The record-union., 1899-09-20
She Made the Beach Barely a Minute Be.
fore Otherwise Going Down.
The Discipline OF the Men Admira-
BILE and All Were Gotten Ashore
Safely-Later in the Afternoon
She Slipped Off the Steep
Beach and Sank in About Six
Fathoms.

YOKOHAMA, Sept. s (via Victoria,
Sept. 19.)-Interesting details are at
hand of the wreck of the American
transport Morgan City in the inland
sea of Japan. 1t appears that it came
very near being an appalling catas-
trophe. Striking upon a reef at o'clock
in the morning, the ship remained fast
until daylight, when by adopting the
expedient of pushing the men alter
nately from one side to the other, the
ship was rolled from the rocks into
deep water, where she at once began
to fill rapidly. She headed for the
shore of the island of Inoshima, sew
eral miles distant, sinking perceptibly
with every yard of progress. She made
the beach barely a minute before 9TH
erwise going under
The discipline of the men was ad
mirable, and all were gotten ashore in
safety. The Seamanship shown ap-
pears not to have been so admirable,
as no precautions were taken to make
the bow fast to the shore after beach,
ing. The day was spent in removing
stores. the transport lying very nearly
bows under, but well afloat in the after
part. Late in the afternoon, without
warning, she slid off the steep beach
and sunk in about six fathoms.
Almost instantly came aid from the
the japanese authorities, the cruiser
Yosohome being at once dispatched,
and the Red Cross Society sending
relief expedition. The troops are loud
in their appreciation of japanese kind
liness.
A pleasant episode for the ship
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scene of the Empress of India, while
she stopped for some hours and prof
fered everything which could be done
in the way of aid.
The transport City of Sydney, having
just put into Yokohama short of coal,
at high water. will proceed for the in
land sea, and provision has already
been made to take on board part of
the troops.
The damage by the recent typhoon
which swept the whole southern por-
tion of Japan is even greater than at
first reported. The appalling subsid-
ence of the Basshi mine in the island of
Shikou entailed the loss of 600 lives.
From all parts Of the south reports
still come in of hundreds of thousands
of houses destroyed, while every pre-
lecture counts by hundreds it's dead
An interesting incident in the Besshi
mine catastrophe was the final saving
of five miners who had been imprison-
ed in the earth for six days by the
caving of the entrance
The remarkable course pursued by
the Empress Dowager of China con-
tinues to attract attention. Her se-
we're temporary illness, at first report
ed as due to poison, is later inter-
preted as political expedient to check
mate the schemes of the rival factions
at court, and to pave the way for the
help of the Japanese Government in
the person of Marquis Ito, under whom
needed reforms are to be made That
this curious plan is apocryphal is evil
dent from the fact that the MARQUIS
has. received an appointment as Presi-
dent of new and important bureau
in the imperial household of Japan,
which brings him into closer relations
with the Emperor and makes him more
than ever the power behind the throne.
Yokohama has been crowded during
the past week as perhaps never be-
fore in her history. The presence
here of an imposing British squadron
of battle ships, cruisers and torpedo
boats, occurring simultaneously with
the coming of three American trans
ports with troops for and from Manila.
has together with an unusually large
contingent of passing tourists filled the
streets and hotels to their utmost ca
pacity. The last consignment of vol
unteers to arrive was the Montana
Regiment, which, like its predecessors.
was pronounced 'the best yet' The
marvellous record made by preceding
troops is still unbroken, 10000 having
now passed through without a single
case involving police interference of
any kind.
DR.. Kitasato had discovered the ba-
cillus of dysentery, and has already
performed some remarkable cures by
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