Passengers Skylarking on an Overloaded Ferry Boat:
Two Women Drowned A fatal accident occurred on the Huangpu shortly before 7 p.m. on Saturday, whereby two persons lost their lives. A ferry boat plying between the Yangtszepoo Creek and the Pootung shore was taking about 40 passengers across the river and when in mid-stream it collided with a laden coal-boat coming down the river on the tide. As a result, six of the ferry-boat's passengers fell overboard. Four were rescued, but a girl of 13 years and a woman of 21 drifted beyond aid and were drowned. The body of the girl was recovered on Monday morning.
The River Police promptly started to investigate the matter, and the Iaodah and a boatman admitted that the ferry-boat was overcrowded, having 40 people on board, whereas the maximum allowed by the police regulations was 20. They asserted that the passengers were skylarking and were standing up in the boat. As in a recent drowning case, the joe considered that the laodah was at fault, and accordingly he was sent to the City Procurate on Monday, on a similar charge under the Chinese Provisional Criminal Few words than this man exclaimed, "Ab, Englisht"" and" struck Mr. his back with a rifle. naifs were hen the four young men were ocked in a ell.
Meanwhile, a student from the house hastened to the Bureau for Russian Affairs, but he was, unable to do anything, for he came back he reported that, on tinicinig the bell he was mistaken by the night watchman for a drunken Bolshevik who had come only to make a disturbance, and. he mivrowly escaped arrest! In the morning the officials at the Bureau were appris= ced of what had happened, the, missioner for Foreign communicated with and the imprisoned students were roleos charge was preferred against, them and they were not told the reason for their arrest, so tht they can only surmise the police were chagrined at being fooled by, the other Russian they were chasing, and who, as stated, had no connexion whatever with the Russian St Uni Tue Municipal Pplice have resum= their pra advertisements in the Chinese newspapers of Shanghat offering rewards to persons information leading to the arrest of armed robbers or persons sion of arms. i AS consignments of the new, Hangchow—10-cent coins have arrived at this port from Hang chow, the Chinese are wondering why they have not been put into circulation. Some say that ther ave persons secretly purchasing them, realizing that their standard fineness is higher than that of the 20-cent. pieces. Others assert that the exchange shops are not to accept, then.
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