The Dutch Petroleum Company's now steamer Perlak (1,087 tons not) which had just arrived at Woosung on her fire up from Sumatr off Bush Island about 11.30 on Saturday morning. The flames com-plotely got the bottor of the officers and crow, who soamed to despair of proventing her from becoming a total wreck, though the pilot, Mr. Armistead, worked hard to save ship and cargo. Captain Carlson, the Harbour Master, was oatly on board, and worked incessantly for 24 hours to save the vessel from sinking in mid-channel, which threatened more than once to do, Shanghai, and about 0.30 p.m. the fire with eight men belonging to Mib-ho-loong and Hongkew Companies wont down to Woosung; some of the Delgo mon followed later. The fire in the foremost hold of the vessel, which was full of benzine ins, and blazing fiercely, frequent explosions taking place and rendering the work of the firemen very dificult and dangerous. As it was the benzine was doomed from the beginning and efforts had to be mainly directed to checking the flam at that end as far as possible ai ing the hull and the rest of the cargo, con-iting of cargo oil in bulk, which was separated from the benzine by a double bulkhead filled with w As the result of one of the explosions theo firemen were rather badly injured and had to be brought up to the Shanghai General Hospital for treatment. Messrs. W. E. Keay, Weinberg, and J. C. Beckhoff were serving streams near a hatch when the explosion took. place below and they had the worst of its force. It cartied them off their fect and they sustained nasty burns about the face, but luckily no bones were broken and they should be about again, not much the worse, in a few days." Less fortunate was a Chinese, who was blown up by-an explosion, and fell through a hatch into the furnace beneath. In a few For some time past there have ben d rumours as to the existence of a large and much-frequented foreign gambling don in the Wayside district of the Sottlement, Without arousing suspicion on the part of the propriotore and habitues of this den, the police made careful enquiries and finally, having obtained all necessary information, organised upon the house in which the gambling has ing place. The house is situated trict, in a road branch: ing off Se eastern side.
shortly before mid-ight on Suoday three polies officers in mufti entered the house and found there a very cosmopolitan party. incl both mon and women of various nationslities—almost all of whom be classed as undesirables—gimbling at trent-et-quarante, and baccsrst tables In the meantime a body of police had taken up their position outside the house, effectually barring every exit At a given signal, the police rushed into the house. At first it seemed that the astonished gamblers would give the raiders "un meuvais quart d'heur the cards wore thrown under the table and some show of resistance was made but a message to Wayside Station and the timely arrival of a posse of Sikh police had a salutary effect upon them and they submitted to arrest and were quickly locked up at the Police Station.
The prisoners include 13 who claim Russian Consular protection, 4 Aus-and 10 French, all of whom were charged before their respective Consuls yesterday morning. There wore also six women arrested, but they have not been charged. The prisoners were all well-dressed and possessed a largo quantity of money, of which the police took possession, together with the gambling apparatus, One man had no less a sum than Roubles 5,000 on him when arrested.
At the Russian Consulate on Tuesday: the accused were remanded, while at the Austrian Consulate two of the men Were deported, one remanded and another discharged. Throo of the Frenchmen were remanded at the French Consular Court, while the Consul refused to recognise the others and struck their names off the register, leaving the police the option of prosecuting them elsewhere, gerous and in ome instances impossible to reach their homes, and outdoor business was at complete standstill. The storm lasted exactly o the barometer then rose as re had previously fallen. The German str. Spezia (2,659 tons not) entered the har-hour on Wednesday with her foremast hanging broken over her starboard si and with a consid The worst death of Captain of the most popular men in: the foreign community, and known and liked by many Americans and others on the China coast as well as in Japan. Oaptain Barker was a rigor by the train from Nagasaki for Yatoushiro. Ho was proceeding to Takeo for the night, intending to return to Isahaya next day, moot his horse and and ride over to Unzen, mile west of Takeo the railway passes along an embankment very much exposed, and skirting the ox coast on one side. Probably the morale bad been washodl away, nnd the break was not, observed by the driver till too late; however the accident was caused, the train ran down the embankment und was. piled up in a paddy field. The first-class carriage, in which Capt, Barker was the only passenger, was next to the engine fand suffered triest severely ofall It is believed that the unfortunate Oaptain was looking out of window at the time of the accident; he was taken up shocking. ly injured, with contused wounds and vones broken in all parts of the body, but quite conscious, "Medics! attentions wore given at Cakeo snd information telegraphed t" the American Consul, Mr. Harris, at Nagasaki, but before the restoration of the Tine made it possible for friends to reach him, Cap ker had died. Mr. Watts, lus assistant, proceeded to Tikeo and brought back the remuna, which wore cremated on Thursday and will be son horns to the States, Captain Barker had held his' appointment about three years, He was not quite' sixty years old, and forty years ago fought as a Confederate soldier against the authorities whom he subsequently served, Cuba as Consul at Mavanzas, and in the Philippines attached
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