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THE CHINA MAIL, JUNE 17, 1937.
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CANTON LAUNCH EXPLOSION
Sixteen Killed And Ten Injured
ABSENCE OF SAFETY VALVE ALLEGED
Preliminary investigation into the launch dis- aster on the Saiking River, near Canton, on Mon- day, reveals that cause of the boiler explosion, which it is now revealed killed 16 and seriously in- jured 10, was the fact that the boiler was not equip- ped with automatic safety valves.
It is alleged that pressure in the boiler was raised, since the launch was towing six junks, the weight being far too much for her low power, which was increased beyond the safety point.
Seven missing, 10 seriously in- CHINA'S
jured, is the latest report
of the
Canton "Dojima" disaster; which occurred
when the
Monday, on
steam launch "Sun Kwang Wing,"
-.
CAMPAIGN
which was towing six river junks AGAINST
crowded with over 200 pilgrims who were proceeding to Canton from Chung Shan to observe the Festival of the Dragon's Mother, exploded near Canton on the Saikung River. One body, mutilated beyond re-
HEROIN
GENEVA, TO-DAY.
A REMARKABLE IMPROVE- MENT IN THE POSITION RE-
DIN
General Voroshiloff photographed with M. Stalin recently. Lon- don reports suggest that their relations are becoming increasingly strained.
罐
AMAZING FACTORY SQUALL IN
REVELATIONS
Osaka Alarmed At Casualty Figures
An amazing revelation that over 71 men out of every 1,000 in large Osaka factories were either killed or injured during last year has been made as the result of exten-
HARBOUR
Junk Overturns: One Life Lost
cognition, was recovered from the GARDING THE LEGITIMATE sive investigations by the Osaka a junk which was being towed by
wreck of the ill-fated launch yes- terday, and another was found float- ing near the bank, also terribly mutilated. The former is to be that of the vessel's Tam Fo.
master,
Japanese She was Southern
One life is believed to have been lost as the result of a sudden squall this morning about 10 o'clock, when
| MANUFACTURE OF DRUGS, Factory Section.
a launch capsized and threw its DUE TO THE OPERATIONS
One It is stated that exactly 950 men five occupants into the water. believed TIONS OF 1929 AND 1931, IS list at the factory of the Nippon
OF THE GENEVA CONVEN- out of 1,000 were on the casualty has not been found.
The boat, 1512 Y, was being tow RECORDED IN THE REPORT Aen Toko Kaisha (Galvanized Zinc led with a cargo of timber from OF THE OPIUM ADVISORY Sheet Co.). Even at the Nippon Cheung Sha-wan to the LIMBS RECOVERED
| COMMITTEE. During the past few days, many
Seitetsu Kaisha's Osaka Works, a pier by a steam launch. Manufacture of morphine and semi-official steel. concern, the hit by the squall in the human limbs, which were blown off cocaine was little more than in casualty list indicated 59.16 per Fairway with such force that she from their bodies by the explosion, 1921 and diacetyl morphine was cent.
turned over. The crew which con-._ were seen floating on the surface only eighteen of the water. These were, however, means that
per cent., which
The Osaka prefectural authorisisted of a married couple and their there is to-day a ties are of the opinion that the ex-three children were thrown into the collected by the members of
the close
approximation between cessive labour hours, as well as the water and were rescued by the sea- Fong Bin First Aid Station, of world needs and legitimate lack of safety provisions, are re-men of Chukiang, and buried. A search is manufacture.
a Revenue Department sponsible for the sharp increase in launch and a Harbour Office launch. still being made for the rest of the The Report gives details of the the number of casualties.
