The evening world., 1911-11-04
British Institution Hemmed In
by Fire Sweeping City and
Shells from Forts.
APPEAL is IGNORED.
Only 50 Minutes Time Given
Occupants to Escape-Reb-
els Fire on Red Cross Ship.

HANKow. China, via wuhu, Nov. 4
almost the entire native city Of Han.
kow IL efiamc to-day. and 1t is feared
that the Wesleyan Mission near the Han
River. In which are nifty blind boys and
80 wounded persons. who with the star
Of the mission make up a total OF 800
persons. was destroyed. The mission 10
. British institution.
DR.. Booth. the read OF the mission,
asked the tmperialists to grant an
armistice Of two hours to permit OF 70.
noval from the mission. but the firing
ceased for only a half hour.
REBELS SHELL RED CROSS RES
CUE STEAMER.
A Red Cross steamer which attempted
20 rescue the inmates Of the mission
wal driven back by the fire from the
rebel fort. One shell rlddled the steam
sr's deckhouse.
When the vessel was compelled to
turn back the mission was still stand
ting. but It's position was hopeless. tho
Names being within two hundred yards
Of the building.
The fires In the town were started by
the imperlalists. who threw ~innammable
shells into the place. A strong wind
carried the flames across the river to
Hanyang. and a strip Of that city on
the water front a mile long was de-
stroyed and the IRE 10 still burning
there. A few hundred rebels against
whom the imp ial!sts are preparing to
advance occupy the unburned parts Of
Hankow.
ARTILLERY DUEL MENAcEs
THE FOREIGNERS.
When the steame left an artillery
duel was taking place between the bat.
tsries OF the imperial!sts, which were
planted back Of the British concession
and tho Huchang n Hanyang forts.
Several rebel shells landed In the foreign
concessions. piercing the walle Of
houses.
The imperials occupy the district west.
ward OF the railway station almost to
the Han River. The Chamber of Com
merce asked the foreign Consuls to pro-
test against the burning Of the city.
but the Consuls declined to do 10.
LONDON. Nov. THE property Of
the Wesleyan Missionary Society, which
appears to have been threatened. II
not destroyed. In the burning OF Han
kow, Is situated at the junction Of the
liar and Yangtse rivers. II consists
Of the David Hill Memorial School for
the Blind. a mems hospital and q
women's hospital. while across the
road from the school for the blind Is
the mission compound. made up Of four
houses, a church and a school. DR..
Booth Is at the head OF the Wesleyan
medical mission here. The mission 10 a
British institution.
The Wesleyan Mission mentioned In TO.
days dispatches Is concluded by the
Methodist Missionary Society of Great
Britain and was founded In 1855. The So
ciety maintains two inst!tutions--the
David Hin School for the Blind and q
hospital o. which Drs. R. T. Booth and
W. \. Tatchell are the leading surgeons.
The school Is one OF the conspicuous ed
vocational Institutes OF China and Its
work In educating the great numbers Of
blind In China has been frequently com.
mended In state reports. The school IL
In charge Of the Rev. George A. Clayton.
There Is some doubt OF the date Of the
Hankow despatch. I, was relayed a,
Wuhu to-day, but Il Is not plain whether
II left Hankow this morning or yester-
day. The steamer referred to as leav-
ing the scene may have been the Red
Cros, steamer which attempted to aid
the imperilled mission at iankow or q
vessel which carried "A messenger 10
some point where wireless or tele-
graphic communication with distant
points was possible. An occasional cen
sorsh.p results in the mutilatiOn OF q
news despatch.