WEATHER
FORECAST:-
South-west winds, moderate; fine to cloudy.
Your daily need is RICKSHAW
BRAND
CEYLON TEA
Library, Supreme Court
THIRD EDITION
CHINA
OLDEST NEWSPAPER
IN THE FAR EAST. ESTABLISHED 1845.
INSIST ON
Daisy
MAIL Brand
THERES NONE BETTER
APB
No. 30,730
THURSDAY, JULY 18, 1939
Price: 10 Cts..
GRAPHIC OF R.A.F.
AUSTRALIA'S CHOICEST
BUTTER
STORY CRASH
Two Killed Outright, Terribly Mutilated
Plunge To Spanish
Doom In A Few Plane
Seconds
Graphic eye-witness stories of the R.A.F. crash at Stanley this morning, in which both occupants were killed outright, reveal that the disaster ot curred with startling suddenness.
At one moment, the machine, a small flyingboat was skimming gracefully over the waters of Tytam Bay. Five seconds later, Pilot Officer D. H. Bryan-Gower and Sergeant Jack Ogden had been killed, and the machine had plunged to the bottom of the bay.
Disaster
Madrid, To-day.
A Spanish passenger plane fly ing from Seville to Madrid crashed shortly after taking off from Seville on the roof of a chemical factory.
An explosion followed, the fac-
tory being set on fire.
The crew and passengers, whose number is not yet known, perished in the flames, and the factory was still blazing late last night.
Firemen are handicapped by a shortage of water.- Trans-Ocean,
Earlier reports that the mishap occurred during a NOT ACCEPTED
power dive have been proved inaccurate, as have also reports that the airmen struggled to free themselves after the crash.
AS FINAL
Washington, To-day. The utterances by President Roosevelt and the Secretary of State, Mr. Cordell Hull, have creat aed the impression that the White House will not accept as final its defeat at the hands of the Senate committee in the neutrality ques-
Sergeant Ogden, whose body was recovered short- ly after the crash by warders from Stanley Prison, was so terribly injured that he was identifiable only by a piece of paper and handkerchief bearing his name. Pilot Officer Bryan-Gower, who was a well-known cricketer, having played in First Division league matches for the H.K.C.C., was decapi- tated. His body this afternoon was still in the machine, which was a total wreck.
It was the first fatal R.A.F. crash in Hong Kong for some considerable time and extreme reticence was displayed by R.A.F. headquarters concern- ing the crash.
Apparently, however, the flying boat was skim- ming just above the surface of the water, bank- ed for a turn, struck the water with her right wing at high speed, heeled over rapidly on her nose, and plunged..
Pilot Officer Bryan-Gower was at the controls with
Sergeant Ogden acting as his observer. Eye-witness accounts of the crash, and sank beneath the water crash were given to "China Mail" in a second or two. repentative who went to Stanley immediately news of the accident
was reor
the
flying
these eye-witnesses,
and
at about
circled round the bay.
NOTHING APPEARED WRONG
was coming back in the general direction of the Prison when dor over ing a bank a wing hit the water.
The "plane turned: turtle, with a
着
My husband and I had just thed breakfast" and were, on the (which faces Tytam) plane, Mrs. Macta
to rescue
un-
of the ma
flying around and heads for about a quar
our. As T
ied; it! (Continued on Page 88) a
JAPANESE WARNED TO LEAVE MALAYAN WATERS
Tokyo, To-day.
Some 1500 Japanese fishermen following their profession off the coast of British Malaya have been asked by the British authorities to leave Malayan waters, according to a report from Singapore.
Owing to refusal of the British authorities to renew the Japanese fishing licenses, 500 Japanese have
begun looking for shorework while 1,000 will lose their jobs within
this year
It is stated that 30 Japanese fish- ing vessels have to leave Malayan waters by the beginning of 1940.— Trans-Ocean.
tion.
It is stated that President Roose- velt is preparing a new Neutrality Bill and intends to deliver a spe- cial message to Congress in an en- deavour to obtain a decision the question.
од
The President's secretary, Mr. Stephen Early, said that the Presi- dent's final decision had not yet been reached.—Trans-Ucean____
Let this name-plate guide you to the finest in refrigeration.
Sole Fonte: DODWELLI & CO. LTD..