In Hongkong harbour on August 29 there wae moh naval excitement, tremendous amount of Hags semmphoring; and orders, whic to be instantly obeyed. were dispatched by the naval authorities to the Hongkong and Whampoa Dock tohave the Admiralty Dock Kowloon ready immediately docking of " warship. The str. K sang, of the Indo-China Company fleet, was in dock at the time. She was taken out Aberdeen. The news around that something happened, and when H. M. cruiser, Flora came along soon afterwards it was seen that she was a lame duck, The Flora 2nd class, commanded b Nugent, and had been to Singapore for reliefs for the China Squadron. the new wen having come thus far H. M. 8. Crescent. All went well until Hongkong harbour was reached. The Flora passed through Lycemoon Pass ina thick haze and proceeded up the harbour towards the man-of-war a chorage, By some means, unacconntable at the moment, she is reported to have mistaken the fairway and run straight upon one of the rocks off the saloon shore—a rock which, id, is charted and visible at nearly all states of the ti That the accident was a serious one there could be no doubt, and communication with the Commodore was at once established, with the result that the cruiser was most expeditiously drydocked. It was found that she had struck the rock with considerable force, for x jagged three-feet hole had been pierced in her bottom and a number of plates were staved in, The job of re-airing her will take some time, and in all -probability there will be a Naval Court of Inguiry as to the cause of the accident. The Flora was dry-locked previous to going to Singapore for reliefs, and it is very fortunate that the accident happened so near home and when she was proceeding at a reduced speed.—* South China Morning Post."
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