'Smashed to picces in the heavy tale on August 10, the Wang-loong, sand boat, sank' at Tungsha Spit outside Woosung and carried eight members of her crew to the bottom with her. Only one man survived.
The Wang-loong was on her way to Shanghai from Yingkow bringing about $10,000 worth of cargo on board when she encountered the gale. Finding herself tossed about like @ match box and realizing the danger of trying to reach Shanghai the Wang-loong made for. the Tsungming Islands only to find that conditions there were worse. Waves washed aboard and soon the little raf strained under her heavy load, A few minutes later, the force of the gale and the waves began smashing her up and, in spite of the valiant efforts on the part of the crew, the Wang-loong went to the bottom, carrying eight of her nine sailors. with her.
ging to a board which he managed to catch hold of, the remaining man was thrown' into the water and tossed about mercilessly by the waves for more than eight hours until finally, exposed and hopeless he was picked up by a boat which happened to be passing and brought to Woosung. There he was handed over to the authorities who gave him a little money and ticket to Shanghai. wife of the Minister of Industries The Greater Shanghat Bureau of} Public Safety detailed a party of Jarmed police to the North Station to This is Mme. Chang's to Shanghai, her two previo Ma, Linlun Yung has been elect [ed a member of the Shanghai St Exchange, Concrarutations are extended to Mrs. John Prentice who celebrated her Sith birthday on Aug. 12, Mr, M, H, Mazot, formerly of the Banque de 1'Indd-China, has been appointed financial adviser to the National Government.
Juoges Kuo Shou-yi and Kiang Kung-liang, of the Shanghai Dis-trio Court, Nantao, have been transferred to the Shanghai Special District Court, Mr, W. secretary of the Institute of Paci Hollander, research Relations, has just arrived in Shanghai in connection with the forthcoming conference in Hangchow.
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