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·SEQUEL TO BUS ACCIDENT. ENQUIRY INTO DEATH OF BESSIE MCKAY.
PIG DRAGS MAN TO DEATH.
ENQUIRY AT KOWLOON.
That a pig which was being led pulled the man into the middle of the road, sad thus the car struck him, was the story of Triffic Sergeant Hallam, the driver of the car, at 'an enquiry conducted at Kow- loon yesterday into the circumstances at
THE MEDICAL· EVIDENCE. The enquiry into the circumstances surrounding, the death of 13 year old Besaic McKay, who died as a result of injuries sustained in a bus accident at the man's death. Kowloon, was opened by WE W Hamilton at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon.
The Jury cothprised: Messrs. D. d. Goodwin (foreman), R. II. Short and Bo
Leung-
Mr. E. W. Hamilton sat as Coroner, and the Jury comprised Keases. D: A Goodwin (fordman), R. H. Short and Ho Loung.
Evidence was given by Dr. Smalley, medical officer in charge of Kowloon mortuary, to the effect that he conducted The Coroner said that they were alla post-mortem examination on the de
on October 25th. He found epgnisant of the accident. It occurred ceased
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in the evening, and the girl's death took abrasions on the buttocks, on place at an early hour the next night. arm and on both legs. The spleen was
ruptured, there was
and
abdominal It would be the duty of the Jury' to con-haemorrhage. There was a fracture of sider whether blame attached. to anyone, the base, and there was cerebral haemor- the left sideal the skull, extending across
and, if so, to assess the amount of blame, rhage, The cause of death was shock resulting from the fracture of the skull He thought also it would not he outside and the ruptured spleen. The man was the scope of the enquiry to try and of very pour physique and had a thin sküll. Judging from the body the man lucidate one or two points which had had been knocked down and, dragged.
The deceased's wife garo evidence, and. hegn matters of disenssion subsequently.said her husband was leading a pig along Dr. W. L Patterson, medical officer in the road at the time of the accident
The pig gol frightened as the moter-car- charge of the Government Civil Hospital, approached and ran into the widdle ofre of activity yesterday afternoon terday.
THE CHRISTMAS MAIL.
SCENE OF ACTIVITY AT POST
OFFICE YESTERDAY.
WELL-KNOWN RESIDENTS...
PASSENGERS ON THE "MOREA."?"--
May well-known local residents. re-
The General Post Office presented a turned by the 12 & 0. sa Moret yes-
Among the, passengers were:--Mr €1.
the road. Her husband used a stick amid the staff, dealing with the entering, tried to drive back the pig, and the car checking and sorting of the Xmas mail E. H. Beavis (solicitor, with Messrs. came up behind and knocked him down He was dragged about five yards..
for Home, which closes to-day at 5 p.m. Wilkinson and Grist), and. Mrs. Beavis; and will be despatched to-morrow by theirs. Balmain, wife of Dr. H. Balean. were overwhelmed by the Mr.A. H. Barlow, wife of the Chief' Jantuny colosal task which faced them.
Manager of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation; Mears. H..,T Last year, 3,030 Christmas parcels, were
who it the time of the accident was in charge of the Victoria Hospital, said that on October 23rd, about 0.13 p.m. or there. abouts he admitted Benie McKay, who Sergeant Hallum said that, at the time was suffering from multiple injuries. Her of the accident, be was driving Divisional Inspector Aris in the car. His speed was general condition was very bad. Ho about 12 to 15 miles an hour. He noticed diagnosed fracture of the left collar bone. the man leading the pig and sounded his horn. Suddenly the animal dragged the
the chest,mediately applied the brakes, but the car lacerated thigh and signs of internal a truck, the man and knocked him down. The man was not dragged along at all dominal injuries. She died at 12.45 am. The man was still alive, and he bei him on the 24th. The same day he performed sent to Hospital a post-mortem examination, and found La fracture of the left collar bone, irauture
abrasions on both sides of
J. Tully; of the A.P.C., all of whom were •
tracture of ribs on both sides of the chest. Tinan into the middle of the road. Fle in dispatched to the United Kingdom from /Banji,, H. D. Brown, L. A. Cassart and
Hongkong, and this year it appears that accompanied by their wives, this figure will be exceeded. At 4 p.m. yesterday no less than 1,450 parels had Royal Observatory, Kowloon, and Mrs. been received and entered for dispatch Claxton: Mrs R. C. Comrie, wife of Mr. by the Maut, and there were stacks of
of five ribs on the left side and two on the right side. There was also rupture of the liver and fracture of the pelvis. Both lungs were lacerated. Death, in his opinion, was due to haemorrhage follow- ing the multiple injuries:
The Jury returned a verdict of death due to misadventures
TRAFFIC MISHAPS.
