Reports reached Shanghai on Thursday giving details of a collision between two Chinese steamers, The accident happened between Wenchow and Ningpo, and as a result the Yungehuan Steam Navigation Co.'s str. Hukuang was severely holed, and after her passengers had been removed had to be beached.
The reports state that the Hukuang left Wenchow for Ningpo at 7 a.m. on the 15th instant with over 300 passengers aboard. Shortly after midnight, while crossing the bar at Pingchai, near Taichow, she collided with the bow of another steamer, the Yungan, which was sailing from Shanghai to Ningpo. The Hukuang sustained a hole on the port side of her foredeck.
Water immediately rushed in. The passengers were thrown into a panic and terrified shouts of "Save life! Save life!" arose, The Yungan, which was but little damaged, stood by. Shortly afterwards another steamer, the Yunchuan, which happened to be passing, hearing the distress signals immediately made for the spot. Rescue work was commenced at once, and all 300 passengers were saved. One, however, had been killed, and fow' seriously injured during the panic. Ten others are said to have received minor injuries, Two Chinese were on Thursday charged at the Mixed Court with having forged a quantity of postage stamps purporting to be postage stamps of the Republic of China. Mr. L. Smith,. of the Chinese Post Office, appeared to prosecute.—Det. Sgt. Kilkenney said the police had had one of the prisoners, a broker, under observation for some time.' At the lodging house in Foochow Road where he was arrested the police found a! quantity of forged postage stamps: of various denominations.—Re-' manded.
There was a very interesting ceremony at the Masonic Hall on Thursday, when at a gathering of Lodge Cosmogolitan, which was attended by many visitors, as well as members, a jubilee jewel was presented to Bro. W. Henderson, on the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of his initiation as a Freemason. The jewel was presented by Dr. Ivy, the District Grand Master.
Afterwards, Bro. Henderson was entertained at dinner at the Masoni: Club and many complimentary speeches were made. Bro. Henderson, who, besides being a veteran amongst Masons, is also one of the oldest residents of Shanghai (we believe he comes in between Captain Parker and Mr. Brodie Clarke), gave some most interesting Masonic reminiscences, as also did Bro. J. P. Lowe, a close Masonic rival, counting 45 years membership of a Lodge.
Lodge Cosmopolitan is "establishing quite a record for itself in jubilees. Recently, it celebrated its own jubilee and Bro. Henderson is the second of its members whose Masonic jubilee has been noted within about two years. The other was Bro. Dr. Farnham, in whose case there was the difference that he was initiated in Shanghai and the whole of his Masonic career has been spent locally.
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