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No. 28382. ✰ANO*ffåñ¤ HABA HONG KONG, TUESDAY, JULY 11, 1933.
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HAPPY VALLEY VERANDAH "TRAGEDY
INTERESTING EVIDENCE ON SUPER-
VISION OF BLDG. WORK
HOW THE STEEL BARS SHOULD HAVE BEEN PLACED
Evidence was given by the contractor's foreman and the owner's foreman at the resumed hearing of the Yuk Sau Street Balcony Collapse Enquiry at Central Magis- tracy, yesterday, when the witnesses brought out several interesting points with regard to the manner in, which the. work was supervised, especially in relation to fixing the steel bars.
Mr. W. Schofield sat as Coroner assisted by a jury com prising Messrs. R. A. Rodgers (foremen) Li Koon Chun and A. C.. Little.
WERE WOODEN CHOCKS PUT
BALCONY?
Mr. F. C. Jenkiu, K.Ü., instruct- od by Messrs. Woo and Nash, ap- peared for the contractors who built the house, Mr. M. K. Lo represent ed the owner of the house and Mr.
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of cement concrete. So far as the steel bars in the balconies were concerned, witness said that in some case they were supported by wooden chocks and in other in
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NEW YORK, July, 10. COL Charles Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh hopped off from here yesterday on a flight to Greenland, by easy stages. Their first stop will be Halifax, Nova Scotia.
The object of, the flight is to survey for the Pan-American Air- ways the best route. across the North Atlantic for a passenger and mail seaplane service. They will search for suitable landing grounds and may continue their fight to Iceland and Depmark.
Mrs. Lindbergh is taking her turn at piloting and navigating.
H. J. Armstrong appeared for Mr.stances they were held up by blocks A. J. Lane, the architect.
of wood and broken store. Witness Continuing his cross-examination added that he did not pay any at-Reuter. of Mr. Tong Kwong Hing, a tention to the rods when the pour draughtsman in the employ of Mr. ing of the cement began, Alfred J. Lane, architect, Mr. M. K. Lo asked:
Do you agree with me with, re- gard to the frat of the two theories that were advanced for the collapse of the balcony, that the contractor should have seen if the wooden chocks had ben removed, and if so he should have replaced them be- fore laying the cement-If he had
found out that the chocks were removed, he should have replaced them.
And the fact that they had been removed should have been found, out-It is possible that it was not found 'out.
While the cement was being laid, should a foreman in the contractor's employ have been there?-Yea.
And do you suggest that, the fore- minn should have noticed that the steel bars had dropped?-The fore. nign cannot be at the same place always.
According to the owner's foreman, the cement concreto was put in floor by floor, including the bal. conies. That is so.
I understand from him that the cement mixing trough would be anywhere on the floor-Yes.
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And the cement is poured from the floor to the balcony -The ce ment would then gradually spread |
out.
My whole point is this, that in so small an area it is not necessary for the workmen to step on the steel bars while the cementing is going on.-Sometimes the workmen have to tread on the steel bare while lowering some materials or when they want to step out to call anybody.
I put it to you that no wooden chocks were put on the verandahs, but that only small cement blocks were used as on the floors.-No.
Continuing witness said that on such occasions, the owner's fore- men were present and when they found any rods protruding from the cement concrete, they would ram them down with bamboo poles and then instruct the workmen to pour more concrete over them, also that when they found any of the iron rods in positions which they thought were out of place, they would re- move them and then instruct the workmen to pour in cement,
In reply to a question by the Coroner, witness said he could not remember what the forgnèn did to the balcony rods.
Who were the Mr Schofield: men who accially poured the cement in the balcony -The odd job men but I cannot remember who actual- ly did it.
Witness added that there were some hundred men and women em- ployed in the building and that there were three cement mixing troughs on each floor,
Jenkin asked if the concreting was Cross-examining the witness, Mr.
said it was not so and that it was done from back to front. Witness
done from front to back.
Is the concrets mixed outside and brought up."or is it "done on the floor-It was done on the Hoor.
Owner Interested in the Work,
Mr. Armstrong then began his cross-examination and in reply to him witness said, he first knew the owner by sight when he saw him in the building. He (the owner) went to the building almost every day and he took a ̈ great deal of in- terest in the work.
Mr. Armstrong: Did he give you any instructions as to what to do 1 In answer to a further question,-Yes he spoke to me about many witness said that if a man were to parts that he thought were un step on to any of the bars, even satisfactory.
if only with one foot, that would Did he ever speak to you about be sufficient to cause it to sink. the cement 1-Yes, he would order Mr. Lo told witness that the me to fill be measure properly owner's foreman would tell the with ccment. Court that he (witness) only in- spected the steel bars on top of the garage and not those on any of the floors. Witness denied this say: ing that he examined all the steel burя.
Mr. Lo I put it to you that the balcony, as designed, is sufficient
to carry the balcony, and the 'rail- ings if the steel bars were put on top of the concrete 1-Yes.
Do you agree with me that with every half inch lower you place the bars, it adds to the stress "of the barst-Yes..
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PRESSURE 38 HIGHEST IN THE PACIFIC TO THE EAST OF JAPAN, AND 18 BELATIVELY LOW OVER S.W. CHINA AND TONGKING.
LOCAL FORECAST: — E. AND SIE. WINDS, MODERATE, CLOUDY, SHOWERY,
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Did anybody ever give you any instructions that you were to ram the cement, dowa No.
You told us that when the owner's foremen saw bars coming through they rammed them down with poles 7-Yes.
Did that happen often 1—Yes.t And did they ram the rods down hard-Certainly.
And what was the result of their doing so I don't know,
Cement Layer's-Evidence, *: Did you see them doing this, or did they do this on any of the hal. This concluded Mr. Lo's cross-conies -They did it everywhere. examination and the next witness called was La Chuen who said that ho had four years experience in cement laying. He was amployed by a sub-contractor, Woo Foo, Shing! Lon" a building” in Yuk Sau Street and he had charge of the filling in
What were the mixing troughs supported on 1—On bricks. (A
They were not resting on the bars themselves-No.
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