The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1911-07-13

ling, jade stone cutting, silk weaving
visited several temples, the Water
Clock, Execution Grounds, sever
stored Pagoda, Flowery Pagoda, City
of the Dead, the cemetery, city wall
and saw many other sights strange tC
the Westerner.
Another side trip from Hong Kong
was taken to Kowloon and then over
the new British section Of the Kow'
loon-Canton Ry., up toward Canton.
This will soon be open to Canton and
in time will form a part of the main
line from Picking to Kowloon, which
is Just across a narrow strait from
Hong Kong.
. Mr.. and Mrs. Murray sailed from
Hong Kong to Shanghai April q on
the Inflated steamship "Asia.' All
went we'll until 5:27 a. m.,. April %,
when the passengers were awakened
and some thrown from their berths
by the awful creaking, grating and
grooming and the terrible shock as
the great skip went on Finger Rock,
232 miles south of Shanghai. She
seemed to be in agony like some
huge wounded animal.
When she came to stop she lean
ed so badly to one side that everyone
thought she was going to turn turtle
and sink. People rushed out of their
cabins, but were treasured by the
officers and told to put on their
clothes quickly and come up on deck.
Some took time to dress and some
didn't. When the passengers got
out on deck they saw that the
"Asia's prov was rammed into a
great cliff some 200 feet hight. She
seemed to be fast on the rocks and
the sea was smooth like pond.
There was no screaming, fainting or
panic among the passengers. The
clicking and suffering of the wire
less could be heard as the operator
called for help. A reply was received
from america Maru" saying to rest
easy and that she would be in by 3
O'Clock. Then the wireless gave out.
Life boats were launched as quick
ly as possible, but the pulleys work.
ed badly, owing to the way the boat
leaned.
In about an hour they began to put
the passengers off in the life boats.
Women and children went first and
then the men. The rocks on which
they were wrecked proved to be a
part of a small island, and the passen-
gers were landed on the other side OF
it. The men waded ashore and car
ried the women. A camp was estab-
lished and light baggage, food and
water were brought from the ship.
In about three hours the glad It'd
ings came that a steamer had come
to the rescue. 1t proved to be an
English freighter, the Establishing"
Its captain had seen the wreck in pas
sing. Happily she also was bound
for Shanghai. The passengers were
quickly transferred from the island to
the "Shaohsing."
In the meantime swarm of Chi
nese pirate boats had surrounded the
"Asia" and the officers aboard her
were firing at them to keep them
from boarding herr As the life boats
passing from the island to the
''Shaohsing," a stray bullet from the
CASA" struck Chinese woman in
the life boat in which were Mr.. and
Mrs. Murray. Mrs. Murray was sit
ting next to the woman who was
shot and had a narrow escape, the
bullet missing her by only a few
inches. The injured woman was
taken to a hospital at Shanghai, and
at last accounts was thought to be re-
covering.
All passengers were saved, also
the mail and nearly all the baggage.
A dense fog settled down in the after
noon so the America Maru" didn't
get in until the next morning. Two