The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1900-12-11

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constructed upon the lutrst known r.l.
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yea or river water when 10 is rUusii
ofrd trnt boo o. or 2O minutes go toms
could be- rut into hor hnrp"rs. which
had o. capacity of i5 tons, t may bo
well taken fHr granted tHat She was nu
Important nrcoHul0n 20 tho deep drolg-
ling resources of th, FAR East The
work ~ raising her has already been
commenced.
FOUNDERrNG or sANDPIPEE.
Among the vessels which have come
10 grief In the harbor was HIM :.
Sandplper. which was lying out In the
man -of-war anchorage on the Kowloon
side. She made signals of distress at
about s o'clock In the morning ana the
torpedo boat destroyer otter went to
her assistance. She was. however, un-
able TO prevent her from laundering.
but by mastery seamanshlp succeeded
I'M taking off the crew, damaging her
bows with the floating wreckage In 50
doing Lieut. Wikin. who commanded
manner in which he handled his vessel.
All hands were saved with the eXcep-
ton of "A 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
loon.
COLLAPSE OF BUILDING.
The typhoon was the cause of the col
apse of several buildings, the most ser
Gus 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 t1
the ground, but the second and top
floors of No 10 were 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 We're said to be IA.
At about 6 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. 5 po
lice station being close at hand, Ser
Eeant Robertson and the other Euro
peans there were 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 the
next two were alive and four others
were also living when they We're eX-
tricated and all six We're sent to the
hospital. The last one found alive had
n most miraculous escape. 1t was
about 11:15 when he was freed. His
legs had been seen protruding from the
debris for some time and the police lit
tie thought that there was any life left
in him. 1t was found, however, on the
removal of the bricks and mortar which
surrounded him that his face was
pressed against a cross wall and that
he had room to breathe. He was TAX
en- out just in time. Altogether IA
bodies We're recovered-eight dead and
six alive-and this being the number to
account for the police stopped work as
soon as the fourteenth man was
brought to light.
THE PEAK DISTRICT
In the Peak district "A good deal of
damage was done, most Of the hou-e"
suffering more or less from the storm
and many windows being blown in or
out, while the roofs of nearly every
house lost a portion of the tiles. The
Peak hospital is badly damaged. The
rain came through in torrents flooding
several rooms, and two or three win
dows We're blown out and the porch
carried completely away. Des VoeuX
and Cameron Villas suffered consider
ably, roofs, windows and verandas in
some cases all being damaged. The
Chalet and Dunford on this occasion
got OF with very little damage beyond
the loss of plaster and the inrush OF
water through some of the windows
and the roof The old timber houses
known as Stokes Bungalows escaped
all harm, and DunOttar sustained lit
tie damage beyond the destruction OF
some of the venetians and the smash
ing of n number of panes of glass. The
roof of the police station at Mount
Cough was partially stripped off. Stew
art Terrace would have got off cheaply
had not the wind when at the height
of its fury first unroofed and then de.
molished the whole of the servants
quarters at Nos. 4. and 6. The per-
sonal effects of the servants had to be
abandoned for the time, as they only
just managed to escape in safety. The
on Mount Cough hill also
felt the force of the storm and had sew
eral windows blown in. The new house
in course of erection for Mr.. II. w.
Slade, which was nearly ready for the
roof, has been reduced to a gaunt ruin
and the works on the adjoining site be-
longing to Mr.. Turner are much dam
aged. one of the coolies employed in
the erection of these houses was killed
by the falling debris and his body was
not recovered until Sunday morning,
when 1t was dug out and taken to the
police station at Mount Cough,
A LARGE SAILING SHIP ASHORE.
There is nothing fresh to report for
he Wanchal district beyond what has
already been published. The American
ailing vessel Benjamin Sewall, which
dragged her anchors and went ashore
opposite the arsenal yard In the height