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THRILLING LINER-FIRE ESCAPE STORIES

Indo-China Chief

Chief Justice's Adventure

SURVIVORS TELL

GRIM TALE

RELATIVES SEPARATED IN CONFUSION

POIGNANT RE-UNIONS ON PIER AT ADEN

Aden, May 18.

A HOST OF THRILLING STORIES OF REMAR- KABLE ESCAPES FROM THE FIRE TER- ROR ABOARD THE *ILL-FATED FRENCH LINER, "GEORGES PHILLIPAR," WHEN THE FLAMES SWEPT THROUGH THE VESSEL WITH INCREDIBLE RAPIDITY, TRAPPING MANY OF THE FIRST-CLASS PASSENGERS IN THEIR CABINS, WERE RELATED ON THE ARRIVAL OF TWO BRITISH STEAMERS TO. DAY WITH OVER 260 SURVIVORS.

Aden was also the scene of several joyful reunions when people rescued by one boat found their relatives from whom they had been separated on the other.

M. Louis Alfred, the Chief Justice of Indo-China,

The loss of the Georges Phillipar in a heavy blow to the M.M. line. Our photo shows a corner of her wonderfully decorated first-class saloan,

and his wife, had one of the most sensational escapes. NO SECOND

Both were trapped in their cabin by sheets of flame roaring along the corridor. M. Alfred-fought his way through to the deck and lowered his overcoat to the porthole outside, pulling up his wife. His daughter and son in-law, however, are at present among those whose whereabouts are unknown.

NO WIRELESS SIGNALS SENT OUT

witness.

ESCAPE

LIFE SENTENCE PASSED

MAN JUST ACQUITTED IN MURDER CASE

It is now disclosed that the hours after the Contractor. Georges Phillipar was unable to! Poignant scenes were send out any wireless signals. The ed on the pier soon after the flames had obtained a firm hold vessel had arrived alongside us. bofore the outbreak was discover-survivors from the Mahsud found ed and it spread so rapidly that that relatives they thought they pleaded guilty to the charge of the wireless-operator's room was had lost had reached safely before murdering Tsang King-kai at put of action before any S. 0. 8. them. * mensage could be sent out.

LUCKY CHANCE.

Cheung In-wah, the man whoj

Was

EPIDEMIC AT SEA

0.5.K. BOAT WITH 11 HONGKONG PASSENGERS

TYPHOID, MEASLES,

PNEUMONIA

Durban. May 17.

of

pneumonin. mpusles

An amazing outbreak Victoria Gap Road. but diseases, ranging from typhoid Оне mother for instance, found not guilty by the jury to was almost delirious with joy after trial, again appeared at to find her two daughters safe. the Criminal

jchicken-pox. Sessions There were only two serious morning on another charge and threatened by the two British steamers and cages of injury as result of the was given a life sentence. the Russian oil-tanker which. for-disaster when the Mahsud arrived. tunately for those aboard, were These

hospital.j

Those which were picked up by liners in the vicinity were sent out

were Hent to

this

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WAR NEARS CRUEL HOAX ON COL.

HARBIN

SAND BAGS IN

THE CITY

SIGNS OF ANXIETY BY JAPANESE

Harbin, May 18.

War operations are approaching perilously near Harbin, where the sound of gunfire was clearly heard yesterday. The situation is regarded so seriously by the Japan- ese that they are now busy erecting sandbag barri- cades in the city.

All day long yesterday, the anti- Manchukue forces were besieging Sungpu, launching a determined attack against the city.

The defenders of the city kopt the attackers at bay and inally routed them, but the gunfire of the Invaders proved so effective that by evening many parts of Sungpu were going up in flames.

SECOND ATTACK.

Despite heavy losses, the anti- Manchukuo forces, after recoiving! reinforcements, launched another attack, but this. too. proved un- successful.

Four bridges lifteen miles enst of Imienpe have been destroyed by the anti-Manchukuo troops, who retreated when the guard on a breakdown train poured a hall of machine-gun fire into their midst.

LINE CUT AGAIN,

The track has also been torn up miles to the east of Hengtaohotze, by anti-Manchukuo troops a few

and, as a result, communication between that point and Pogranit- chnaya, which had only just been restored, is again interrupted.

Japanese troops 'In Harbin were buaily engaged yesterday in erect- Ing sandbag barricades in the new town.-Renter,

Three Japanese troops trains, escorted by armoured trains, left and for Hullan on Monday. The Ja- panese have reoccupied Erho and which nearly Mutankiang.

involve over 1,200 Japanese emigrants and The charge was one relating to some European the delivery of letters demanding

passengers, ransom for the release of the mur occurred at sen abourd the ferred being that prisoner, on Janeiro Maru.

pre-Japanese steamer. Rio de February 18th, at Shaukiwan. caused Tsang Kun-ching (the Shosen Kaishu and is on the run The vessel belongs to the Osaka deceased's father) to receive from Japan to South Amerien, via letter demanding menaces without any reasonable Town and Buenos Aires.

with Hongkong. Saigon. Durban. Cape

in a position to see the terrific Seven others received burns of dered youth, the charged blaze which was sweeping through

the £1,000,000 liner and raced to

the rescue, while warning other ships.

