The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-12-13
Noon At HONGkONG.
,rrE MANAGES WROUGHT ON
LAND AND SEA.
c,rboat sandpiper sank
~ Her Crew-Dredger
/ !. r,fty Men ON Board, Turns
yuercic Rescue in boats.

n r.. Dec. 12.-The En-
eLdta which arrived today after
inr massage, brought news OF
s to.rb which ravaged Hong
AZ s,,emher 10. causing heavy loss
I. atsinninr. Wreckage and debris
q. =. axverywhere after the blow.
X ~unboat Sandpiper foundered
Tsr seamen lost their lives.
~ s,,ip Benjamin Sewasl went
ard aIl seventy.seven steam
q vserp wrecked and oyer Two nun,
ave- drowned. At Kowloon ana
ami u there WIS also very heaVy
.muress az India was az her wharf
81 and she was padIy siiahsm'
tyArsd even more than Hong
~ III fronps Jared badly. The
n ,nd over the temporary bar
n xed completely, and lndiap
Mn troops had 10 seek refuge
q sonded camp grounds where
x.s4, In Kowloon proper
-.s,. nas were blown down,
1 roofs and were other
1Ah new stone block near
cuu7e Moi was practically laid
o. whole upper part being
& III also the upper story OF
= exrhangp at Kowloon.
inches were driven ashore.
ships anchored at Kowlcon
81 svnus plight. The gunbQats
~ rand. Tweed and Sardpipsr
their anchors and 1t look
IN Ill must drift ashore. Those
f,uid do nothing but stand by
" ana lines TO render assistance
vessels drift ashore. the
sels fired distress signals ana
IL few their pennants at hat
gnnboat Sandpiper was In the
IN she was rapidly iilling and
3kntfy not float for many min
rrerping out Of the spume
.frfft from the FIongkoTg way
~ maiesfy'a ship Otter, The
. IL the Hongkong Press, who
" NE rescue, says he could not see
= su,lrnk and thick spray how the
new on the Sandpiper, with one
NJ safely got on board The OF
II q, other guntS.hs Toundered,s
II III" The English LIB, mpiished
Il ~ The attitude of their
B nenaces peace and unity
"a nevertheless deeply mays
the sfgnifieance of the pres ~
II situation: and a national a
xreatcst disaster THAT could L
c0untry, seems dangerously im-
The gravest charge made
ponents IL that Sir Wilfrid La
81 ,1itted his colleague, Mr.. Tart /:
I'M ilame of race prejudice. rest
sojid French contingent from &,
~ annport him In the next pariiaf'
81 III Tarte believes that Frencf
tlon IL Canadian affairs IL not
e l6y dream OF the French-Canat
III While representing Canadi
4 paris fair he publicly predicted
coursc Of an address. that Fren
N dians would. at M distant time,
the ruling race In Canada. by
population, and he reiterated
a ,hety alta political meeting hell,
II real this week, In his Nor 1
q M. Tarfe urged his compa md
"a and form a compact .ss.. Mr..
4 whole North Americatf,e crew.
iaeir. power and infiu. Of them
Weight and force. wins Y were
Il their rights. In either this eats
United States, He Is furthee
ID have SAID
4 n, 1css~ union of all French-C
Hi and turned tsses.. att e. IN
IN on the lamar observed Some
IeFew clInging to the bottom OF the
4 0l(A tHtil tf&tfttAbth1 ~ sikRf
\ e4eM Her majeaty's ship AS
ssut also reported the sight
seamen. and boats from
kssstss, Nth volunteer crews, put OF
rescue.
greatest risk that the
e hSFe IN Canaas ssssr~eet with
United states, and thes -h.ut
4 efeasing m Ontario. '1nue. W
Will probably come. considering
ent small increase OF the Engl
iAtion, when In a very few !
Frencf- Canadians will control
B they now control Quebec"
After Laurser the Del
In spite of all the disquieting
I ,oarhaa.sso actively at work betwee
3 stIlI On to~sra.sn cana .is,,,l hngii
known that the carpefiS psaoei y ! 49, =
phe carpenters body washed ssss.
avloon about 10 o'clock the same
American ship BENJAMIN Sewall.
kd her anchors and ran ashore OPP
Arsenal yard In the height of the
bot got on Though leaking) when
|ind changed.