the passengers on board the City of Peking on the voyage from San Francian to Hongkong hax sup} us with the following narrative of the scene on board that vencel in the storm of 22nd November Vast On the previous night the wind, which had been blowing strong for many days quieted " little, but at daylight on the 22nd November, the wind rose again, blowing hard all morning and raising high waves, About 12.30 p.m., a few minutes before lunch, I was i reading in my room. T wax startled by a tremendous era thing, breaking. tearing noise, enough to startle one wild, and the next instant the water came rushing into my alley and into my room, I knew that a wave had broken through, T tried to secure some of my Ddagenge. Some was loot, and the rest mora or less destroyed by the sea water. I then waded through the water, about 15 inches deep, out ta geta view. I found that the walla and door of the social hall were broken away, that the saloon was open to the sky, and that the water was coming over. I was Teonli gu for safety. 'They said ward, but take ewe.' I managed to skip the seat at the side and over the he saluon, carrying rubles, table legs, chairs, exrpets, broken pictures, broken walls, ete., etc,, over the floor, I nntnaged to yet forward into the steemge part and sat the mess room of the under officers. Iwas completely wet and very ould. Afterwards I wandered b.ck to my room, I then saw that the social hall was entirely exrvied away, with the plane, libra hairs, cushions, rubles, etc., all gone. 'The captain, who! was in hia room at the rear of the social hall, was washed out on deck, lodging in the debris against the rigging. Me, and Mes, Myres and Me, Binford, who were sitting in' the ini bali when the wave broke over us, were all dashed out on the deck ayainst the rigging, and were covered with drift. and water." How they escaped with their lives is little short of " miracle. 'The piano must lave been driven through the wall the social Till first, and they had then been washed through' the hole thus made, Mrs, Myres was badly cut about the wlneck. Both she and Me, Myres were able ts craw] down below. Mer. Bin-ford was insensible, and was buried under the rubbish, nud only after lying there for twenty-minutes was found and exrried below, quite insensible, What confusion and danger! What if such another wave hud come! The crew were busy trying to cover up the opening with boards and The skylight of the engin nm in, and the down over the engines, et great confusion and much shouting and Tunning to and fro, trying to get the water cut of the saloon. All the carpets were dragged wut forward, and a hole cut- with axes in the beautiful' wood partition of the saloon to allow the water to run out, The splendid svcint hall, where we had. spent sou assaut days and nights, with itorary, id ita beautiful fittings, all cumpletely,—Ching Mull,
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