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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 1921.

HOTELS.

"HONG MOH" ENQUIRY.ated in the afternoon when two "PASSENGERS DEPARTED.

whalers were employed by the Foxglove and the Carlisle, and these boats, owing to their greater

Per s.8. COLOMBIA-Miss K.

(Continued from Page 1.) Do you know the name of the During the whole of this time the Alexander, Mrs E. C. Allan, H. steamer that you passed on March Foxglove and Carlisle endos- W. Bryan, Mr. & Mrs Roy Brown, 5 shortly after 5.30, steering voured to place Carley floats in Miss B. Brown, Mis W. L. L. month-last-Yes, it was the such a way that they would Barker, Mr. & Mrs J. N. Brain- Telamon.

drift to the wreck and encour-ard, Mr. & Mrs W. A. Bolton,

handiness, were more successful. Anderson, W. J. Allen, Miss M. THE HONGKONG HOTEL CO., LTD.

to

savo

the

OPERATING --

Mr. Jenkin-You said that the age the survivors to jump on Madame Barbey, Mr. & Mrs state of the weather was auch them. The Foxglove at 5 pm, was Carlton Banigan. Mr. & Mrs J. N. that you could not do anything compelled to return to Hongkong Byers, Mre F. H. Clarke, Ming H. Clarke. Mr. & Mrs J. C Colt, coal shortage and on the night of the 5th and owing to

The boats Miss B. Colt, Mr. & Mrs T. you had great difficulties in doing condenser trouble.

directed to endeavour Carrion, R. O. Denison, Mr. & anything the next morning? were

Mrs Wm. N. Drennon, Miss M life from Yes.

In answer to a further question fore part which in the middle of Drennan, Mra E. H. DeVault, from Mr. Jenkin, the witness said the day was borne to port by the Miss H. M. Eldridge, Mrs James. that H.M.S. Foxglove was a sloop heavy seat, and looked like Fuller, Mr. G. Graham, Mr. R. C. tline. Un-Gibson, Mr. & Mrs W. A. Han of 1,300 tons and was carrying a collapsing at any crew of 100. She carried all up-fortunately the boats could not nibal Mr. & Mrs C. R. Hamilton, to-date life-saving goar.

approach very much, owing to Miss M. Hamilton, Master K, W rocks on the fore part of the Hamilton, Miss L. Knight, Mr. & Mrs E. L. Koone, Mr. A. L wreck, and the survivors were gradually being wash-Lacey, Miss Jean Morrison, Mrs ed out of the rigging and M. Moore, Miss P. Moore, Miss 11 o'clock. I was keeping watch drowned or smashed against the N. Moore, J. F. Miller, Miss G. that night until daylight. At day broken ship's

Some Mann, Mr. & Mrs Hunter Mann, light informed the Captain of the survivors were fortunate enough Master Hunter Mann Jr. Mrs position of the wreck. We weighed to jump into the sea when boats 8. W. Peoples, Mr. & Mrs Newall

Tel. 373, Preston, Master N. T. Presten, were Miss Mary Elizabete Preston, Mr.

A LIEUTENANT'S EVIDENCE, Lt. C. Melbourne, of M. S. Foxglove, said:We anchored at

anchor and proceeded toward the wreck. First there appeared to

through

side.

were near by, and these rescued

darkness

A

in thost

WG8

cases.

be no life on board. When we Towards sunset, knowing that& Mrs J. H. Quoa!, T. Ramsay, Mr. & Mrs M. A. Rader, Miss M. got closer the signalman said he

coming on

Rader Mrs G. C. Reis, Mr. & Mrs S&W some one waving. I looked and

number great

of range-finder and

board. R. Sindlinger, Master J. R. were stili on saw a lot of people on board. people

the Carlisle's Sindlinger Jr. Mr. K. Kuton, Mr. and also that This time the Carlisle, at about 7 o'clock, was sighted. She asked boate crew wore by this time F. J. Saunders, Mrs D. C. Squires. if anybody was on board and we exhausted after so many hour's Mr L. H. Stewart, Mr E. H. said "yes". The Carlige asked pulling, I entered the sea about a Stewart, Miss G. K. Senith, Mr mile to leeward of the wreck. I and Mrs A. W. J. Simmons, Miss

