On the rescue vessels were' also brought back eight Chinese bodies which were taken from the water by lifeboat crews after the disaster These had died mostly from exposure in the cold waters of the Yanigtzo.
Although the accident took place few minutes before four, when wireless calls were sent off for am sistance, the news did not beééme generally known in Shanghai until noon, although a few persons, particularly those expecting relatives, knew of the wreck before 10 o'clock. [As the ship was expected to arrive fat that hour, no little consternation Jand fear was felt by those who. had zone to Hunt's Wharf to meet them. Throughout the afternoon a lange number of Shanghai people in' dition to the relief squad, went. to the steamer with blankets, overcoats, sweaters, scarfs, dry socks and stockings and shoes. A large crowd twas on hand when the pilot boat rived just before half past. four, ferrying the women, children and some of the men. The pilot had hardly tied up before the Jar tende:, which had gone o Pootung to meet the survive "son board the Colurado, also returned with. the rst of all, however, to reach Shanghai was the Hsinfung, ich docked at the French Bund and brought in four foreigners and probably 30 or 40 Chinese, Work of Officers and Crew Experienced passengers, some of them sea-faring men, and others who had made many voyages along the China Coast, paid high tribute to th loticers and' the Chinese erew—in particular, however, to the admirable work of Capt. Simpson., The latter, when tae ship hit the reef, took " immediate charge of the situation, organized the crew and brought into immediate effect. the usual routine in which crew: and officers had been well ground A PASSENGER'S PERSONAL,
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