammunition Depositary at Klays, Hirakata, Kita Kawachi district, Osaka-fu, exploded. The fire ex plosion igalted the black-powder magaz de

The foice of the present explosion was far situated to the south beyond an earthen wall, and caured it to explode, and as, a ras

more powerful than that of the explosion lu ault other military buildings were damaged, Osaka some months ago, but fortunately the while the villages lying in the west of the havoc wrought by it was less, as the neighbour. powder store have sustained damage. Four hood of the magazine is sparsely populated, so soldiers guarding the magazines were injured, that the casualties were confined to only four The quantity of dynamite stored in the explod-soldiers and some villagers, slightly injured. ed godown was about 25,000 kilogramme, heard as far as Uji, Yamashiro, where the in- We learn that the sound of the explosion was (67,000 lbs), and the quantity of black powder habitants became alarmed, fearing that the Uji exploded in other godowns was about 100,000

Military Powder Magazine had exploded. ́damage'and cause of the explosion are Dow

under investigation.",

Steato Launches of Steel or Wood, Lighters, Steel Bulldogs and Roofs, Bridge kilogrammes (258,000 lbs). The extent of

Work, and all kinds of Machibury are made'on the premises,

Tenders will be made up when required and the workmanship-and material will ba

NORDDEUTSCHER LLOYD, guaranteed.

MELCHERS & CO., :

Hongkong, 27th August, 1909.

GENERÁL AGENTS, HONGKONG & CHINA,

MESSAGERIES MARITIMES.

FRENCH MAIL LINES.

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~The cost of Docking, kad repair work, will be found to compare favourably, with that of any part in the world.

A large mooring basin is available alongside "ourfowa works for mooring vessels whilst under repairs.

Telephone: Nos, 876, 506, or 681. Telegrams, "Dook, Yokohama," Jodem A. B. U. 4th and 5th Edt.

Liebers, Scotts, A. 1, and Watkins. Yokohama, April 28th, 1903.

To Let.

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BUILDINGS, OFFICES facing

FORTNIGHTLY SERVICE TO and FROM EUROPE via SUEZ CANAL KING Barbour from about October, at

FOR

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STEAMERS

CAPTAINS

TO SAIL ON

SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA...OCEAMIEN.........Sellier......... 13th Sept., P.M. MARSEILLES, Y PORTS...AUSTRALIEN... Riquier 14th Sept., at 1 P.M. SHANGHAI, KOBE, YOKOHAMA „SÝDNEY,

..............................27th Sept., P.M.

MARSEILLES, VIA PORTS ......POLYNESIEN ............. Broc................................28th Sept, at I F.M,

Trioshipment-on-the-Co.'s Steamers at Singapore far. Batavia at Colombo for Calcutta, Bombay and Australia ; at Port Bald for the Levant, Jonstantinople and Black Sea.

Through Tickets, to Landon via Paris from £37.10 up to £71,10. no hoërs' railway from Marssillas to London.

Interpreters meet panunugars at their arrival in Marsolilor.

́For further particulars, apply to

Hongkong, 31st August, 1909..

P. de CHAMPMORIN,

AGENT,

QUEEN'S BUILDINGS.

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MESSAGERIES CANTONAISES.

FRENCH LINE OF STEAMERS BETWEEN HONGKONG. JANTOŊ AND

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AS, "OHARLES HARDOUIN," 1,900 tons, 14 kuoti,

The speediest, most luxuriously appointed and punctual steamers on the line. Departure from Hongkong at to F.M. (Saturdays excepted).. Departure from Canton at 5.15 P.M.' (Sundaya excapted).

The superb steamers carrying the Frouch' Mall are Atted throughout with Electric Light and Fanı and were specially bullt for this trade. Excellent calsins.

The Company's Own Wharf near Wing Lok Streat and its borth in Canton oppostia Skameen.

For further particulars, please apply to the COMPANY'S OFFICE at Shamsen, Canton,

Hongkong, 9th October, 1908,

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SPECIALITY.

A report from Govamor Takasaki of Osaka to the Home Department 'given the damage to baases as follows:-

Totally collaprod».

6

- Partially demolished.................. 21

Damaged

....1,332

In addition to the above, a police station, one

district office, five temples, a village office, and three alemantaly schools were damaged. Some twenty villages in the neighbourhood have sustained more or less damage. The sir houses which totally collapsed were in Kinya, the village situated nearest to the ammunition magazione.

