At 11.45 a.m, on Saturday the Chinese ram Koichi ran into the M.M. Co.'s steamer Sydney at anchor in the anchorage above the Wousung Lighthouse, and struck her on the starboard side abaft the after gangway and below the water line, making 4 large hole. the Sydney commenced to sink and the water flooded the after compartment up to the lower deck. Bedding and other things were stuffed in the hole and the ship's pumps were set to work a8 soon as steni could be of up, but the har atten roached the ground. WE Gbapaah, water gained steadily up till 9_p.m, when
as soon as he was advised of the accident, proceeded to Woosung and afterwards arranged for powerful wrecking pumps to be sent down to the steamer. Those were sent down by Boyd and Ca. on Sunday morning at half-past 7 o'clock and were placed in position, while a couple of suction pads were lent by the French gunboat Inconstant to be placed over the hole. The Custums divers, Messrs Paine and Wilson, with their gear left for the Sydney on Sune day morning. All Saturday night the steamer's own pumps were at work, and Sunday the Sydney's bow was high out of e water, though her f submerged, while the stern wi ter as far down as the mouldings, As soon as nssible she will come up to Shanghai and In consequence of the accident, the Sydney will be unable to leave with the homeward mail next Saturday, and h place will be taken by the Saghalien which is due here from Japan on Thuraday ening.
The collision was caused mainly through lorcha beating out tacking right under the Kaithi's bow, and the man-of-war in trying to avoid the lorcha ran into the Sydney,
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