In Yaumati, an overhead electric wire was blown down and two Chinese, a woman and a girl, were electrocuted. An European' was drowned. The deceased, -Mr, Jan Blankenvoot, was li lami Point early in the morning when a gust of wind swept him into the water. An Indian guard unrolled hig tur bam with n piece of wood attached to its end, and threw it to the drowning man." The waves were so high that the unfortunate man was t00 far gone to grasp. it. He was car-vied away in the darkness and disappeared from view.
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