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LAMMERT BROS.
ADUZIONÈERS, APPRAISERS
AND SURVEYORS,
Public Auctions-
FINK Understgoed have received Instruo os to sell by Public Auction,
On
FRIDAY, Jane 4, 1820, commencing at 10:30 am. at Mesra Toe Fat's Godown, Kennedy Town,
:. (For account of the concerned] 1063 bags Toakin Rice
(Stored in aboré Godown).
116 bags Tonkin Rice
(Stored in No. 11 Godown, Hongkong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co. Ltd., Keauedy Town).
360 bags Tonkin, Bica
(Stored in No. 12 Godown, Bongbong
& Kowloon
Wharf & Godown Co, Ltd., Kennedy Town)..
50 bags Tonkin Rice
(Stored in No. 10 Godown, Hongkong & Ecwloon Wharf & Godowa Co., Ltd., West Point).
Ta-Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
. Auctioneers.
ca
FRIDAY, June 4, 1990. Commencing at 11 am..
at their Sales Rooms, Daddall Street,
(For Account of the Concerned')
1 White Enamelled Pedestal Laratory
with fittings.
1 Roll Printed Linoleum.
ALSO
A Quantity of Sundries. Terms --Cash on delivery.
LAUMERT BROS,
Auctioneers.
Hongkong, May 31, 1920.
FRIDAY, Jane 4. 1920, commercing at 11 am)
at the Sales Rooms, Daddell Street.
& Quantity of Vainable Household Furniture, Comprising ---
Very finely carved blackwood, tables lady's desk, armchairs, flower stands & stools, silk tapestry covered drawing
apholstered chains, Nikko cared er couch, invalid chair & table, carpele raga, pictures, glassware, din ner crockery, brass fender & fre Chrames, very finely carved Cherrywood dressing table, Japanese water colours, brass flower pots, ornamenta. marble pop washstands, etc, etc.
..Also
1 Cottage Piano by S. Moatrie & Co.
Ltd.
1 Enamelled Bath,
2 Treadle sewing machines,
1 Eber Tyre Eicsha.
On view from Wednesday, the "Zad
Jane, 920.
Catalogue will be issued.
Terme :----Cash on delivery.
LAMMERT BROS.,
-Auctioneers.
Hongkong, May 22, 1920.
By Order of the Mortgagees
MESSRS. LANKEET BROTHERS
have received instructions to sell
by Public Anction
WEDNESDAY,
the 9th day of June, 1920, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, at their
Falesroom in Daddell Street,
Hong trong
THE VALUABLE LEASEHOLD PROPERTY
enitate at Cheung Sha Wan in New Kowloon and registered in the District Land Office as THE REMAINING PORTION OF LOT. 916, THE RE- MAINING PORTION OF LOT 916, LOT 921 and SECTION A OF LOT 022, in Surrey District No. 4.
IN ONE LOT. ·
The property is known as the Kat Garden" and comprises well laid out i flower and vegetable gardens, and a pavilion with residential quarters- ad- joining thereto, all artistically designed || in the Chinese style. Its arez is about: 21,000 sq.ft.S
For further particulars and conditions
apply to
MERS. DEACON LOOKER
DEACON & HARSTON. Des Voeux. Boil Central,
Vendors Bolicitors,
or to
3. LAMMERT BROTHERS,
The Auctioneers,
mgkong, May 22, 1920.
FOR SALE.
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THE CAPSIZING OF THE
CLAN GORDON.
was
buoys, and 68 life jackets. The the witnesses that this list was some- lifeboats were fitted amidships, one! what, less about 4 p.m. but there is on each side of what is termed the same doubt on the matter. About fiddley deck. Three of the rafts were 4.30 pm. the master, intending to The Board of Trade have issued stowed on the pool and three on the take bearings for compass error, the following report of a formal fiddley deck between the lifeboats told the quartermaster to port the investigation held at Glasgow on the Each member of the crew was sup- helm and immediately this 14tb, 15th, and 17th days of January.plied with a life jacket, which was done and the vessel commenced started to heel 1920,
Harvey, kept either in the man's bunk or into swing she before William
port and went over of a handy position thereto. The ship over to advocate, Sheriff Substitute Lanarkshire, assisted by Commarder was efficiently manned by a crew of to about 60 or 70 degrees. The master at once saw the serious position, and Graves, O.B.E., R.N.R., Captan Peter 62 all told." William Tait, and A. Scott Younger. The vessel was dry docked in New ordered the boats to be cleared and into the circumstances attending the York, and certain repairs were carried lowered, but this was found to be capsizing and loss of the British out, including patching of No. 3 impracticable, and the final stages in steamship "Clan Gordon," of Glasgow, ballast tank. This tank appears to the casualty occurred so quickly that No. 111269, in or near Jat. 334eg have been in a somewhat doubtful it was a case of every man for him- Smin N.. long. 74deg. 12min..W.. condition, but, according to the self. The chief oficer stated that be North Atlantic Ocean, on or about evidence it was tested when repairs cut the falls of the boars on the port the 30th day of July, 1919, whereby were completed, and found to be side, which were then awash and Unfor- loss of life ensued. The inquiry was tight. As no material issue depends partly filled with water.. reported in The Journal of Commerce, on the state of this tank the court tunately the healing over had at the time.
