Logan Republican | 1902-10-28 | Page 3 | Many Coolies Drown

MANY COOLIES DROWN. hot. Their Llvrs In Moje Turner by Cap-fixing Cap-fixing or Host. Information comes from the Orient reporting that on 'the evening of September Sep-tember lAtb, vi bile tho big steamet Shawmut wns lying at anchor in (lis swift CHirentof Mojle harbor a large sampan, filled with t-oojles, men, women and children, was swept across her chain cables and Instantly capsized. cap-sized. Some of the unfortunate men grabbed hold of the chain and were hauled upon deck, but the women and chtldieu were carried under the ship and the coal scow, which was lying alongside, and not seen ugalu. Owlnis to the lamentable indifference to find out how many lives were lost, the nearest calculations arrived at make it fifteen women, two men and several children.