The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-11-15
I've Thirds Of The City Destroyed Du-
ing Fighting for Several Days
MANY MADE DESTITUTE
Horrible Stories Of Brutality and
Cruelty on the Part Of Both Chi
nese Rebels and Regular Troops
Hundreds Of Half Burned Bodies
Lie Among the Ruins.
Lie Among the Ruins.

Two-thirds OF the city OF Hankow,
China, has been destroyed by FIRE dur
ing the last ten days, following fight
ing between revolutionists and loyal
troops: The lowest estimate OF the
loss is s50,000,000. Four hundred
thousand persons are destitute. Hun
dreds of ha'f burned bodies lie among
the ruins. Tany Of them are the bod
les Of WOMEN and children.
The customs house, the post-of1ce
and the American missions have been
spared The city has been looted, the
imperialists taking a haid in the pill
lage. Imperialists officers tried to
check this work and executed num-
Der Of the soldiers. Refugees were
deprived Of their Loot on entering the
British concession, cart loads OF val
liable furs, silk and jeWelry being
seized. It is suggested that the Red
Cross receive the proceeds.
On Friday afternoon Of the last
week the consuls appealed to the. im-
periaists to cease burning the town.
A proclamation, wEicL was issued I'M
u:ediately, declared that the rebels
were responsible for the fires and or
dered that these be checked. The
following day new fires started In var
ious quarters.
The David Hill Memorial school for
the blind, connected with the Wes-
leyan mission, has been looted, ,While,.
in contrast, all the property in WI
Chang, which is held by the rebels,
has been protected. On November 8
there was considerable artillery firing
beginning before daylight.
The imperialist battery behind HaH-
Low moved to the southwest in belat-
ed fulfillment of the promise to ehift
the line Of fire from the concessions.
This battery and another Stationed
on the plains engaged in a heavy duel
with Han Yang Hill. The WI Chang
forts joined occasionally in the de-
fense of Han Yang
A few hundred Of the revolution
lists are still in Hankow. RiHemen on
opposite of the Han river fought all
day and there has been similar fight
ing Sunday, but steadily decreasing.
There is much open revolutionary
talk among the imperialists.
Foreigners are hearing hoTrifying
stories Of brutality. The imperialists
have hanged men, and failing to
strangle them, tortured them to death
by prodding with bayonets or crush
ing with stones. The outrages against
women can not be told. Red Cross
bearers have been killed or wound
ed. Soi1iers on both sides have kill
ed their wounded enemies.
It was ascertained that Yuan Shi
F>ai, the premier desinate, is in this
ne: hborhood, but he is keeping his
presence hidden. It is suspected that
he went aboard a British gunboat,
and it is reported that he has been In
taryiewing Republican ministers se-
cretiy.
A thousand revolutionary soldiers
from Hu Nan reached WI Chang. At
I-Chang and ether river ports the re-
publ;cans are collecting the custom
dues. Consular reports from I-Chang
say refugees from Chung Chang, In
e-Chuan privnce, are bound thither.
Secret societies, it is reported, are
gathering control in Sze-Chuan. The
mobs at Kiu KIang are violent.