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WUCHOW STEAMER

DISASTER.

KOCHOW STRIKES SANDBANK

AND SINKS.

PASSENGERS MISSING.

Striking a sandbank near Clif Island in the West River in the early hours of yesterday morning, disaster béféll the a.. Kochovy, a Hongkong river steamer, the ves- sel heeling over and sinking, a Catastrophe largely due, it. le be- Heved, to sudden shifting of the

cargo.

The vessel now lies a wreck, though part of the ill-fated craft is still visible' above water..

MONDAY, JUNE 11, 1928.

junks and finally got all aboard and towed them to Wangmoon customs station to wait further rescuers.

The 8.8: Kwong Ying and the 8.8. Kong Ning wore the first boats to arrive and all the survivors were put on board and brought down to Hongkong.

The officers, Captain David Mor- gan, Chief Officer, W. Becks and Mr. Higham, the Chief Engineer together with a part of the crew are remaining near the spot for the time being.

COMPRADORE'S STORY.

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Women Rescued in Nick of Time.

Interviewed at the Chuen Lee Company yesterday afternoon the Chinese compradore of the s.s. Panio-stricken passengers, and Kochow, Chan Lam, related his pouring rain, added to the conatory as follows: fusion and rescue work carried "We left here for Wuchow with out in the darkness by two somie 190 passengers, not including British armed launches Was Soveral childrens who paid no extremely difficult. It is thought passage fares. There were from that over sixty passengers have 80 to 30 seamen on board includ- lost their lived.

ing three British officers. The The as. Kochow was prominent-fact, that it was Salurday and that ly before the public eye in Septem- the Kochow was the sole sleamer ber last year, when Mr. R. Black, which left Hongkong for Wuchow her Chief Engineer, was shot dead explains why the ship was carry. by pirates, who seized a valuable ing a full cargo of salt fish, dry

fruits, peas and 1,100 sacks rice. The total weight of the cargo is estimated at about 160 tone and as the rice alone is worth something like $14,000. The value of the whole cargo is about $20,- 000. The Kochow was taken over by the Chuen Lee Shipping Com- in January this year. any The Chuen Lee Company pald for her and spent $70,000 $10,000 in refitting.

cargo,

.' The Kochow which runs between Hongkong and Wuchow left here on Saturday at 5.30 p.m, on the upward voyage. She arrived at Wangmoon Bar outer light about 10.30 p.m. and was making the turn at the end of the bar between the lights and had turned to port when she suddenly struck a sand- bank on the starboard side and heeled over to port, taking in crash of water. There WAR ahifting cargo and screams of mortally crushed passengers as the cargo of rice and fish came down on the unfortunates that had found sheltered and cosy nooks among the rice bags,

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PRETTY CEREMONY AT UNION CHURCH,

At the Union Church on Saturday,

"On Saturday all went well, un- til we came to the Lanshan, which in about half an hour's sailing from Wangmoon. Passing the Larishan on Saturday night the Kochow suddenly grounded owing to the low water and the heavy cargo on board. Seeing that the The boat carried about 360 pas- vessel was listing the seamen on sengers and a crew of about eighty board, immediately advised the including cooks, stewards and passengers to go to the other side others. Of these 320 are account with the Intention of bringing the|

FAMOUS, ACTOR MANAGER. ed for leaving over a hundred bont back to its normal position. missing. A member of the com-This failed to produce any effect,

London, June 10, pradore staff reported about ten Meanwhile the cargo wàs dis-

The death is reported of Mr. as missing and reports from placed, passengers being in-

London, June 10.

Dennis Eadie, the actor-manager. passengers varied. The number jured and unable to make good

a very pretty wedding, in which A sensation was created in

Reuter, dead will perhaps only, be deter-their escape by climbing up to Labour circles yesterday by the ad-

[Mr. Dennis Eadie was a famous the contracting parties were Chin mined by an official investigation, the deck met their death in the nouncement that Mr. Tom Walah, Scottish actor-manager who made ese, was solemnised with the Rot. but latest estimates put the miss-water.

ex-Secretary of the Australian Scahis Arat appearance in London in The bridegroom was Mr. David J. Horace Johnston officiating. ing at 65 or 70.

When it is seen that water was mon's Unton has decided to join the 1900. He was born in Glasgow,, Lole, son of Mr. and Mrs. Timothy The boat ties at present with just coming in the steerage, all passen-Industrial Peace Union. Walsh is January 14, 1925. After some F. Lole, and the bride Miss the top awash a little over a mile gors rushed up to the upper deck, one of the most militant Trade from the Wangmoon Customs ata- and although there was much dis. Union leaders in the Common-ears on the stage he became, with Katherine Chan, daughter af Mr. tion.

order, and confusion fortunately wealth and has had a most stormy Mr. J. E. Vedrenne, manager of David Chan See.

the Royalty Theatre in 1911. In The bride, who was given away Upon the boat striking the barno one was infired during the career.

