Hongkong, June 25.
The ste, Sainam soams ill-fated. A year ago she was disfigured by the ruthless hands of pirates, and by the bullets from their revolvers. Now, hss boon toft high and dry upon river's bank, with a big hole in her The accident happened on June 14 She bad loft coming down the river, which proved to the Linton, bound for Hongkong, in order to clear hor, he went over hard to port and so struck " submerged rock, It was at once found that her side was badly torn, and that there was no help font but to steam toward the nearest bank whilst it was possible to float, and 0 beach the sinking that the Captain was not upon the bridge when the accident happened, Of course, s there is but one foreign executive officer on board these steam-ore—the Captain—he cannot be always on the bridge, but unfortunately, he is generally expected to be there when accidents are likely to happen, The ship bad a general cargo on board, and some 200 Chinese passengers. The: was some confusion at first among th Jatter, but when they saw what wi going to happen th till th that no lives were lost, The unspoiled cargo was taken on to its destination at Wuchow by the Chao Wei, and the p rs have boon sent on to their destination by launches.
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