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Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 210, 4 September 1900, Page 2

On the s.s. Zealandia's last voyage to Sydney the passengers witnessed a unique sight in the shape of four enormous water-spouts, which were plainly A'isible from the ship's deck. Miss Webster, a native of Canterbury, New Zealand, who arrived at Brisbane on Friday last with other missionaries from China, left her station at Kiukiang, in the province of Kiangsi, before the trouble arose, proceeding to Killing for the benefit of her health. While there telegrams were received urging the missionaries to leave for the coast. On reaching Shanghai she heard that her mission station and another 30 miles distant had been burned down; but her two lady fellow workers arrived at Shanghai before she reached there. Two other lady missionaries said that before they left the mission station it was surrounded by threatening crowds. In respect to the perseeuttionß of native •'Christians, all' 'the missionaries express the opinion that in the absence of Europeans this part of the ..trouble will gradually quieten down, and that the departure of the missionaries has made it better for the safety of the native Christians.