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buried beneath the debris. All day yesterday Inspector Hanna and a gang of men were at work removing the rubbish and searching for the missing. In the morning a woman was found dead in the cookhouse of No. 114. -Judging from the marks on the roof of the house she had been going along the roof and had slipped through a smokehole. Up to six o'clock last night no further budies had been found. There still remained, however, a large amount of de. bris to be removed. The houses both at Nos. 116 and 118 are completely gutted, and it is wonderful that the Fire Brigade pra vented the fire from spreading still further.
The search was discontinued when darkness
came on.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE HARBOUR,
The U. S. cruiser Charleston celebrated the first anniversary of her commission on Saturday last, sports being held ou board in the afternoon and a masquerade ball taking place at night; the band of the Royal Welch Fusiliers supplying the music.
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It had been arranged to have boat races as well, but they were abandoned in consequence of a regrettable accident which occurred in the morning. At about half-past nine the steam launch Connie was lying alongside the Charles. ton, the occupants of the launch being Mr. Meyers, agent for Pabst Beer Company, and several Chinese. She lay immediately under the Charleston's whale boat, in which were ordinary seaman and a couple of apprentices. who were clearing ont the boat and getting her ready for the raco in the afternoon. One of the apprentices acci- dentally touching the lever with his foot, the boat was released from the davits and fall heavily upon the launch, smashing the top of the deok-house to splinters. Mr. Meyers was seriously injured about the head and internally and two of the Chinese crew were also badly hart, one of them, who has since died, baving his back broken. Others of the launch's crew were slightly injured, as also were those in the whale boat. The Charleston's surgeon was promptly in attendance, and having seen to the injured the Connie returned with them to Pedder's Wharf, whence they where conveyed in ambulances to the Hospital.
We regret to say that Mr. Meyers died at about half-past seven on Sunday morning. He was buried in the afternoon in Happy Valley, wreathes being sent from the Charleston. Much sympathy is felt for his widow, who was stay. ing with him in the colony, in her sudden bereavement.
THE PLAGUE.
On Saturday an engineer, named James
WATER RETURN,
[May 13, 1899.
away. Oxley went for him and a policeman came and dragged him away, Oxley being event-
LEVEL AND STORAGE OF WATER IN RESER- nally taken to the Police Station. They came
VOIRS ON THE 1ST MAY.
1898.
LEVEL.
STORAGE GALLONS.
1899.
Tytum.5ft. Gin: below overflow 65ft, 4in. below overflow Pokfulam 11ft. Gin. below overflow Sift. Jiu. below overdów
1898. 148,100,000
1899.
ashore at two o'clock and had several drinks.
William Bowden, a Corporal in the Marines, froin H.M.S. Aurora, said he was corporal of the picket the previous night between 10 and 12. He saw a marine apprehended by the civil police, but he could not recognise him. The previous witness came to him, and he asked the civil police to hand the marine over to him but 42,160.000 this they refused to do, and he went away. The 4,760,000 man in charge was under the influence of liquor, Defendant was fined $10, or 14 days, for dis- Total
46,920,000 orderly conduct. CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN THE CITY OF VICTORIA AND HILL DISTRICT DURING THE MONTH OF APRIL.
Tytam Pokfulam
34,980,000
183,080.000
1898.
194,500
Consumption 90,085,000 Estimated popu.
lation Consumption per
head per day... 15.4
1899. 56,262,000 gals.
200,000
CONSUMPTION OF WATER IN KOWLOON PENINSULA DURING THE MONTH OF
APRIL,
1848. 5,303,000
25,600
6.9
1899.
HONGKONG CRICKET CLUB LAWN TENNIS TOURNMENT.
Two interesting matches took place on the Cricket Ground on Wednesday afternoon in the Lawn Tennis Tournament. Mr. Pinckney and Mr. H. Humphreys met in the final for the 9.3 gals championship, the former winuing by three setts to love-6-0, 6-3, 6-%. Although the loser scored nothing in the first sett the games were all closely contested, most of them being carried up to deuce, but Pinkney was always a Consumption
6,613,000 gals. point too good for his opponent. The play Estimated popu.
was very fast all through the three setts, lation ......
26,800
bard driving being the characteristic of both players, varied very occasionally by a little Consumption per head per day
8.2 gals.
not play. The other match was between The Government Analyst reports that the
Major Griffin and Dr. Atkinson in the water is of excellent quality.
final of the Veterans' handicap, Major Griffin R. D. ORMSBY,
winning by three setts to one—2-6, 6-0, 6-2, 6-0. Long rallies were frequent, and the watch Water Authority.
was followed with interest by a large num- ber of spectators. Major Griffin possesses a great advantage in being able to use his bat equally well with either band; his staying power also seemtd rather better than the doctor's. The games were keenly contested, but neither player got much pace on the ball, the driving being rather slow as compared with the quick play witnessed in the phampionship.
The following are the results Eu the finals of the whole tournament :—
A MARINE IN TROUBLį.
At the Magistracy yesterday morning a marine from HMS. Tamar named Nicholas Oxley was charged with being drunk and disorderly and also with assaulting P.C. 744 and causing him to lose his lamp.
