Badly Damaged After a Severe}
Encounter Hongkong, July 19.
The J.CJ.L, ste. Tjikandi (7979 tons), on a trip from Java to Yoko: hama, has arrived here with her superstructure badly damaged and has gone into dock for repairs. The vessel encountered a very severe typhoon in the Ballintang Channel Jon the 18th, in the course of which the wind attained a velocity of 100 miles an hour. Heavy seas contin-unally washed over the bows and one huge wave swept away two quartermasters, any attempt a rescue being hopeless.
The chief officer, Mr. Wilemse, was thrown with great force against a wingh with the result that his side was torn open and his hip-bone fractured: The 2nd officer and five sailors wore: also injured. Eventually the Chinese deck-hands got panicky and refused to venture on Aeck.—Renter.
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