Canton, Feb, 19.
Almost a month Canton has been covered by a fog so thick that one could pretty near cut it with knife, 'On the Pearl River, bos attains have been navigating thole craft without being able to, see Where they' were "going, There have been two mishaps to passeng-ex steamers plying between this city and Hongkong, a passage boat sank with heavy loss of its) white two Canton-Honan ferry boats have collided and two passengers being drowned.
The lives of several hundred people, ware in peril when the Tia at hit the rocks on Friday morning, the 1iith inst. Always a dangerous spot, the Pratt Rocks, almost opposite Chuen Po Fort, have destroy-Jed many a boat, and the Tin Yat was, lucky to get off so easily.
ing had started up river: Hongkong at the scheduled hour of 10 pam, and it was close on to four usual, al fers were coming alan other, and the Lungshan picked the. distress signals, and gave Prompt' aid, The "igo" passeng. ers were taken a the Langstan ard Charles Hardou: mand HIS. Seamew was notified by radio, and came up stream stand by in case of need, 15 way moat fortunate that within Tin Yat was refloated. Ste got back 12 hours after going aground, the
to Hongkong under her own power and went into drydock, the repairs being of a minor nature, And then, Monday morning, the 16th, the 'Kwongsai (Capt. Acock) ran, ashore at_almost, the identical spot. Had the Tin Yat not gotten off she did, it is conceded' that there would have been a terrible smash-Up. dt was a little after 2 when the accident took place, and again others in the inter-port fleet res. ponded to the call for. a and the ste. Shing Cheor plies between Macao and Canton, took off all the passengers.
Also on Monday, the passage boat Hingkee, taking t had a big hole cut a submerged rock being at the time near the port of Chenchun in th Sinteh District. Her tow" launch of] passed by the roof, but in making: the turn at a bend in the stree the Hingkee, pulled by the tow line swung farther shoreward, It fa terrible impact, and the ves Started filling with water at once,
missing, most of them undoubtedly.
passengers have been reported drowned, though a few. may have gotten ashore safely unbeknown ta the passage boat company. It the Fast trip of the Hingkee befor New Year, and she was carrying an. unusually large number of persons, and" much cargo, he cargo loss will exceed $100 About to tie "up at her slip on the south or Honan site of the Pearl River, a small. ferry launch collided with the ferry leaving fon the Canton side: at 6.30 p.m. Mor day evening, the 16th. The force of the collision threw two: passeng: ers on the Honan-bound craft into the river and they went down to their death, for in the dense fox no one could locate them in the-water. Neither boat sank or were damaged.
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