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Wednesday 23 October 2019

Chinese troop transport wrecked according to the Dutch newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 30 September 1887

An item reported that a Chinese transport was lost at the Pescadores or Penghu Islands. Her captain, almost de entire crew and 300 soldiers were drowned. The newspaper Goessche Courant dated 1 October referred to the newspaper Standard which received tidings from Shanghai a Chinese transport was stranded on one of the Pescadores during which the officers and more as 300 soldiers lost their lives.