It was stated that defendant and another man went into the Hongkong Hotel and became very disorderly. They wanted to go behind the bar, and the boy called the watchman to put them outside. Defendant assaulted the watchman, who called the police. P.C. 744 came up and he struggled with defeudant, and in the struggle he lost his lamp, which had since been recovered undamaged. The constable got assistance, and defendant was brought to the Police Station.
Inspector Warnock said he was in the Central | Police Station when defendant was brought in the previous evening. He was very much ex. cited and was under the influence of drink.
His Worship-What made you think he was under the influence of drink?-His mauner.
What did he do?-He was held by two men and was struggling to get away.
McInnes, on board Mossrs. Marty's steamer That would hardly show he was under the iu-
Haiting was found to be suffering from-plague and was removed to the bospital at Keunedy town, a Chinaman similarly afflicted being removed from the same ship.
At the Magistracy on Saturday Mr. T. Sercombe Smith had before him a Chiuese doctor named Mong Mok Shang, who lives at No. 53, Queen's Road West, on the obarge of neglecting to report a case of plague, the case being that of a Chinese lady who died at 63, Third Street. Defendant tried to evade the Magistrate's questious with regard to the time be had been in the Colony, and as to what the disease was his patient was suffering from. Iu answer to a series of questions, he said the cause of death was due to heat and theu excessive Was it plague ?" asked the Magistrate. You might call it plagas," replied the medico. His Worship:-Is it the same thing that lots of people have been dying of in Tungkun ?— Defendant:Yes. He added that he did not know the law, whereupon His Worship told him that he should not practise until he did. His duty as a doctor was to report a case of plague as soon as it came under his notice. A fine of $10, or seven days, was imposed,
heat.
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The return showing the number of cases of cominunicable diseases notified as occurring last week is as follows:-Bubonic plague, 64 cases, 52 deaths; enteric fever, I case; small- pox, 3 cases, 3 deaths.
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CHAMPIONSHIP. H. Pinckney beat II. Humphreys-6-0, 6-3, 6-2.
A CLASS SINGLE HANDICAP. Capt. Langhorne, owe 15.3, beat H. Pinckney, owe 30-4.6, 7-5, 2-6, 9-7, 6.4.
"B
CLASS SINGLE HANDICAP,.
A. Humphreys, owe 15, beat R. M. Ezekiel, scratch-6-0, 6-2, 6-1.
DOUBLE HANDICAP.
Viscount Suirdale and Major Griffin, owe 15,3, beat W. King and W. Mayson, receive 2/6 15– 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.
PROFESSIONAL AND COMMERCIAL PAIRS,
T. Sercombe Smith and Dr. J. M. Atkinson beat H. Brayne and Wei On-6-2, 8-6, 6-2.
VETERANS' Single handICAP, Major Griffin, owe 15.3, beat Dr. J. M. AI-
fluence of drink, would it? Was there any smell of drink about him ?—I did not smell any. | kinson, owe 15.3—2-6, 6-0, 6-3, 6-0,
Could be stand ?-Yes he stood up. Witness added that he did not see defendant walk by himself; he was leaning on the bar in front of the desk in the charge room.
Defendant said-I went into the Hongkong Hotel last night about ten o'clock to get a drink. I had a dog with me and a friend. The dog went behind the bar. I went behind the bar to get the dog away when an Indian came up aud gave me a clout which knocked me against the glasses. Then he ran out of the door, and I went after him. He tore a three-yard flannel off my back, and knocked me down and nearly choked me. There are the marks on my neck now. He blew his whistle and three or four policemen joined him and brought me to the Police Station.
The case was allowed to stand over for a short time to allow of the man who was with defendant being called as a witness.
Oa appearing defendant's friend-James Clue, another mariue said that between nine and ten the previous night Oxley and he went to the Hongkong Hotel bar. Witness called for two glasses of beer, but as they wanted to charge him 40 cents for it he would not have it. He asked to see the manager, When going to see him the Sikh doorkeeper stopped them and said they could not see the manager. The Sikh then pushed Oxley, whose helmet dropped off. As he was stooping to pick it up the Sikh went
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At Canton on the 3rd inst. a' grand review of the Native and Manchu troops was held on the East Parade Ground, at which the Tartar General, the Viceroy, and many civil and milit- ary mandarins and some Europeans were pre- sent. On the following day a review of the Volunteer Corps was held.
As the Japanese Mail steamer Saikio Maru was making for Shanghai early on the morning of the 3rd May, she ran into the pilot boat No. 2, which was at anchor inside the Bell Buoy. The pilot boat sank, but the crew were all saved. Mr. J. D. C. Arthur, the pilot, had left his boat and had just got alongside the steamer in his dinghy at the time the collision occurred.
The other day three convicts escaped from the Municipal guol at Shanghai. One of them was recaptured, but during the time he was st liberty he took opium. He died shortly after being brought back to custody, but previously, at the Laoza police station, is understood to have informed one of the Chinese detectives that death was infinitely preferable to a return to prison. He also feared a reappearance in the Mixed Court, where he said he would not. ouly be awarded a longer period of incarceration, but he dreaded the corporal punishment whish 'must accompany the sentence,
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