Though the sea had gone down, heavy swell was setting through the tideway, and, no from the Benton Maru being available, Inspector Crawley set out in the sampan to the rescue, with the sampan-man and a police-constable as crew. With some difficulty he brought up alongside the steamer and found that the bow was high up and well over the rock and the passengers, left to themselves, made a rush to board the sampan. Inspector Crawley had considerable difficulty in forcing back some of the men and managed to embark the five women passengers and the baby, who had been kept very much in the background, and rowed them and two of the men ginal fror
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