Leaving Haiphong for Shanghai with a cargo of cement on January 31, it was probably on the afternoon of the following day that Captain McKenzie, of the Hunan, found his vessel helplessly stranded seven miles west of Lamko, in the western entrance to the Straits. Three days later the str. Kweiyang, commanded by Captain Martin and carrying heavy general cargo and Passengers, arrived on the scene from Bangkok, bound to Hongkong vid Hoihow.
Hawsers were thrown out in an endeavour to refloat the Hunan, but it would appear that after futile efforts the Kweiyang was caught by the tide, swung round and driven ashore, just a stone's-throw from her companion in distress.
Taming to the Rescue Still later on the str. Taming appeared, broke all her ropes and ires in her efforts to tow off the Kweiyang, and finally decided to' take off the passengers, and bring them to Hongkong. The Taming arrived with the full story yesterday and she is to leave for the scene to-morrow morning with stores, ete.
The Hunan has now been garded fortunate that fair stranded for a week and it is
Weather has prevailed. She is hard aground forward Assistance is being sent with all possible speed for should bad Weather set in, with the vessels' positioned as they are, there likely to be danger of them bros tug Taikoo is leaving with is lighters this afternoon, The Kweiyang is a comparatively mew vessel. She was built at Greenock in 1921 to the order. of the China Navigation Com-Pany, and she is of 2,644 tons gross and 1,580 tons net Tegister. She is 310 feet over all and draws 20.9 feet of water, trifle less than the Hunan which draws 21.3 feet. The Hunan was built in 1895 by Messrs. Scott and Ca, the builders of the Kweiyang, and she is a steamer of 1,143 tons net register. She is 260 feet long.
On making inquiries at the local office of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire we were courteously informed that although only. brief information has been Feceived regarding the stranding: it is understood that the Hunan's tom is badly buckled in the vieing ity of her engine room, and that:
had been found necessary to jettison some of her argo. The Prospects of salvage were not known in Shanghai, As no mention has been made of the fate of the Kweiyang in the telegrams which have been received in Shanghai during the last few days, it is assumed that she has been refloated.
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