FIRE-ENGINE CRASHES INTO
"MAIL. VAN.
Police
Mr. T. F. Claxton, Director of the
parcels still waiting to be dealt with and R. C. Comrie, accountant in Hongkong: others constantly pouring in when the of the Standard Oil Company, of New," Daily ran representatives left the building...
Mr. H. B. L. Dowbiggin, bullien
York; Mrs. H. Chater, wife of Surgeon. Today, as the closing hour approaches Captain H. J. Chater, R.N. Hospital, there will be a tremendous last minute rush, so to speak, and the pareris" staff expect to be kept busy dealing with the indux until mid-night. The parcels broker with Stewart Brothers; Mrs. C... ceived ap to last evening were as under: Montaze Ede; Capt. and Mrs. P. Jowitta. 910 for London to be forwarded to other Mrs. A. O làng; Mr. B. $.-Baker; Mr.. parts of England; 252 for London only;} 150 insured parcels; 60 O.T.4.; and '68 T."B. Birk, Mr. A. T. Braley; Mr."A. (H. in transit.
Berrinan..
Mrs. A. S. Mackichan, wife of Mr.. Mackichan, with Leigh and Orange; Mrs.
reports yesterday contained Mr. Hamilton: If immediately after the details of several accidents which had accident the deceased had heen put occurred during the last few days. A fire-engine coming from Fedder Street straight into Hospital on the Kowloon
crashed into mail van standing near the side, would there have been hope of ber Post Office in Connaught Raal on Wednesday. The mail van was sent spin- | recovery 1-Xo, none whatever.
Owing to shortage of hands, lack of It knocked Are you aware that no one else was ning for about thirty feet.
space and the consequent congestion down a lamp-post and was brought to a caused by inward mails, it was impos hurt yery badly in the accident Yes.
Can you suggest any explanation why standstill by a collision with a pillar ible to sort the parcels arriving by the the girl only should be so seriously in opposite the entraner to the P. & French mail on Wednesday and by the A. Maitland; Mr. H. A. Nishet, registrar. jured --From the marks on her body I
President Cleerland and Moren yester Supreme Court, and Mra Nisbet; Mr. should imagine that the bus rolled over
day. on her.
Was she conscious when brought to the hospital. Yes, quite conscious.
Was she accompanied by her mother
Yes.
Do you wish to make any statement on the matter? You know what has been Baid -Yes..
In answer to another question witness said that the girl's mother never asked whether she might stay with the child, Mrs. McKay could have remained had she wanted to; there was nothing to prevent
her.
1
Building. A Chinese pedestrian was very seriously injured: The mail van, however, was only slightly damaged. The fire- engine was put out of action. station officer," the Chinese föreman, 24 fitter and a fireman were also injured, hut done of them seriously,
TRAMS, ÁSD KICKSMĄ, A
The sub-
On Wednesday a. Chinese was taken to the Government hospital suffering from internal injuries, caused by being knocked down by a tram on the Praya East, near Bowrington Canal.
the same day that while he was on the A private ricksha paller reported on
The Christmas letter mail for England closes on November 24th.
and Mrs S. S. Perry; The Hon. Lady Reid; Misses Reid (2); Mrs. F. A. te
and, wife of Professor Redmond, of the Hongkong University and Mr. H. Haples
Smith.
