Amoy, Apr. 28.
The bodies of six young women have been given up by the sea to the Beaches of Quemoy and Amoy. It is the custom of Quemoy women to add to family incomes by gathering seaweed or scraping oysters from the rocks when they are exposed at low tide.
party of fifteen such women were Telurning home recently with their garnered spoils from the sca. They were happy. Their haul had been generous, their boat was loaded with marine products, and women, 10 within danger point! As an angry squall came ruling over the calm of Uke sea, a timid girl suggested that some of their harvest should be Jelllsoned for safety, but the idea was angrily scouted at by the others, Who Tike 2 monkey's hand, clutching ice in a coconut shell, would grasp at what had been gained even in the face of death.
The vessel sank. Their shrieks as they disappeared, drew eyes to their blight from other oyster boats. These dashed {o their assistance, bul though they. struggled frantically against wind and tide they were unable to Fender assistance in time.
Eleven of the party, before the boats could reach the spot, went under and were carried away by the swift under-current, Four only were picked up, but one ied awhile she was being taken shore. The three survivors announced the fate of their friends to demented relations' and the whole ishing village suddenly. turned crazy at the horror and extent of the calamity. The ages of the six girls whose Jcorpses have just been found, range from seventeen to 24 years.
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