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The confusion and panic aboard the Georges Phillipar was almost indescribable as the passengers

were roused from their sleep and told to make their way forward.

LIFEBOATS BURNT OUT.

The vessel's head was kept into the teeth of the wind and the smoke, sparks and flames invaded the afterpart of the vessel, a num- bor of life bonts housed there quickly being consumed.

Rafts however,

WATER SUPPLY HOURS

In order to meet the wishes

of the Chinese community, a change is to be made in the hours during which

water supplies are available.

Instead of the water being turned on from 6 a.m. to 10 ., and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m... the supplies will be available. on and after to-morrow, from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 4 p.m. to B p.m.

The change does not affect the Peak district, where the hours will remain 6 a.m. to 10 am and 5 p.m. to 8 p.nl.

money

or probable cause front Trang Kun-wing, alius Tsang Hin-ting. Prisoner pleaded not guilty.

THREE DEATHS,

The following jury was em-

She WAS on her way from panelled: Messrs. J. Brook Singapore to Durban when the (foreman). Liang Han-chil, M. J. outbreak occurred and the doctor Rull, L. A. Osmund. H. Hallgren, was kept constantly at work as W. H. Lebert and D. Mackenzie. fresh cases, af d Prisoner was not represented by diseases, occurred,”- counsel and Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg

The

le Janeiro Maru prosecuted for the Crown.

Rio

MASSACRE OF

JAPANESE

INSURGENT RAID IN MANCHURIA

Harbin, May 18.

LINDBERGH

AMAZING CONFESSION

BY "MILLIONAIRE”

Mr. John H. Curtis, the "wealthy" boat builder, surrounded by newspapermen, relating his now discredited story of negotiations with the kidnappers of the Lindbergh baby.

NEGOTIATIONS STORY

SHEER IMAGINATION

New York, May 17.

An astounding story of a cruel hoax on Colonel Lindbergh in the course of his anxious search for his lost son, perpetrated by a man reputed to be a millionaire, in the latest sensation provided by the Lindbergh kidnapping case.

The story was revealed us a result of the tremendous efforts now in progress to bring the inhuman criminals to justice. Those who claimed to have been in contact with the gang have been subjected to a close questioning, mainly with a view, of course, to getting on the track of the kidnappers. When Mr. John H. Curtis, the police only on Sunday as those of "millionaire" Boston shipbuilder, the gang with whom he had been who has been widely acclaimed as negotiating.

one of Colonel Lindbergh's most Curtis also described the boat efficient amateur detectives, was which he said the alleged kid- questioned 011 certain curious nappers were using, and the Const points on his story of his alleged Guard was requested to search for negotiations, he was unable to sus the vensel believed to be in the tain it, breaking down and confess vicinity of Chesapeake Bay, The ing that the whole "negotiations" Coast Guard was given descrip were a hoax.

tions of the five men who were Jast reported aboard the boat Curtia do- scribed.

THE CONFESSION. He told Colonel-Norman Schwar

A terrible outrage is reported from Iran, where insurgents under tzkopf, the Chief of Police of New guard vessels have been patrolling Seventy-five United States coast variety of General Li Tu massacred thirty- Jersey State, who made a dramatle the Atlantic coast over since from

five Japanese.

announcement of the confession at Virginia to Massachusetts in the Hopowell, Now Jersey, to-day, that belief that they had the kidnap-

FOREIGNERS. FROM HI.K.

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sea.

It was impossible for the pan-j

arrived in Durban to-day with The insurgents then set fire to the whole of the story of the nego-pers and slayers of Charles Augus songers to take up their boat-dril!

LETTERS DELIVERED. the yellow flag flying and it was the city, before retreating to Fu-tlations was the creation of his tus Lindbergh, Jr., blockaded at positions owing to the intense; heat and consequently, husbands)

Mr. Hazlerigg explained that disclosed that three parsons had chin-Renter.

Imagination. were acparated from wives and

at about a quarter past eight an been buried at sea and that forty

Later. Colonel Schwartzkopf added that children from their parents.

the evening of February 18, a man others aboard had been stricken named Cheung Sau-fu went to No. down and needed to be placed Inday morning, when General Li of his cruc! part in the Lindbergh The massacre occurred yester-Mr. Curtis typed a fuil confession

PLANNED COUP. SHARK-INFESTED WATER, one kind or another, but thoso 273. Shaukiwan West. earrying hospital ashore.

Tu's insurgents, under pressure drama at four o'clock this morn-checking the statements of overy- Authorities have since been were not regarded as serious letters addressed to Tsang

of tho and ¡ifeboats

advanco of wore, cases.--Router.

