Four Chinese boatmen had a ni row escape from drowning late Jan, 22 when the boat in which they were sleeping suddenly took a heavy list and began to sink. Fortunately. one of the men woke up time to raise an alarm and all the four got on shore just before the boat foundered.
Loaded with twenty tons of pobbles. the boat reached here from Sungkiang and in view of the late hour, it was moored alongside a wharf in Chang Ka Dong Creek, a tributary of the Whangpoo, near Lunghwa. The ebbing tide caused the boat to take a heavy" list, resulting in the loss.
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