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FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 14, 1978.
INQUIRY.
LOONGSANG"
SUGGESTION OF NEGLIGENCE..
INDO-CHINA OFFICIALS EVIDENCE.
The hearing of evidence in con- nection with the "Loongsung di aster inquiry was finished yesterday
afternoon.
After the Chit Mail had closed its reports,
Mr. R. Sutherland, Manager of The Hulo-China Steamship Co., gave evidence regarding the steps taken after it was known that the| "Lonngang" was in difficulties.
Mr. Brutton replied that he had Ideen ships enting off their cables in ; Hongkong Harbour & ampher of times, and so had Captain Wheeler, He then asked: Knowing these | lenbles to be deficient, as you did. was it a proper thing to put that ship out Bots with the erew on bexird without any meths whatever!
Belping themselves?-Witness: Certainly,"
Having left them og bagud; wouli it not have been a proper and am- sonable thing to have sent ma bard
them removal when i was known that the typhoon was going to strike the Colony-No.
M. Brution: That is for the Court to derida,
He unreaded how he applied to [her || Mr. Davidson resestrnired wit Naval Yard for assistance, low tess on the question of the 'cables launches were sent on what the mad skal hini whether the fat that tury of the dram had fed, and they did not quite conte no to the hy Chinose belies were picked standard required by the Board of
Truck Infors issuing a passag up in surrounding įsignals deding a wel zonde in the following day.
Beener meerssarily not that the witness replied will a decided sendered the ship unsenworthy- Pave
Mr. Hall Brution: How a casualties w. Been Witness: The Second Unicer was drawed, the Second Engineer and his wife were drawind, the Third liver was drowned. The Think Bigia was drow next, ami about nine a ten Chinese werd hawneel these last out of a întal of 31.
Ships that do not have passenget certificates dentinned Mr. David som de nor have their cletins sat eyed? They de nit undergo s
the
Mr. Bavalson: What is des. Mr. Brutton: Would it to have exist, th, as deficient rely hop an ordinary premtutte, Monke
arts that the chains du fil counter shlerng all the Pireuinstances, to ponto ng by the standard demanded picovó thể crow What a woakt Pedro a passenger ertificate i they be a bevad? Me Soth abang promoted which will allow an ship to replied that he amuld, to speak City Besenters in por per from mutical non's point of werd For period of view, but at sosed to fit that the ath That is so. was a good dend this tea eraill da. There was the making fast at thei slip generally, the paying og af. tables, the furling of wings. Be Barning down of teles, the lowering of Imats, atul. as far wer alan twenty other vessel ty the Bay at the setting times, Far should thick 1 en wenkt by e
la sosed's safety.
This concluded the evidence,
vor vstal's MORENSES. Me, Lewis, aldresing the Court on bell of the Captain, said he bed very little to say. It had been aboundpitly slawn that the Captain nd behaved in it throughly cap alle matter, od has done is duly
He ang! The olligns trod ueli Banding the Lawng-amp" nd done all that would be dege to ships, augenerally, copertings, save the ship; the lost anchoragi prissible fred ben chosen in Now. Me. Brofton menimbed Me and all propor prezruktione Sutherland dust if the even were, had a ken
in the Pelant en oll there would bus yer to et let states. the low ring of leads, and all dej Mr. Hut Bootton who appeanah ather penaliza equbd horses Joshi, Jr the china orist (liters Quik. ken before. With regard to fente Marine Engineers Cinisi, the ing her shits, live baredned
and representatives of
CIMA
men would use bever: nai no wear need, wiresser! the Coont ob they could not geve other vessel flat setion of ti Oglinace de
Wilts.
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off with their final.