PROBABLE CAUSE OF THE EXPLOSION. In an interview with a representative of the Osaka Mainichi, Lieutenant-Colonel Sawa, of the Osaka Military Arsenal, who visited the scone of the disaster, gave the following opinion on the cause of the explosion:-

In Osaka, owing to the direction of the wind the sound heard was faint, but the flames could distinctly be seen in a north-easterly direction,

Public Company

THE CHINA LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY; LIMITED.

THE EIGHTH ORDINARY ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS in the Company will be held at the Company's Office, St. George's Building, No. 6, Con- patgbt Road, Victoria, on SATURDAY, rith Saplember, 1919, at Noon, for the purpose of receiving Statements of Accounts and the Report of the General Managers for the 11 months ending 31st July, 1900, and olecting að Consulting Committee and Auditom.

will be CLOSED on FRIDAY, the roth, and The TRANSFER BOOKS of the Company SATURDAY, the th September, 1909,

SHEWAN, TOMES & Co.,

General Managers.

[609 Hongkong, 27th August, fõon, 2-*

"The powder magazine at Kinya is under the jurisdiction of the Osaka Orduance Office, and a portion of it in leased by the Osaka Military Arsenal. Godowns Nos, 1 and 2, which have exploded, were teased by the Aricial. The present explosion must have been caused by a sudden change in the weather. Owing to the LI

seriana drought continued from last month, the interior of the godown was extreme. ly dry, while the temperature was abnormally high. In this neighbourhood during the night' a heavy clond was observed obscuring the ̈sky. It dascended to a low point, and when above the No. godowa, electricity in the cloud may have run down the 'lightning rod and caused combustion underground. Ac-

cording to ons of the soldiers on guard. flames were first seen in the godown, and

Intimations.

FURNITURE WAREHOUSE,

KWONG LOONG & "CO.,

# €25

CABINET MAKERS AND ART DECORATORI, from Shanghal, has re-opened their FURNITURE STORE Sat"

No. 39. DEI VŒUX ROAD CENTRAL. The only Bhọp in Hongkong with this name:

WHERE HIGH-CLASS FURNITURE order in any design required.

of every description can be made to

wern followed next moment by the explo- .. Hars bean patronised by the Hongkong. sion. The quality of the powder co menu Club, Hongkong Hotel, Telegraph Co.... factured is quite different from that made in Mosses, A. S. Watson & Co., Firms and other former times. It does not explode immediately・eadlog Establishments in the Colony, to on ignition, and must burn for some time be-, whom reference can be made as to the Superior Workmanship and Materials of the fore actually exploding.".

Foralture, &c, supolled.

Major inbikawa, Commander of the battalion of Engineering troops at Takatiuki, immediatė- ly on the expinion occurring visited the scene of the disaster, accompanied by a surgeon, and [11 attended to the jejured solidars. Interviewed

by a representative of the Osaka Jiji, the offic, cer stated that two godowns bad, exploded: The guard of ibe, powder magazing." "nom- bered 30 men, under Lientenant Nagaoka. At the time of the explosion-themes- "were, out of the building. In consequence they all macaped usbürt, except four. guard-house and fifteen godowns in course of construction in the grounds were all blown up, together with timber and other İnaterials piled up in the compound The débris was shatter-

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(54) A. 5. WATION & Co.

15th May, 1891.

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FR away when the second godown exploded. The Telegraph (dally and weekly issues) will be as latter, which was of the same size as the first, follows*--**** contained 50 casss of powder (each containing. "a little over a hundredweizht), in addition to a large quantity of ammunition for rifles and big guo la consequence the explosion of this godown was very destructive. It carried away the earth is the surrounding rice fields and tore | up the bottom of the Yoshino pond, leaving a deep-hole. The men on guard were all hurled from the premises, one being thrown into a pond 180 feet away, and it is marvellous any of them escaped with their lives. Of the adjolning willages Kinys suffered most, followed by Naka- miya,Nagisa, and Hitakata.-In-Kinya alusost all the hons (about go) were more, or lass wrecked,

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THE DESTRUCTION AT KINYA,

-- Describing the destruction at Kinyamúra, the Ostka Mainichd 'writes that the damage sustain. od by, this -village is anormous, as it standa notrest to the ponder magazine: The village

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