The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-08


time and together saved twelve, while
a number of others were Justify SWIM
ming for the shore, carried forward
with the swiftly flowing current east
wards toward Murray pier. Second
Engineer Thomson was one among the
first to reach the foreshore and two
others touched ground at Pedder's
wharf. 1t was we'll on towards noon
was missing. Up to the time of going
to press no further discovery had been
made, although the foreshore is being
searched for some distance to the east
ward and westward. The Canton River
cost the contractors, Messrs. Punchard,
Lowther & Co., G40,000 and as already
stated in the Daily Press, her appar-
atus is of the most recent design and
constructed upon the latest known sci
entific principles of dredging either in
sea or river water When it is consid-
cred that in Is or 20 minutes $50 tons
could be put into her hoppers, which
had capacity of rs tons, it may be
well taken for granted that she was an
important accession to the deep dredg-
ing resources of the far East The
work of raising her has already been
commenced.
! FOUNDERING OF SANDPIPER.
Among the vessels which have come
to grief in the harbor was Inns
Sandpiper, which was lying out in the
man-of-war anchorage on the Kowloon
side. She made signals of distress at
about o'clock in the morning and the
torpedo boat destroyer Otter went to
har icfn 1a
able to prevent her from laundering,
but by mastery seamanship succeeded
in taking off the crew, damaging her
bows with the floating wreckage in so
doing. Lieut.. Wilkin, who commanded
the Otter, is to be complimented on the
manner in which he handled his vessel.
All hands were saved with the excep-
tiOn of man of the name of Bedford
one of the armorer's crew, whose body
was subsequently recovered and buried
with the usual honors on Monday after
noon.
: COLLAPSE OF BUILDING.
The typhoon was the cause of the col
lapse Of several buildings the most SER
ious affair of this kind taking place in
Queens Road Central. For some time
past a considerable number of work
men have been engaged at Nos 166, 16S
and 40, which are being rebuilt Nos
166 and 16S had been razed almost to
the ground, but the second and top
floors of No. 10 We're still standing be-
ing shored up by poles, the brickwork
underneath having been taken away
The floors in question were used as
sleeping places by the Chinese work
men, of whom there were said to be IA
At about o'clock on Saturday morn
ing the supports gave way and the
building came down with a loud crash
A Chinese constable who was on duty
near by blew his whistle and No. DO
lice station being close at hand, Ser.
geant Robertson and the other Euro.
peans there We're soon on the spot, to.
gether with a gang of coolies in charge
of Inspectors McNab and Gould The
first man recovered was dead. but thu
next two were alive and four other.
were also living when they were ex
tricated and all six were sent to tn,
hospital. The last one found alive ha,
most miraculous escape. 1t wa
about 11:15 when he was freed. Hi
legs had been seen protruding from tn
debris for some time and the police lit
tie thought that there was any life lef
!, in him. 1t was found, however, on tn
, removal of the bricks and mortar whic
, surrounded him that his face wa
, pressed against a cross wall and tha
he had room to breathe. He was tax
|, en- out just in time. Altogether
, bodies were recovered-eight dead an
six alive-and this being the number t
account for the police stopped work a
: soon as the fourteenth man wa
4 brought to light.
l THE PEAK DISTRICT.
t In the Peak district a good deal c
damage was done, most of the house
} suffering more or less from the storr
4 and many windows being blown in {
e out while the roofs of nearly ever
: house lost portion of the tiles. Th
, Peak hospital is badly damaged. TT
rain came through in torrents, floodin
:. several rooms. and two or three wiz
\ dows were blown out and the pore
< carried completely away. Des Voeu
: and Cameron Villas suffered consider
: lably. roofs, windows and verandas
: some cases all being damaged. TT
, Chalet and Dunford on this occasio
n got off with very little damage beyon
|; the loss or plaster ana the 1nfuSn
: water through some of the window
O and the roof. The old timber hous,
: known as Stokes Bungalows escape
r all HARM and Dunottar sustained Ii
n tie damage beyond the destruction
some of the venetians and the smasl
o ing of a number of panes of glass. tt
d roof of the police station at Moul
J. Cough was partially stripped off. Stew
V art Terrace would have got off cheap
4 had not the wind when at the heigl
# of it's fury first unroofed and then
# molished the whole of the servant
i quarters at Nos. 4, 5 and s. The pc
r. sonal effects of the servants had to
=. abandoned for the time, as they on
N just managed to escape in safety. T.
q bungalows on Mount Cough hill al
IS felt the force Of the storm and had Sc
,e .eral windows blown in. The new hou
" in course of erection for Mr.. H.
a Slade, which was nearly ready for t
le roof. has been reduced to a gaunt ru
D. and the works on the adjoining site b
w longing to Mr.. Turner are much dar
j. aged. One of the coolies employed
ID the erection of these houses was kill
90 by the falling debris and his body w
Ipn