The Russian cargo boat, Finanzminister Witte, bound from Moji to Sidgapore with a cargo of coal, was caught by the typhoon on. Friday afternoon in Lat. 121° and Long. 27° W., twenty-five miles east of Tre Island, two hundred and fifty miles south of Shaweishan. The water poured over her sides, ud she rapidly began to fill. After making every effort to keep the vessel from becoming waterlogged, the captain and crew, twenty-four in number, were forced to abandon her in a sinking position, and take to the boats. 'They all landed' in safety on the island, and were brought on to Shanghai in the German steamship Shantung.
The Finanzminister Witte is a cargo boat of 713 net tonnage. She is the property of the Joint Stock Steamship Com-puny Rossija, of Libau, and has been rived for carrying coal between Moji and Sings pore for some time. On her last she left Moji on the 29th June, and during the first two or three days of her voyage experienced fresh breezes and fair weather. The master of the boat, eapta Breberone, says that he and the er remained on board until everything possible had been done to save her.
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