This decision, cabled to the In-1912 he appeared in "Milestones" by her father, wore a charming It healed over rapidly and began rush.

dustrial Peace Union in Britain, of and in 1919 in "My Lady's Dress." dress of ivory soft satin, with to sink while the passengors rush-

which Mr. Havelock Wilson is the In 1915 he made a great hit star-light-fitting silver lace legvos, ed madly for the upper decks.

founder, means that Walsh's at-ring in "The Man who Stayed at a dipping scalloped hom and a The electric lights continued to

"All the passengers in the mid-titude and views have completely Home, and appeared later in court train of pale pink georgette. function for a few minutes and die doek were able to make good changed.

"Billeted" in 1917.] gave the passengers a chance to their escape with the exception The cable mentions that his ge their bearings and see their perhaps of two. The first was at wife, formerly Miss Adela Pank- way, bat.

aged Chinese merchant, who re-hurst, a daughter of the ex-Suffta- NEW OIL COMPANY. Nessus Takes a Hand, cently returned from abroad to gette leader, proposes to organise Hongkong. When he boarded the a branch of the Industrial Peace The passengers lost practically Kochow in Hongkong he was in a Union among Australian women everything except what "they had very weak condition, and when the and aska for credentials to be on and the officers appeared to accident occurred, he failed to sent her from the English Execu- have fared little better as they climb up to the upper deck. Since tivé. The latter has cabled warm-

the proposal,---- stood in their pyjamas in the then he has not been seen and isly welcoming morning drizzle. One of the believed to have been drowned. An-Renter. coolies who was an oplum smoker other passenger a woman of about évidently, when asked what he had sixty years of age, belonging to saved held up a little tin pill box the second class passengers, was ren and other passengers and sea-agreed to form a company to ex- were dressed in pale blue crope- and emailed back that he had his unable to follow the others and men from the doonied vessel, which ploit the rich oilfields of the Colon de-chine, with long flared sleeves, was then partly under water. region of Venezuela and issue flared skirts with uneven hems. second life as he shoved the box apparently lost her life,

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Orange blossom formed most of the trimming on the dress, as well as on the shoes, the latter being of white satin. She wore a veil of embroidered tulle and coronet of orange blossom. zz

Miss Mabel Chan, sister of the bride, was. The trainbearer. Sha was prettily attired in pale pink New York, June 9. crepe-de-chine, with puffed ba The newspapers report that the sleeves and short ruffled skirt..

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back in his shirt pocket over his Shortly after we had climbed Later, another armed launch came $10,000,000 worth of debentures to Headdresses of pale blue tulle line between Colon and Lake Mara- fern with blue ribbon streamers, heart. One or two had small hand to the upper deck, it suddenly oc- on the scene and a junk was alas nance the construction of a pipe and bouquets of pink roses and grips and several had their blan-curred to us that six women pas-called into service for rescue caiba.-Reuter's American Service. completed a very pretty colour

schente. kets around their necks as they sengers were still in the first class work."

The compradore added that

Mrs. R. Douglas Wong, Matron shivering a glad welcome cabins on the middle deck. Ap

of Honour, wore a peach crepo-de- when a bont appeared to take parently, they were fast asleep while they were being taken from thom to safety.

and therefore did not make any the Kochow it was raining heavily TIBETAN EXPEDITION. chine dress with long georgette

sleeves, Three rockets were sent up, the attempt to leave the dobmed vessel. and many of the passengers were others being wet and were evident- As their cabins were all locked wet through. The women

were cold and ly seen by H.M.S. Nessus which from the inside; we had to break children who came in sight in about an hour. in to drag the passengers to the hungry, were provided with railk AMERICAN PRESS INDIGNANT,ed the services of best man.

Calcutta, June 10. Those on board could see nothing upper deck in the nick of time.

The compradore and about It is reported that Professor except a little light on the water "I think all the passengers in

a cable and were some time in making out the first class cabins were saved, thirty passengers spent the night Roerich has received

¡ of the two at Wangmaon.

gram from America stating that where the wreck lay until they with the exception

The 5. Kwong Ying, another commission of three representa brought their search light into sick persons. Down in the steer- play. There was nothing showing age there were probably ten or Wuchow boat arrived yesterday tives of the New York corporations above the water except the smoke more passengers injured by the morning when some 40 passengers which financed his expedition are were brought back to Hongkong.aving for India to investigate the stack and in the darkness and falling cargo trapped there. drizzle was not visible.

"The signal given by the captain Later, at about 7 o'clock the behaviour of the Tibet Government Upon finding that the Nessus brought a British armed launch Kong Ning, another Wuchow boat, toward the expedition; adding that was too small to rescue so many to the scene and no time was lost passed by and the rest of the sur-the entire American press is most

indignant" about it.-Reuter. the armed launch proceeded to get in removing the women and child ivors went on board.

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