Show MANY CHINESE DROWNED steamer sinks and fifty five chinese lose their lives victoria B C the steamer met too foo of the china Al merchant erchant company foundered april 25 off edgar island eighty miles from husung the port of shanghai and fifty five persons passengers and crew all chinese were drowned according to news received by the steamer monteagle which arrived from the orient friday the was in collision with the steamer guanil of the same line and foundered live five minutes after the ships struck the guarill lowered her boats and rescued many of the pas all the Duio being saved the loss of the melton occurred the earne day that the pacific mall liner asia went on the rocks miles south of shanghai |