 | 1895 - 1322 pages
...by gun-fire. He says that, while he was swimming, "Bullets began to strike the water on every side, and turning to see whence they came, I saw that the Chinese herding round the only part of the Kow Shing that was then out of water were firing at us. ... I swam," he continues, "straight for the... | |
 | Trumbull White - 1895 - 692 pages
...swimming through the swarm of dead and dying Chinamen. Bullets began to strike the water on every side, and turning to see whence they came, I saw that the Chinese herding around the only part of the Kow-shing that was then out of water, were firing at us. I was slightly... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne - 1896 - 802 pages
...Bullets began to strike the water on all sides of us,' says Mr. Tamplin, the Kowshiny's first officer, < and, turning to see whence they came, I saw that the...Kowshing that was then out of water, were firing at us.' " The scene that followed the sinking of the Kowshing was a terrible one, and, according to evidence... | |
 | Francis Fisher Browne, Waldo Ralph Browne, Scofield Thayer - 1896 - 388 pages
...Bullets began to strike the water on all sides of us,' says Mr. Tamplin, the Kowshing's first officer, < and, turning to see whence they came, I saw that the Chinese, herding round the only part of the Kowihing that was then out of water, were firing at us.' " The scene that followed the sinking of the... | |
 | Herbert Wrigley Wilson - 1896 - 484 pages
...first officer, who had jumped overboard after the explosion, “and, turning to see z z C z C I. 4 whence they came, I saw that the Chinese, herding round: the only part of the Kows/ling that was then out of water, were firing at us. I swam straight to the Nan/wa. I had been... | |
 | James Martin Miller - 1900 - 516 pages
...swimming through the swarm of dead and dying Chinamen. Bullets began to strike the water on every side, and turning to see whence they came, I saw that the Chinese herding around the only part of the Kow-shing that was then out of water, were firing at us. I was slightly... | |
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Bullets began to strike the water on all sides of us," says Mr. Tamplin, the Kowshing's first officer, who had jumped overboard after the explosion, "and, turning to see whence they came, I saw that the Chinese, herding round the only part of the Kowshing... 