Dr. and Mrs. T. FL. Coole; Mr. and Mex "Crofton; Mr. G. H. Dibble.
Yesterday the as Moren brought Home mail e Suez, dated London, October, 15th. A total of $12 bags of letters and papers were landed, including 309 bag from the United Kingdom. In addition there were 150 bags of parcels from Home
The
Among the passengers proceeding to dated London, October 8th. mainder of the mail was from the Co Shanghai to-day by the urea are Hon. Mrs. Abel-Smith and Miss Smith; Mx. tinent and Straits.
Norman C. Macgregor, director..of Cnl accompanied by his wife and Bishop and beck, Macgregor & Co., London, who is
re-
werd
No letters from the U.S.A. yesterday, the 17 bags landed comprim brought in by the as President Cleveland
letters from Honolulu, Japan and
The Foreman asked what period of time Prays. East a tram-car ran into his rick- ing parcels from San Francisco, and Mrs. H. J. Molong, Ningpo. elapsed between the time of the accident and the time when the girl was admitted throwing lady and child, who were Shanghai.
into the Hospital Witness said he be lieved that she was admitted 3 hours after the accident had occurred.
Mr. Hamilton said that there appeared to have been a very unfortunate delay He expected they would hear more about that Inter
Dr. C. Wong said that he received
sha from behind and knocked it over, riding in it to the ground.
LORRY AND MOTOR-CYCLE,
11
by the Dairy Farma Co., Ltd., reported The Chinese driver of a lorry, owned that carly on the morning of the 10th inst. whilst driving in Queen's Road East, he collided with a European motor-cyclist. The cyclist was knocked over, but picked
a message at 6.30 to go to No. 10. Gordon aimself up and rode away, apparently Road, the home of Bessie McKay's paranhurt. ents. The girl was lying in bed in a
TANGLED IN MACHINERY.
DEATH OF ME. T. S. FORREST.
FORMER HONGKONG GOLF CHAMPION.
THE KASHMIR.”
Following close upon the Mures will be the P 0.8. Ashur, which, left London the day after the bred. Sha was put on the trip purely for the pur- pose of relieving, the great, congestion caused by the large number of people returning to the Far East. She is bring- ing many passengers who failed to ob- tain accommodation on the Morca, and is due on Sunday morning.
cable yesterday of the death of Mr. News was received in the Colony by T. S. Forrest,, who was for over twenty King: Mr. B. A. Halc, of the angkang
Among the passengers are Mm. T. H years associated with Messrs, Jardine Daily Pre returning from Home leave, condition of shock. They told him she On the morning of the 9th inst. Chi Matheson was the victim of an accident, and that!
& Company. During his something was bleeding in her thigh. Hease girl employed in the Tai Kuen Knit period of service in the Far East from and Mrs. Hale; Mr. E. B. C. Harnell lound the left side of the chest bruised. ing. Factory, 278, Portland Street, Yau-1807 until his retirement in, 1910 he was secretary of the China Sagar Refining He told the mother that the child should mati, had a narrow escape from a horrible stationed in many of the Company's Company and Mr. and Mrs. A. Morris be sent to Hospital. Ha realised the case
Her hair became entangled in the offices, but chiefy in Shanghai, Yoko- was a very serious one, and did not make machinery, but,. fortunately, hearing her home and Hongkong. For some yeara screama. someone had the presence of he was in the "private" office in Hong- full examination. 31r. Vernon Geldhour said that at 6.5ind to stop the engine instantly. The kong "Jock Forrest, by which name he on the day in question he rode past the girl suffered some injuries to her scalp, was more generally knosa possessed a scene of the accident on his motor. He and was removed to the Government Civil particularly likeable personality raw, the overturned hus and stopped, and Hospital but her condition is not con-made many friends in this Colony who he saw two men place a girl on the grass sidered to be serious.
He looked round for a car, but there was none in sight, and he went to Mongkok- tani Police Station and reported the fair. When be returned to the scene the girl had just been taken away in a
car.
death.
and
THEFT OF SILK.
