Aug. 14, Battered by the sea, pillaged by pirates and worn and' weary with fatigue, 43 survivors of the wreck Jof the L-ES. Waishing arrived in Shanghai yesterday morning a passengers aboard the CUS. Kuangtung, bringing with them harrowing tales of the night's battle with the typhoon which drove their ship ashore at Namkwan Bay last Monday morning.
Both passengers and members of the crow of the ill-fated craft were included among the rescued brought here by the Kuangtung, which was the first vessel to arrive at, Nam-/kwan Bay, near Wenchow, in response to the 8.0.8. broadcast after the disaster. When the Kuangtung eft' the scene of the wreck after rendering all the aid possible, the Waishing was high and dry on the rocks, with her master, Captain Hughes, and a skeleton crew still aboard,' awaiting the arrival of the salvage str, Yusto Maru, due there Jat_noon yesterday. The H.M.S. [Sepoy also is steaming at full speed from Hongkong to" protect the t wrecked vessel from further depre: dations by pirates.
Due tothe seam ness displayed by Captain Hughes fand his oticers, coly one life was fast in the aster and the pirates were prevented from stripping the Survivors of all. their possessions ud absolutely looting the ship. it-was, Mfr. Ht. B. Symington, third engineer of the Wais Jdetermined effort to mao fast, a Chinese assistant to the compradore who was drowned who ship's boat, loaded. with men, driven against the cliffs and smash-fed to pieces in the seas then raging. Although he had gained safety, Mr. [Symington unhesitatingly dived back again, seeking. to. reach the drowning man- Tt was only with [great difficulty that the other memfers of the boat's crew succeeded in dragging the engineer ashore when the Chisess had' been swept beyond ope of rescue 'According to the stories told by the survivors, Captain Hughes, when first advised of the typhoon's presence in his vicinity, immediate: Fy" Keaded' into Namkwan Bay, a bottle-necked harbour recommended by the maritime authorities as typhoon refuge, With everything able lashed down and two one here cub, the Waishing. rode the typhoon all Sunday night, the dis-feb ance having hit the vere us Shortly before morning, however, {it was seen that the anchors, out to the last, link of chain, were dragging, although the vessel had Steamed at fall: speed into the teeth of the gale in order to relieve. the Strain, "Having but little cargo aboard, the Waishing was high out the water and the wind, blow.
ith terrific force, was driving her directly on the rocks, 'Noticing a sandy' beach just around a rocky head, Captain HHoghes made a determined effort to beach his craft. there where she could have been salvaged with ease. However, the Waishing did not have sufficient power to make any. head-. way against the gale and at eight powe
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