The youngest, Lai Ah-ho, a seven bodies.
girl results of the Chinese Government's According to the full report, aged two, was not found and, is be- The Canton Marine Department activities in suppressing drug ad- 16,250 men were involved in acci-lieved to have been drowned. have not yet received an official re-diction, including the aim to reduce dents at Osaka factories during port of the accident, but immediate-the number of registered smokers 1936, resulting in the deaths of 64. Following reorganisation at the In- ly after being informed of the dis-by one-fifth annually. aster, despatched engineering -ex- perts from the Second Bureau of The International Settlement at the Department to investigate. Shanghai reported a notable de- According to these experts, who crease in 1936 of the clandestine were headed by Mr. Wong Sun-yuen, manufacture of heroin among the the explosion was probably due to Chinese population increased pressure in the boiler quence of the effective enforcement brought by the strain of towing the of the new Chinese regulations in six river junks, which were far too the Settlement. heavy a load, for the 54-horse- power launch.
It is also believed that the boiler was not constructed with automatic safety valves, which would automa- tically let out any excessive steam.
Celebrating Fourth
On Fifth
The American Community are celebrating the Fourth of July on the Fifth this year, as the Fourth falls on a Sunday. A reception is to be held at the American Club at which the US. Consul-General will receive the guests.
DOMINION DAY DANCE
SHANGHAI SUCCESS
as a conse-
The same situation prevails in the rest of China.
The Committee Report, how- ever, states that it is notorious that smuggling of opium, and · especially of manufactured drugs, by certain foreign nationals, is paralysing the ...efforts of the Chinese: Govern- -
:ment.
.
Nevertheless, the Committee are deeply concerned over the illicit traffic and clandestine manufacture of dangerous drugs in the Far East. Hopel has become the centre of It says that the province of
the
world's most extensive manufacture of illicit heroin. Reuter.
Casualties at places where con-ternational Colliery, Blaengarw, near struction work was going on total- Bridgend, Glam., 2,000 miners will be led 5,380, inclusive of 66 dead. employed.
A survey of factories employing volved in accidents in dyeing works, 142.8 in machine shops, 49.9 in chemical works, 64.3 in foodstuff works, 19.3 in sundry works and 33 (in special factories, each against 1,000. The average was 71.7. against 1,000.
Besides the above two works, the Osaka Aen and the Nippon Seitetsu, the Osaka Steel Sheet Works re- ported 928 injured and the Chitose Iron Works 842 injured, both against 1,000 employed.
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HANDS PUFFED UP WITH RHEUMATISM
Wishes She Had Taken Kruschen Earlier
If only she had taken Kruschen Salts at first, this woman could have saved pounds, and avoided weeks of Alarmed over the above revela-suffering. She writes:- tions, the Osaka prefectural au- "I had rheumatism all over me for thorities have; decided to place all nearly 12 months. In fact, I could these factories with heavy casual-hardly move My hands were puffed ties on the black list, and exercise up and I could not do my own work or stricter supervision of safety pro-
get up the stairs. I tried
almost visions there.
everything I was told. At last I decid- ed to try Kruschen. I have had two bottles, and I am pleased to tell you am now better, thanks to Kruschen shall never be without it, now its value. If I had taken it I should have saved pounds.”—-
caused by too much uric acid in the rheumatic pain and swelling is Body Two of the ingredients of Kraschen, Salts dull the sharp edges of uric acid crystals, then dissolve them away, altogether. Other ingredients of these Salts assist Nature to wash out these dissolved crystals through the natural channels.
Another revelation (through the present inquiry is that there has been a sharp increase in the ber of sick workers of late. merly tuberculosis headed but the principal diseases no [in connection with the stomach,
Jumped From A Train The authorities hold that here A Dominion Day Supper Dance Chan Yau, of No 66 Sa Po street again is reflected the effects of is to be held by the Canadian was admitted to the Kowloon Hos-night work or surplus labour hours: Chinese Club at the Peninsula pital suffering from shock and in- Hotel Roof Garden on Thursday, juries to his head and hands, July 1, from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.
sustained when he alighted from a Brodsworth Main Colliery, Doncaster, Proceeds of the Dance will be train while it was in motion in is to extend its new pithead baths to donated to charity,
'Sheung Shui yesterday.
accommodate 3,500 men at a total cost lof $28,000.