Logan Republican | 1902-10-24 | Page 2 | Many Coolies Drown

MANY COOLIES DROWN. I.oie Their l.lri In Mojo llHrhor hy Cup-IiIiib Cup-IiIiib r Hast. Information comes from tho Orient reporting that on the evening of September Sep-tember 15th, while the big steamer Shawmut was lying at anchor In the swift current of Mojle harbor a large sampan, filled with coolies, men, women and children, was swept across her chain cables and instantly capsized, cap-sized, Somo of tho unfortunate men grabbed hold of the chain and wero hauled upou deck, but tho women and children were carried under the ship and the coal scow, which was lying alongside, and not tteen again. Owing to the lamentable indifference to find out how many lives were lost, tho nearest calculations arrived at make it fifteen women, two men and several children.