Canton, June 6.
The second river tragedy in three months within the Canton harbour, Involving a heavy loss of lives, occurred this morning when the Canton to Whampoa Chinese steam Tauneh, Vu Li, was blown up and a Passenger junk completely wrecked fand sunk as a result of a terrific boiler explosion.
So far 50 bodies have been 7 covered, including some women. The entire crew of the launch "must have perished as the vessel was blown to pieces. The passenger junk sank within a few minutes with passengers and crew estimated at 250. So far there have been only about 50 survivors.
One member of the crew was! blown 500 feet into the air. He Tanded in the police courtyard at Honam across the river, completely dismembered.
The bomb is believed to have been placed aboard the passenger junk by Bandits who have been blackmailing the ship-owners—Reuter.
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