Hongkong, May 26.
There was a very gallant rescue of a lady passenger from drowning during the voyage of the Empress of Russia from Shanghai to Hongkong.
The lady who was almost drowned was Mrs, Anni Sinova, a russian physical instructress of Shanghai. Her rescuer was 'T, R, Elworthy, the ship's carpenter, While strolling on deck yesterday afternoon Mrs, Sinova was seen to fall overboard, The alarm raised and the Empress furni about immediately.
Two lifeboats were lowered ard proceeded to make a search, but running high and Mri nova was soon lost to sight. liner steamed closer to the spor lipped on to the] where she had been last observed and then watchers on deck again noticed her frantically waving hand.
The Empress was wame distance away from the spot but: Elworthy dived over the side and swam towards her his progress being cheered by the crowds of passengers.
Tie reached the drowning woman, who had been in the water: for an hour, and supported her while life belts were thrown out arid another boat lowered.
This boat picked up the reacher and the rescued woman, both being by this time in an exhausted condition—Reuter.
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"precious stones." Later on, hammers were brought and huge chunks fof stone earnied away, until the po-fice put up a notice to the effect that if more stone was taken, the pillar would fall. This kept them away for 'a time, but still they came and went, gathering and: taking away "chips from the old block," even bringing torches when St grew dari, and. all through the night the sound of "top, tap, tap" was heard by wakeful but would-be sleepers.
No doubt the fall of the head was caused by the heavy frost during this winter, and the sudden tremend-fous heat of the "altar" whose flames were surging towards the neck continually for almost 24 hours. These two extremes in temperature must have set up a number of cracks, and what with people sitting on the head practically all day, it was liable to fall at any moment, "The Chinese authorities are proposing to preserve the bead in thy Nanking Museum.
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