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Show A dispatch from Hongkong s&ys'. The Peninsular" and Oriental steamer 'Bokhara'"- left Shanghai for this port October 8th. When she did not arrive cn time the steamer "Bombay" and British cruiser "Porpoise" went in s arch of her. They bring intelligence that she was wrecked on Sand island. Formosa and the Chinese mainland, In the line of the fearful typhoons which swept that portion of the world. She carried a large number of bath cabin and steerage Dasseneers.' besides the crew. All on board were drowned ex-cepktwenty-three.' After battling long in the terrible cross sea which broke over her constantly, the hatchets were torn off, the hold filled with water, the fires put out, and she drirted upon the Island and weat to pieces. It was Impossible Im-possible to launch the boats and cf those on board only twenty-tiires were abie to cling to the wreck till the st. rin subsided. sub-sided. The exact number of lives lost is not knewn. The "Bokhara" was a fine steamer of 30C0 tons bnrthen. The cargo was very valuable, consisting, in addition to mails, of a large amount of epics and a heavy consignment of silk. Steamship officials state tnat there were aoout ten European officers on the ship, and the crew consisted of 120 Lascars. The passenger list was quite small, |