attaches no importance to its con- occurred so suddenly that the second engineer, who was on watch in the ed into the circumstances attending. The cargo, consisting of case oil engine-room at the time, had no the above-mentioned shipping and bags of wax, apppears to have opportunity of stopping the engines. casualty, finds that the reasons stated been properly loaded and stowed, Indeed he stated in court that he in the annex hereto, that the cap and when completed the holds were received no orders to do so, and he sizing and consequent sinking of the all quite full In addition to the had to hurriedly get out of the vessel were caused by loss of stability, cargo (4.432 tons) the vessel had on engine-room by walking up the front of one of the main columns. There which was due to a serious error of board 770 tons of bunker coal. judgment on the part of the master, During the loading Nos. 1, 2, 5 fore the vessel continued to have Mr. John Gray McLean, in pumping and 6 water ballast tanks were filled, considerable headway and the boats out the Nos. 1 and 2 ballast tanks, but Nos. 5 and 6 were pamped out quickly drifted clear of the ship.. when to maintain stabdity they before loading was completed This The same canse affected the rafts, should have been allowed to remain left Nos. 1 and 2 fall, giving aand although a number of men were full
weight of 290 tons water, and with able to get on to them, the majority ANNEX TO REPORT.
this total weight of approximately had to take to the water and keep The Clan Gordon," official No. 5,603, tors on board the draught of themselves loat as well as possible 111269, was a steel screw steamship, the vessel was 22ft 11in. The until help arrived. Fortunately the built at Sunderland in 1900 by master allowed that she would risetife jackets were handy, and these Messrs. William Doxford and Sons, 3in. when she got into salt water, Limited, and sh was registered at and the draught of 22ft. 8in. is Glasgow and classed by the British accepted.
The Court having carefully inquir.dition,
appear to have been utilised fully.
The vessel had by this time turned bottom up, and all hands were clear Corporation. The dimensions of the The "Clan Gordon" left New York of her, most of them swimming and vessel are-length 355 feet, beam on the 18th July, 1919, bound for kept afloat, by various means. The 45,65 feet, and depth in hold from Dalny and another port in North weather was fine, with a light N.KE. tonnage deck to ceiling at amidship China, via the Panama Canal, at 5ind and slight sea, and fortunately 247 feet. She was fitted with triple p.m. and discharged her pilot at 6.30 at this time the sa. "Abangarez" hove expansion engines of 2060 indicated pm and the master stated that in sight and bore down to the scene. horse power which gave her an shortly afterwards he tested the ship The survivors were all picked up, bat average speed of 10 knots, Her for stability by putting the helm three men were missing, viz the gross tonnage was 2285.05. The hard over: each way add found that wireless operator and two, Lascars owners of the vessel were the Clan she was quite stables It appears another Lascar, an old man, died soon Line Steamers, Limited, of 109 Hope that he had decided to pump out after being taken on board the rese street, Glasgow, and Mr. Thomas Nos. 1 and 2 fanks before salling, ing steamer. As far as could be. Barr of the same address was but for some reason deferred this ascertained good discipline was main- designated the person to whom the operation until after leaving the port: taised on the "Clan Gordon," but the management of the vessel was He was closely questioned by the casualty occurred with such sudden. entrusted by and on behalf of the court as to his reason for taking this mess that as stated before, it was 2 ballast out of the ship, and he stated quickly a case of every man for him Cowperat
The vessel was built to Doxford's that as he had no doubts, whatever self no evidence was forthcoming as patent turret deck type with a fat as to her stability under the prevail- to the actual manner in whichthe three plate keel; and bilge keels, fitted for ing conditions, he simply wished: men lost their lives and the fourth the length of fat. amidships, The to improve her trim and thereby received such injuries as to cause his propelling machinery was fitted amid probably increase her speed, and death, but probably they could not. skips, and she had a cellular double enable her to better withstand bad swim, or they may have received: bottom fore and aft, which was sub weather the bad weather which injuries when trying to get clear. divided transversely, into 6 separate might be expected in the hurricane The wireless operator was standing watertight compartments, with after season in the Gulf of Mexico: On with the third officer amidships when peak tank, and deep tank forward of July 30, the sea being moderate with the vessel heeled over, and as the boiler room to weight of main deck light NNE wind, the master about port side went under they were, The double bottom under the deep 8 am, ordered these two tanks to be washed aft under the whaleback, ballast tank was a separate water pumped out, and at noon the chief The officer got clear, but the wireless tight compartment None of the officer reported to him that No. 1 operator was not seen again. ballast tanks was sub-divided longi was empty and that Ng 2 had been In viewing the whole of the tudinally The screw spaces and started. During the afternoon it was evidence the court found officers and other accommodation Observed that the vessel took a list L. That the cargo as load was placed above the turret deck of about 5, or 5 degrees, but this for practical purposes The Clan Gordon, at the time -caused no alarm, as this big No. Zand-filled completely of the casualty:; had on board four tank, holding 195 tons, was being in the bolds and tween dec
***** (Continued on: Papí lifeboats,- 6ix rafts, six life emptied. itaras stated by several of
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