By the 13th inst. the ico in the river bad broken up as far as the I. railway station; to-day the as far up as Duck Island, y present, navigation is impossible owl Tote foe floes onfeering wildly up and down with the tide. It can be easily understood that many ors would be filling to take any to got their cargo in first on the market, and with this object would attempt to rash their steamers in, with the possibility, and probability, of serious accidents and danger of blocking the channel way and harbour. To obviate after|any such likelihood, the Japanese Administration, on the '11th inst., issued an order to the effect that no sloomers would be allowed to enter por: until same had been officially declared open to navigation. This order was stupidly misunderstood by many native concerns, with the result that rumours travelled }south to the effect that no vessels, excepting those under the Japanese flag, would be allowed to enter this port—absurd, of course, but yet, it would ¢eem some shipping hongs at Shanghai and hongkong really believed this " bunder" as "gospel" for a time.
The First Mishap.
That danger really exists in navigating the river in its present chaotic state, is amply proved by the fact that the s.s. Sanko Maru attempted to enter port on the 17th inst. and promptly went near the Salt- Pans. Getting off later, the vessel foolishly continued her trip up, only oe reaching harbour to be sunk ther moorings near the I: C. railway terminus, completely overpowered by the enormous weight and irresistibly ¢rush of the floating masses of ica.
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