អគ to stand clear until lowered a cutter and a Carley G. Simmons, Miss K. Simmons. khe had investigated the flost slowly up

to the wreck, Mies F. Simmons, Mrs A. L. wreck. The Carlisle lowered her taking some time on account of Todt, Mr Brewitt Taylor, Mr and biggest boats and cutters. Hafts the heavy swell of the monsoon. It Mrs W. A. White, Mr G. M. were also being dropped. At one was obvious that nothing could be Young, Miss M. Harper. Mrs o'clock in the afternoon the sea done with the Carley flost and as Helon M. Helmer, A. Hasshim, had moderated sufficiently to she became unmanageable ebe Mr and Mrs B. C. Haile, Master allow us to lower whalers. Owing was cut adrift. The cutter with Haile, Miss K. Starling, Mr. to the set of the tide it was

its crew fresh, as they had not impossible to get alongside, so we went as near as possible and the pulled for sometime, was placed as near the wreck as possible, and men jumped. There were several the officer in charge, Mr. Dyer, survivors in the water. We

managed to save a number of collected

Brid four

returned

those who jumped into the sear to the ship. After that the

when the boat was 90 close.

F. W. Plaas.

POST OFFICE.

Tolographic communication]

interrupted.

whalers were sent away again and These were from the aft part. Thal with Gap Rock Lighthouse is

we picked up 28 survivors. After that we had run ehort of coal and had just sufficient to get to Hongkong. We had received orders to leave the scene.

motor oats were then manoeuvṛ- edclose. to the mast head of the forepart and an attempt was made

Registered and Parcel Maila are

to save the survivors hereabout, closed 15 minutes earlier than the Eventually the motor boats and time given below unless other. Mr. Jenkin: That photograph cutters wore full of survivors and wise stated, and where mails are (produced) was taken at sea on

they were taken back to the advertised to close at or before your ship? -Yes, on the after Carlisle and passed on board... registered and parcel mails noor of the 6th, on Sunday.

Further. trips were made until are closed at 5 p.m. on the pre That shows the fore part of darkness set in, when the Carlsle's vious day. the ship well separated from the searchlights were worked in susb sea and the amidship part? Yes.

a manner that they lit up the

The sea on arrival of the shipwreck well. At about & p.m. the was very much rougher than it

cutter managed to secure a hold appears in the photograph ?-Yes,

the on

rock

and the It is a photograph taken above the sea and it appears to be calm, ca being now less, life lines

At any rate, at the time of the were rigged between the cutter and the after part of the Hong

INWARD MAILS.

Japan-Per MURORAN MARU, Japan-Per AKI MARU, 24th

23rd Mar.

Mar.

Mar.

taking of the photograph the sos Moh. The survivors slipped one Shanghai-Per KASHMIR, 24th had abated?--Yes. The fore part by one by these as directed by heeled over a good deal more. Carlisle's officers and mon. At first the whole of the deck the searchlights were not work- was visible and later about half.ing so clearly and as it

As Straaits--Per EURYALUS. 25th

Mar.

Was Shanghai - Per

CAPT. EVANS GIVES EVIDENCE. difficulties to manoevre the

SHANTUNG.

25th Mar. Shanghai-Per L'OOCHOW, 26th |

Mar.

OUTWARD MAILS.

To-morrow.

Captain Edward R. G. Evans, motor boats with the cutter said My ship was lying atin amongst the wreckage, ropes Bako the Pescadores when ajand wires were put in the water! signal which was hardly in- alongside the wreck during the Unfortunately telligible was intercepted by the somi-darkness. Carlisle's wireless operator which whilst manoeuvring the motor nformed me that something in boats, a propeller fouled badly the nature of a disaster had when the boat was full of sur-: occurred on Lammocks Island.viors and once this was cleared Fort Bayard, Hoihow & Hai-

phong Per KANOJ, 5 p.m. At about 11 p.m. on March gave orders to abandon the

& till Straits

*Bangkok Por .wait and received wireless operations

1

HAITAN, 8 a.m. from

This was between 10 and the Commodore dawn. at Hongkong directing me to 11 p.m. There were then about raise steam and proceed to the 12 poople left in the wreck and on board the scene of the wreck of the Hong 220 were Mob on Lammocks Island. Carlisle. At dawn, boats were prepared for sea and left. Bakofagain lowered but eleven out of one hour later and proceeded at 12 people on board had been 18 knots to Lammocks Island, to rescued by large Chinese Amay, Shanghai, *North China arrive at dawn. On arriving, I sampane.