CHINESE SENT TO GAOL, FOR FOUR MONTHS.
will deeply regret, to hear of his pass
Whan the s... •Linng Chow (China ing. He was a comparatively young man and revisited the Far East in the winter Navigation Company, Limited) arrived of 120-21 on a pleasure trip. No de here, from Shanghai on October 24th, it tails of his last illness have been receivas, discovered that a case of silk, which ed. He was playing in a golfing com- had been stored 'tween decks had been, petition in Scotland in the autuma and breached and fifty rola valued at $1,000 it is surmised that he died at his bort has been stolen. At the time ve report in Scotland. He was unmarried.
of the thele was made to the police, but,
ARMED ROBBERIES. The police received two reports of armed robberies yesterday, one in the Mr. John Manners gave evidenco to the New Territories and the other at Lan Tas effect that he was passing in his car, and Island took the girl to her home. He suggested. The former took place near Hung Lin
In his earlier years Mr. Forrest was 04 1 subsequent return of the steamer to the mother that the girl should be village, in the Sheung Shan District, and a polo player but it will be as a golfer fram. Shanghai the police were informed
As a result, the culprit, who had been- taken to Hospital hat Mr. McKay asked a cook, named Wan Chuen, living is the that he will be remembered in the world Tsun Yick contractor's matshed, with four fuki were the victims.
him to take her home.
The Coroner adjoamed the enquiry until this afternoon.
WEATHER REPORT.
of sport. He was one of the originators of passenger on the Liang Chow sức tăn the Fanling course and helped to lay it time in question, was arrested by the At 9.10 p.m. on Wednesday the cook out. He and Sir Henry May, a former police last Saturday when he paid a vizit was lying in his bed on the ground floor; Governor, were responsible for the erec. to the vessel. while the four fokia, who were ill, were tion of the half-way house." Mr. The thief proved to be a well educated upstairs, Four or five men entered the Forrest is credited with having around Chinese youth who is a member of a matshed, each of whom was armed with Sir Henry May's interest in the Royal Chinese family in Trinidad, West Indies. The following weather report was revolver. They pointed their weapons and Ancient Game and with having He had been sent by his father to Shang- issued by the Hongkong Observatory at at the cook and told him not to make a taught him to play, and as a memento hai to study Chinese had, it is alleged, noise, threatening to kill him if be stirred. of the many happy hours they had was given a good allowance. This ha 4.45 pm, yesterday: Pressure has in They bound his hands behind, his hack spent on the links they decided between dissipated within one week of arriving in creased moderately over N.E. Japan and and then treated the fukis in a similar them to defray the cost of building the the Northem port, eventually travelling slightly over Central Japan And-East
steerage on the Linng Chow in Hong manner. The gang then thoroughly ran- China. It has decreased slightly over sacked the premises and eventually de-
When the Golf Club was reconstituted kong 8. W. Japan, the Loochoo Islands, camped in the direction of Ping Yeung in 1011, Mr. Forrest was one of the Some of the silk was pawned focally.
"At the Central Magistracy, yesterday, Formosa, South China, and the Philip village with a haul of personal property seven signatories to the new Articles of pines. An area of low pressure extends amounting to $213.
Association. He won the local Golf the culprit was sentenced by Mr. R. A... D. Championship on many occasions, and Forrest to four months her Inhotr
Biost of the silk, it was stated in court, represented Hougkong in several Inter-
from N. Formosa to 8W. Japan. There At Shek Pik village, Lan Tao Island, are indications of an anticyclone form farmer was awakened at ten d'elnek ing over Central China. Moderate to on Tuesday night by the entrance of three fresh NE. wiods may be expected in men, one armed with a revolver and the the Formos Channel, along the 8. others with dangers. The robbers hound and estate of China, and over the him and his wife and made off with pro Northern China Bea
berty valued at $19.
**rest house.
port matches whilst, one year, when at had been recovered. Home on leave, he reached the semi-To-day the magistrate will consider final in the St. Andrew's Club Cham whether the silk shall be handed back to pionship. He was certainly one of the the owners without payment to the pawit
broker. best players ever seen in Hongkong
£.
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