Kun-wing, aliae Teang Hin-ting,

Japanese ing, after hours of questioning.

body who aver attempted to get columns down the Sungari, decid- plentiful, enabling

DIDN'T SAIL.

the owner .of the housa The vessel was carrying eleven ed to evacuate the city and re-

NEWSPAPER OFFER.

into contact with the kidnappers. the Burvivorn to ba ferried It is, learned this morning that dered

and father of the mur passengers from Hongkong for treat In the direction of Fuchin,

Meanwhile Captain Frank Lack- the rescuing ships,

youth. Cheung or Mr. Rodd Moffett, of Shanghai, did to be picked up without difficulty not sail aboard the Georges Phil-kal from the latter's unele. Tsang

Sau-fu Durban and Buenos Aires, one near the Siberian border.

In the course of his confession mann of the yacht Marcon has Curtis alleged that a prominent rovealed what he believed was a THANK King-European and ten Americans, from the calm but shark-infested lipar, as ho changed his mind at the Kun-ching, the father being out, merchant, was aboard from Hong-mura's Brigade

The bodies of the victims were newspaper made him a very lucra-plan of the kidnappers to capture Mr. S. Faberlan, a British discovered when General Naka-tive offer for the exclusive story Lindbergh himself. stories of all the survivors inter minute and left a few days and when Cheung was told that kong proceeding to Durban on occupied the city, which had pre-him by a flm company.

ontored and and that offers were also made to

He said go-betweens were soek- the son was out he stated he had business. Others from the Colony viously been the insurgents" prin usked him to deliver the letters, were Mr. McLaughlin, an Amori-icipal base.

The Chief of Police commented, Marcon for a rendezvous at sea. Ing to get Colonel Lindbergh on the They were opened and read by can, and Mr. and Mrs. Luis Perez,

in making the story public, that Teang Kun-ching, who was awith their soven. children, all soquently considers the capture many fruitless trips by read, son John Curtis told him that they The Japanese military con- Curtle's deception had resulted in as possessors of the baby said Persons representing themselves olleitor's clark. One of them, proceeding to Buenos Aires. which purported to be written by

of Ilan as an important victory in and- air, and had kept Colonel would deliver the baby when con- u man named Cheung Ku, demand- Hongkong for Saigon on April 23.janti-Manchukuo

The Rio de Janeiro Maru left the campaign to auppress the Lindborgh from his home during tact was made, without any advance (Continued on Page 7.) -Router.

elements.--Reu-the most important phases of the

to

water.

of the liner disaster who have

reached Adon show that the llames got a firm hold long bofore

Conte Rosso.

the discovery of the outbreak, the BELGIAN CABINET cause of which can only be tha;

subject of speculation.

All chemical extinguishers and

RESIGNING

hoses were quite inadequate to LANGUAGE PROBLEM copo with the fury of the fire, and

the paint, polished wood and' ornaments, and the superstructure burned greedily.

The spread of the holocaust was amazingly swift.

THE CAUSE

(heuter's Special Service).

Brussels, May 17. The Catholic- Liberal Coalition Cabinot, under M. Jules Ronkin

enquired for

[ter.

After the Storm-Bombay Like City of the Dead

сада,

payment.

Curtis mindful of what. FIRM BANKRUPT.

kappon. ed to the negotiations in New York In the course of his confession, of Professor: John Condon, who Curtis déclared that he had not put up $50,000 fruitlessly declarod been himself for the past seven no more ransom would be paid un-- Bombay, May 18. Small groups of British troops with the tattered romnants of their which he had been at great palzer they could find the persons who

months owing to financial troubles til the baby was turned over.

Authorities Tally believed that (Catholic), which has been in on the city at sunsot last evening, shadows showed the reason for pitiably across the roadways,nand The boat-buliding fiathlonidianit with Curtis and his abso="

A deathly stillness desconded at monsured distances in the onco valuable contents. The British steamer, Mahsud, office since last Juno, la resigning not a single theatre or restaurant the "miraculous change."

atrewn to hide.mp with 120 survivors, including to-morrow. children, thirty-nine passongors

boing open, while the streats were

Pile upon pile of looted trave ka was the #millionaire' owner, ciates, Including the Rev. H. This stop is being taken because antiraly deserted, there being no mare of the previous days are the stand as meusmens to th

The only reminder of the night- {ling cassa, tin oxas and suff:onade

bankrupt? Varingo, he des Dobson Peacecock and

Roar and fifty-one Chinese members of the Government is unable to settle sign of traffle, ofther foot or glowing embers of innumerable of the

Admiral Guy Hamilton, Burrage, the crew, arrived in Aden three the language question.

kinicknames and descriptions the rest of the mystery would be vehicular,

street fres, yawning shop

were furnished to the lunfolded, em Router pay

SCENES AT PIER.