Kong-phoà Toā-chûn
1912.06 P.3

Khah oá Pak-ke̍k hia ū lo̍h-seh ná-chún tī khah lâm-pêng ū lo̍h-hō͘ ê khoán. Lūn hit ê seh ū só͘-chāi sī chin chhim; téng-bīn ê seh ū teh ē-té--ê, tì-kàu tēng khok-khok, chiâⁿ-chò peng. Hit hō peng ū chiām-chiām lâu-lo̍h kē ná-chhin-chhiūⁿ chò chi̍t tiâu peng ê hô. Hit hō peng-hô ū bān-bān chìn-chêng kàu hái-ni̍h. Í-keng kàu hái-kháu peng chiū chǹg-ji̍p chuí-ni̍h, chhun khah tn̂g chiū toā tè peng chi̍h-tn̄g khì phú tī hái-ni̍h. Só͘ chi̍h-tn̄g ê peng, lâng kiò chò peng-soaⁿ; ū-sî chám-jiân toā tè, lī hái-bīn kuí cha̍p tn̄g koân, iā tī hái-lāi kuí-nā pah-tn̄g chhim. Lūn hiah ê peng-soaⁿ hō͘ chuí lâu, iā hō͘ hong phah kàu khah lâm-pêng, tú-tio̍h khah sio-lō ê só͘-chāi chiū ûn-ûn-á iûⁿ-khì.
Boē iûⁿ ê tāi-seng, hiah ê peng-soaⁿ sī chò hái-bīn chûn-chiah ê toā guî-hiám. Sái-chûn--ê mê-hng-sî khoàⁿ bē tio̍h, ū-sî chûn kha̍p-tio̍h peng-soaⁿ ná-chún lê-tio̍h chio̍h-thâu, soà tîm-lo̍h-khì kàu hái-té.
Chāi se-le̍k 4 goe̍h 14 mê, tī Toā-sai-iûⁿ oá Bí-kok hit-tah, ū thiⁿ-ē bān-kok tē-it toā chiah chûn kha̍p-tio̍h hit hō peng-soaⁿ. Hit chiah sī Eng-kok chûn hō-kiò "Titanic" ; sì-bān gō͘-chheng tun toā. Tuì Ke-lâng sái kàu Sîn-hō͘ hiah ê chûn sī kan-ta la̍k-chheng-goā tun, án-ni hit ê "Titanic" pí in sī chha-put-to chhit poē khah toā. Hit-tia̍p tāi-khài ū 2200 lâng tī chûn-lāi, chûn khiok bô liâm-piⁿ tîm-lo̍h-khì, iû-goân phû chuí-bīn chha-put-to 4 tiám-cheng-kú. In suî-sî kòng bô-soàⁿ-tiān kiò pa̍t chiah chûn lâi kiù. Lēng-goā kuí-nā chiah chih-tio̍h in ê tiān-pò, chiū koáⁿ-kín sái khì in hia, khó-sioh hù bē-tio̍h; kàu uī chiū kan-ta khoàⁿ kuí-nā chiah kiù miā chûn, kiù oá 800 lâng, kî-û 1400 lâng sí-khì. Toā chûn í-keng tîm-lo̍h-khì.
Tī chûn-ni̍h ū kim-tiâu ta̍t $1,0000,0000. Chûn ê kè-chîⁿ sī chha-put-to $1500,0000. Hit chiah chûn sī sin-sin-ê, hit-tia̍p sǹg sī in thâu-choā koè hái. Chûn-chiah chiân lóng m̄-bat tú-tio̍h hiah-ni̍h toā ê chai-hō. Ū chi̍t hāng si̍t-chāi hō͘ lán thang kám-siā Siōng-tè, chiū-sī in tāi-ke sui-jiân tú-tio̍h hiah-ni̍h guî-hiám ê sū, iáu-kú ū chiàu tō-lí lâi kiâⁿ. Chiū-sī tī Se-kok Ki-tok ê tō-lí kú-kú liû-thong, só͘-í tī chûn-ni̍h hiah ê lâng m̄-sī kan-ta tì-ì ka-tī ài tit-tio̍h kiù, hoán-tńg kam-goān saⁿ-niū, hō͘ hū-jîn-lâng kap gín-á seng lo̍h chûn-á tit-tio̍h kiù, āu-lâi nā ū uī chiū cha-po͘-ê chiah ji̍p chûn. án-ni tit-tio̍h kiù ê lâng khah chē sī hū-jîn-lâng kap gín-á. Che si̍t-chāi sī hián-bêng hiah ê lâng chi̍t-tāi koè chi̍t-tāi ū tit-tio̍h Ki-tok ê kà-sī, iā m̄-sī kui tī khang-khang.