This thrilling experience in the accident, was related to a pretentative of the "North-China Herald" by Mr. Chen Kong, inspector onthe steamer, who arrived last Wednesday afternoon on the s. Dah Hwa with 47 members of the crew and five passengers. The majority of the arrivals had lost all their belongings. Some had even lost their clothing.
"In response to our distress sirens, several ishing boats arrived to our help. It was then dawning. The storm had ceased. The passengers and the majority of the crew reached dry land on the hill. As three feet fof the bow remained above water, the captain, the chief officer and ten others, including myself, remained fon board, looking after the vessel'
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.