, which the Court was murvenient deal Captain Whos br, Mrome Suparing with boss of Inte an ard ship. intendent of the best bien Stem The Kal al evidence, ite tid. Navigation Poupany, was the mothee than the "fangsang" was undergoing a lengthy survey in Mr. Pasalset textinningar. It Kowloon 1. date de brul itas hard ste sted that the Long, bn pemoved frorn dark sand tolm NO Should pea have had a new
ter set in rather to make way abuted at the night of the 12th the goalett Paris. It was August, below the typhuong: lu ne proneron of his who was nog supis your opintony, as an Apeut, mould fit whether it was the cat's. The She properts have been a toilet Dekant authorities, theflions slation -ly with a
of the ship at The did subaor that
wat hard 2 Winers replied it was her's dist the dest negligetes that such
kwa wa day.
Would
anted to gus might of the belge det a typhoon was travelling. Canajany's pawgperty, destinat v
to say that the tiers nad efca Wew there by lek oder das pre
i dotion of Hongkong at a celain god and that it rem (traun vī sa the stone course it would↑ star door the Polony on the aining at the bl
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perts, and to take them off when that property seemned to be in mpast need of being looked after wondlinkown, on, try the depression was ridiculous.
peating more Mr. Davidson: When would lose the are essend do the typhoi men be removed to obt La re event of her leaving the anchorage: Was potting sumiller. Yet, mi spite
the suggestion 1 Ima The www would huve drem na varilis
Why should they lay then Wit
in a ry phisin vem can
tell what contingency ma arise.
For instance, it was nevessary
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of this, and with signis even then dying them the Olsrytary, the "Lankogsang." with no and rand To stroom. Was taken out el a p fretty safe dark to anke verte
be
a bear the was going in merek in bind basis that Ind
dealy
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ane period to stock att enlles; that of sea and was quite esurild
is work for gundifed men. Tweaking the storm when it come. alter chains, get my spare a 10, she was put into the bark.
l necessary to have in elvin
and the "Langsing," hipless and
as in a case of bedding adrifty, and dismantled, was net inte Now-
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a bondral of things might tale, bowls Thes and lett in her bake, for
"Mr. Davidson asked witness whead the Long
the sady of saving a day's dark rent. In eit fire, knowing the condition of the
where she was, she would love **Longsang," forum-ideard it al wale course to culpt to send her to a typhoon shelter at Kowloon Bay -Witness replied test this was the
een afhen to-day and at the valuable lives which had been st Would be safe. The aegligence was
the greater when the condition of
safest course that combi by adoptint. 11 l-fated vessel was poneidend,
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Mr. Brutton lagd remarked that liver Bundred men could other other was solely dependent upon | For the above pictures of the earthquake in Japan, the China Mail is indebied to Mr. Wong Tài, ol·
i deficient enlles do "rily our thei
ships off with their hands that was stora, and, in the state of dis perfectly tene, la they could put i out fenders over in side and taken in which she was, was nothing more for less than s, situple other precaution.
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the "Empress of Canada," who arrived there shortly after the disaster happened.
son in charge was a słupkeeper. | she had been delayed. Had she He asked the Court to come to the team at the proper time all would conclusion that if the proper pre- have been well, and this disaster Bul cantions laid begin taken there would would never have recurred.
this had nothing to do with the ive been no loss of life.
PASSENGERS.
ARRIVALS.
Mr. Davidson veended that it ba been suggested if was wrong to send. The second poim where neghi. the "Longsang" to Kowloon Bay genee creurred lay in the fert that, without her having any stean, though it
was known that the Was it usta in Hongkong the typhoon was liable to strike the
MP. Davidson, representing the owners. They could not tell the Per N. Y. H... "Yoshino Mara" on asked to send ships out to typhoon, Colony within a few hours, the crew shelters when they had a stem, were id maken off. They were folders, then dressed the Court. Pack Company that this must put Sept. 13- Mr R. W. Brock, Mes F. H. and during the iplum season that, among other things, they could Wills regard an Mr. Bruton's first the Patrik" in No.3 Dock: they Clark, Miss R. R. Carter, Signo: G. Witness replied that there was not out cables, but the evidene point about the typhoon warning, hul to do as the Dark authorities George, Mr and Mrs. J. H. Geary, Mist other course to take when a ship was showed them that the only cable he reminded tlas Court that every told them, and as the duck was
en-phoon coming within the neigh already lanked by the "Patrin". Oracio, Mr and Mrs. D. W. R. undergoing survey: it was a con. they had tomelted was theit stant practices, and one that entailed merted with the port anchor, and, honelund of Hingkang' and signal- there was only one course of action Green Kisses Howell, Mrs N. M. Harris, this they had lost. It had been led from the Observatory here was for the Duck Company to take, and is P. Jonor, Mie B. Jones, Miss F. M. no great risk.
