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Show 500 CHINESE PERISH IN RECENT COLLISION PEKING, Tuesday, April 30. More than 500 Chinese passengers were lost in the recent collision off Hankow, In which the Chinese steamship Kiang-Kwaii Kiang-Kwaii was sunk by the Chinese gunboat Chutai. The Chutai was accompanying another gunboat, which had on board Premier Tuan Chi-Jui, on the way to pay a visit to the commanders of the northern troops. A mistake In signals caused the collision, which wrecked the Chutai also, and she was beached. |