Thrilling Episode in Collision off Wenchow Coast 'A flash of lightning in a heavy storm averted what might have resulted In a major shipping disaster and the loss of eighty lives at Pel tlendoong Shan, off the, Wencho coast, on Sunday (May 20), when the Chinese steamer Tien: riven off her course by stron Faugh seas while on her way from Julan, southern Chekiang, to Shanghai, was heading straight towards the' hil.
The flash came just in time, giving the captain sulicient light in piteh= darkness to see what was happening. With the vessel steaming on to the hill ahead, the captain lost no time in altering the course in a desperate a sand bar.
A he liber right side struck submerged rocks. Water rushed quickly. In about ten minutes only the bridge remained above water, the stern being completely submerged.
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