Another sad fatality oochrred on the river ea Monday moraing, io circamstances almost similar to those attending the recent death of member of the 1 Police, the victim ea this occasi being bluejacket from H. M.8. Ci The anfortaoate wan was named amp-bell, and be held the rank of gannet mate. On Sanday night he was ashore, and it war after mid-night when be ment to retarn to his ship. Goiog to the foreshore he called a compan lying botwren the Kiukiang Road Jetty aod the Passenger Pontoon, and proceeded to step aboa d. The sampan-man gare hand to help the deceased to reach the boat, and then went to the stero to work his yuloh. {t reems that Campbell remained standing in the sampan, a highly dangerous proceeding, for almost immediately be lott bie balance sud fell, into the water. It wax half an boar after midoigbt when this occurred, and geely was witnessed [rom the shore by a Chinese constable. Camp-more strongly than ever the existence fof a treacherous undertow at this point, and the theory is that the current must have dragged bim onderoesth. The mpanman and the constable took all the atops in their power to find the body, bat it bad been swept away, and was beyond recovery. They theo informed River Police, and dragging oper-for T.
Zeslaod, was only forty four years of bad seen servic as an officer the Union Line of New Zealand and io the China sod Manila Steamship Line before he joined the China Steam Navigation Company nine yeas go, recently as Jane of this year Chin Navigation Company's steamers io port were half-masted asa mark of respect.
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