Hongkong, March 7.
The steamer Hong Moh, of Singapore, was wrecked on March 3 off the White Rocks, Lamock Island. H. M. 8. Foxglove, which was proceeding to Hongkong from Shanghai went to the rescue and succeeded in taking off 28 survivors. H. M. 8. Carlisle, which also happened to be in the vicinity, rescued 220 additional survivors. A few of the survivors, including the ship's officers, have been taken to Swatow.
The Hong Moh was_ carrying 1,100 Chinese passengers from Singapore to Amoy. It is believed that the captain, Mr. H. W. Holmes, was drowned.
Later.
Thirty-eight of the Hong Moh's deck passengers have been saved -by the China Navigation Co.'s str. Shansi.—Reuter.
Hongkong, March 8.
With the arrival of H. M. 8S. Carlisle, particulars of the wreck of the Hong Moh are now available Tt appears that the vessel is a total loss, having broken up into three pieces.
When the Carlisle reached the scene of the disaster, at seven o'clock on Sunday morning, she found H. M. 8. Foxglove standing by the wreck and a heavy sea running, which made the lowering of the cruiser's whalers a matter of difficulty.
At eight o'clock in the morning the Carlisle lowered her cutters, and later the Foxglove lowered her big boats. The Foxglove and Carlisle also floated a number of rafts down towards the wreck, and these were the means of picking up many Chinese. The fact that a strong northeast monsoon prevailed, and that the sea was breaking furiously over the wreck, prevented the rescue of greater numbers.
The Chinese dropped over the Hong Moh's sides in dozens, without hope of rescue. The heaviest loss of life resulted from the listing and submerging of the forecastle, whereby many were washed overboard.
Captain: Evans's Gavtant Work.
The heroic part played by Captain Evans, the Carlisle's commanding officer, is beyond praise. Ho went off to the wreck in a motorboat, with a cutter in tow, and succeeded in getting almost alongside the vessel. There were then still a few survivors in the forecastle, too exhausted to save themselves, Captain Evans stripped and swam off to the wreck with a lifeline, and thus saved all but one of those who had by this time been clinging to the wreck for two gays.
"Later Captain Evans got alongside the main part of the wreck.
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