5th,

signal

were

I

ΠΟΥ

found H.M.S. Foxglove standing There were no survivors left on by and from the bridge of the board when the Carlisle left Carlisle could see that there for Hongkong, but sampans and a number of survivors one junk appeared to be busy still on board the wreck, with a great number of chests which appeared to have broken floating in the sea which the These in two. The fore part was survivors threw over. working, but the aftor part contained dollars. appeared to be fast-held in the Captain Evans handed. over rocks. Signals were exchanged signals that he received which between the Foxglove and the might prove valuable as showing Carlisle, and the latter ship was the ships that passed the wreck manoevred to windward of the at the time.

"Straits,

*Bangkok. *Ceylon. *Mauritius, L. Marques, S. Africa, India via Dhanush. kodi, Egypt & *Europe via Suez-Per SHUNKO M 2 p.m.

&Japan-Per TORILLA, 3 p.. Saigon-Per WING SHING, 11

and Bangkok-Per Straits

KAITAN, noon.

HYDRANGEA, Swatow-Per

a.11.

3.30 p.m. Samshai and Wuchow-Per

TAIRNING.4.30 p..

China-Per thanghai & N.

TEAN, 11 a.m. Philippine Island--Per YUEN

SANG, 2 p.m.

& Bangkok-Per Swatow

KWONG ENG, & Đ.M.

China-Per Shanghai & N.

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wreck with a view to getting boste In cross-examination by Mr. launched. Two cutters were first Jenkin, Captain Evans said that lowered with officers in charge the state of the weather on Satur-

SUNNING, 11 a.m. and these towed Carley floats day night and also on the follow- down towards the wreck. Both ing morning was such that no Friday, 25th Mar. ships were manosvred as close coastal boat nor even the Blue straits, Bangkok, Por sa possible with a view to Funnel vessel Telamon, which

PHEUNPENH 9 a.m. assisting

but Commander Brady spoke of Straite *Bangkok Calcutta the boats, after Beveral times

could render getting pansing,

Aden-Per TANDA, 8.30 into four fathoms of water the effective aid, even had she gone'

Per s.s. EMPRESS OF JAPAN. ships were kept at a greater die to the scene of the disaster, see-*Shanghai & N. *China-Per on Mar 22nd Mts. Wm. And tance from the scene of the wreck ing that H.M.S. Carlisle, which TJIBODAS, 9 a.m. on White Rocks, The sea was hed a much larger European

were

up.

any

a.m.

names only.

Was

*

PASSENGERS DEPARTED. T. $. Forrest, Mrs. Lily Fleish- imann, Mr. J. Fleishmann, Jr., Mr. John Gray, Miss J. Hall, Mr.

erson, Mr. and Mrs, Morris Adler. too bad for anything smaller than crew than any coastal vessel and *Correspondence bearing vessel's Mr. J. Anderson, Mrs. Jennie mmervice cutter to be used. Con- every kind of life-saving gear,

Brady, Mias Virgin C. Brady sequently the Carlisle was could do nothing at that time.

Mr. H. M. Brondy; M and Mre. mapoovred to leaward of the At midday on Sunday it would wreck, as near as she dared to have been known at Swatow that.

R. M. Bartlett, Mr.J.Blaine, Mr had 380 Taan approach the rocks. The cutters H.M.S. Carlisle and H.M.S. The Carlisle

R. Brown, Mr.. and Mrs. J. M, cruiser of picked

hoisted Foxglove had proceeded to the and

latest design. It wan Byrnes, Mrs. D. Couper, Miss and taken up to windward ecene of the disaster. again, and on

In reply to the Court, Captain impossible for the Carlisle to Nellie Cutler, Mr M. Clark, Miss some occasions the boats were towel by the ship Evans said a small launch bad do anything effective during the. to a windward position Very approched the wreck on the major portion of the Sunday Crispla, Mr. C. Ceping Mr. and

morning. faw survivors were picked up to morning of the 7th. twin with owing to the great She approached the wreck with- difficulty of getting boats neat to in two miles. She could not render the wreck. The weather moder any sistance in rescue work,

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afternoon

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m morning, a Mrs. Jas Dalziel, Mr. 4. G. Dick,, M. Fraliek, Mr. K. Tsuji, Mrs. Lt. G. Curtis, of HM.S, Carlisle, Mr. P. G. Elliot, Opt. F. L Francis Weiss, Mr. Fadelieff, Mr. gave evidence which bore out Edge, Mre. L. Easton, Mr. Hashirin and Mr. Pedder. what was said by Captain Evans,

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