Mr. Keswick described the rescue ai "one of the epics of the river," stating that thanks to Captain Hurst and Ah Yuen there were practically no casualties on the Tuckwo. They averted what might have been a ver; great disaster, stated Mr. Keswick.
"This is one of the finest stories in a long tradition of seamanship in China waters," Mr. Keswick concluded. "My firm has been engaged in seafaring in China for 106 years, and we are happy to be associated again in one of the finest examples of the traditions of the sca,"
Captain Hurst, in reply, thanked Mr, Keswick for the presentations, and also for the sentiments expressed. "I am quite sure that Ah Yuen and I did the only thing possible in the critical situation," he stated.
Captain P. K. Enright, senior naval officer in Shanghai, said that he thought Ah Yuen would like him to point out that he was very proud to have brought such credit to the Royal Navy in their work on the rive
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