Murphy Mr and Mrs W. F. Newman, Further questioned, wifhress stat-statel in the andrumations of the at one time or another nunking in they rossk if.
The host typhoon
The hearing was adjourned sine Mrs Palmaer, Mrs R. N.: Rodda, Miss M. ed that at the time there were about rables was merely applicable to this direction.
• fifteen other vessels in Kowloossenger ships, but this was un-was not remarkable, excepting that die, the Chairms. Comandar M. Rapmond, Mias B. W. Baudors, Mr Bay without sewn, and there were true. The regutions were that it struck the Colony. It was rigual Beckwith, inforuning the parties con--nd MT. F. Taylor, Mr G. Hoyle, Mra about ten at that particular moment any diy of 1.700 gross tangled in the mit way, and ships corned that they would be notified. Hoyle. Mr J. C. Marshall, Mrs H. (when he was speaking).
required a cable of..9.16in. The took sheller in the usinal way. But, when the Court came to its deci Marshall, Mr G. Tates, Mrs D. O'Brien, Mat A. O'Brien. Mr A. Anderson, Mrs Mr. Hall Britton; T what way, “Loungsang"" cable was not that. Fif Mr. Brutton's idens were carried sion.
B. Anderson, Miss R. J. Bullinger, Mr do you consider it possible to save and therefore the "Loongsang out it would mean at every time a ship when she has neither steam could not he described as seaworthy. a typhoon signni went up all the
The flags over Taikoo Offrand and Mrs P. Glendinning, Miss F. Glendin r rudder and a typhoon strikes If she was unseaworthy she was not ships which hypened to be with the Colony Witness replied that cuponbla of looking after herself, and, out steam would have to go it Works were flown at half-mastning, Miss M. F. Lawrence, Mr H. Ure, Da Brus. Me and Mr Haylor, Ming M. the rudder did not enter into the if she was not capable of that, she dork. The idea was absurd put yesterday owing to news having Miss L. H. Smith, Mix R Stevens, My Mr. Bruton was been received of the death of Mr. Boll, F. Davies, bir and Mes A. F. question at all, since as she had no was insafe for any crew to be on impossible.
H. T. Heath..at Hankow on Finch, Mr G, Y. Francor, Mira R. G. steam, a rudder would have been hoard. Cajitain Wheeler I told merely being wise after the event,
With regard to the removal of the Wednesday afternoon. For many Frangor, Dr. II. Kensaugi, Prof. Labber. useless. Further pressed, witness them it was never the practice to
years Mr. Heath has been en theen, Lidy D. Muolden, Mrs A. F. Niter, said the ship was powerless under take a crew off a ship when a "Loongsang" from the No. 3 Dock Taikoo Staff, formerly at Quarry G. A. Niver Visco T. Nushio
typhoon was cspronching and the this was not done because the own -
Bay and latterly in the North, and Mr T. Naru o. Me J. Oshore, Mia F.. Odber Baron P. Obava: Mr. J. Okumars, Mr. Brutton: Therefore she can ship was capable of rising steam, ers wished to save day's real the news of his death, after a short framley, Miss L. Walsh, Count not ease the strain on her cables?- but they had the case of the Such a suggestion was ridiculous period in hospital with dysentery, K. Yoshi, He&G Stephens, Mr.P. M. She had no crew on The "Patria" had booked the Dock, will be received with deep regret Copple, Mr 9. Kondo, Mr d. Mogami, Mr Witness: Havo yo ever knownChina,"
S. Vamura that tone?
board and no steam. The only per- sapo time before, but unfortunately by all his friends.
way without steam,
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