STEAMER DESTROYED.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1906, 16 October 1906, Page 2

STEAMER DESTROYED.

ONE HUNDRED PASSENGERS BURNT TO DEATH.

PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT HoDg Kong, Oot. 14. Tho steamer Canton was burnt at Hong Kong wharf beforo daybreak. Oae hundred Chinees paseengers were incinerated, and a valuable cargo do* etroyod. Tne European passengers and crew were saved.

OYER 2000 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Reoeived 9 86 p.m., Oot. 15. Hongkong, Oat. 15

Thß steamer burnt at Hongkong was the HaDkow, not the Canton. She bad 2000 Ohineeo and seven European passengers aboard. The oargo consisted of matting and raw silk. The vessel bad just berthed, and in a few minntes was ablaze fore and aft. It was impossible to get the hose to work, ae the Are floats had been damaged in the reoent oyolone.

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EUROPEANS ESCAPE IN THEIR NIGHT CLOTHES. WORK OF INCENDIARIES.

PRESS ASSOCIATION —COPYRIGHT Received 9.42 p m., Oct. 15. Hong Kong, Oot. 15. The Europeans aboard tke Hankow', were awakened by the alarm They rushed down the gangway, the ladies . escaping in their night dresses. The crew followed, but it was impossible, owing to the inflammable cargo, to assist the Chinese in the steerage, who were shriek-* • ing for help. . ■ Besides hundreds incinerated many jumped overboard and were drowned. Warships,- including ihe cruiser Flora and other vessels, sent assistance. The outbreak is attributed to incen-. diarism, the outcome of a boycott oh British river boats. The Hankow is a total loss.