Colombo, June 25.
The Commonwealth Line steamer Jervis Bay arrived here this morning. The passengers were not allowed to land. A preliminary inquiry is being held on board.
Great Alarm on Board by Stowaways' Conduct June 25.
The disturbing incidents on board the homewani-bound liner Jervis Bay have turned out to be not serious as radio message from the ship conveyed.
When the vessel arrived here this morning it was learned that eight stowaways, headed by a half-caste Cuban, objected to work when discovered an board. They swaggered round the deck, cursing generally but were eventually incarcerated below hatches, Later, however, they broke out' with the assistance, in the opinion of the officers, of crow-bar surreptitiously slipper down one of the ventilators—and invaded the saloon, They created a disturbance there till the ring-Jeader was knocked down by officer. A general melee followed in which the stowaways rushed along the deck and pushed open the doors of the cabins to which the terrified women and children Board had fled, Four British Navy men, who were returning to England after serving in the Australian Navy, helped to overpower und batten down the owaways and mount guard over them.
The stowaways then set fire to some straw mattresses but. thrust them out of the port-holes when the smoke threatened them—with suffocation. Meanwhile the crew turned a hose into the hold, extin-gushing the fire and effectively quelling the stowaways" violence,
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