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WOMAN'S DEATH FOLLOWING COLD STORAGE EXPLOSION
Evidence At Inquest At Central Court
Manager Describes Plant
REFUGEE AND MUITSAL
Did Not Know Regulations
Id Wai-ching, of No. 53 Robinson Road Was anationed by Mr. Edwards at the Central Court yes- terday when B.
she appeared on a charge of keeping an unregistered multsal
Three persons were killed and 'one was wounded when the cold storage plant of the Hong Kong Cold Storage Company, No. Jubilee Street, exploded on June 12. Amongst the three who lost their lives was a coolle woman, named Ng Yan, who was engaged in work of deepening a well inside the plant,
The circumstances surrounding her death were probed at the Central Court yesterday when an inquest was held. Mr. Batters sat as Coroner, assisted by a jury comprising Messrs. R. Noblet (Fore- man), Yang Chi-yim and F. J. Rodrigues"
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Defendant admitted the offence. saying that she did not know the regulations, and that she had since registered.
Mr. E. W. Fraser of the S. C. A. agreed with defendant's statement. was a refugee and had come to the Colony for one month.
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FINED $156., Appearing before Mr. Butters at and the Central Court festerday on a was
Dr. P. Wilkinson stated that in had been taken to Macao, where it similar charge, Seto Shi
De-
Mr. C. A. Sutherton Russ held a pany, in the witness box, said
upened watching brief on behalf of the that the shop was Hong Kong Cold Storage Company, June 1. The plant was bought from the Hong while Inspector M.. H. Hourihan four years ago was present on behalf of the police.Kong Amusement Company.
bad remained idle. When his opinion death was due to as-
he ordered to pay a fine of $150. brought the machine back tu phyxia and cardiac failure.
It was sald that the mütsat ceased's body showed signs of ex-Hong Kong for the cold storage, was sold to defendant's father for tensive burns which appeared to he had a new bart, the ammonia $130
Canton currency. have been caused by the splashing condenser, added to it. The new transferred to defendant's cus- Fart was made locally by the of ammonia.
today. Inspector Hourihan, who visit-Tung Tal Engineering shop in Whitfeld, and it was fitted onto ed the scene of the -ex-
the machine by two fitters which plosion, said that the premises were filled with ammonta fumes he employed. and that it was practically possible to see."
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The new condenser had been
tested by the engineering shop
and was
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WORKING AT The multsal's mother a few days ago went to redeem, her daughter
LATE HOURS
LOOK: but was asked to pay $150. She Summoned to appear at the OUT went back to the country and was Kowloon Court, to answer charges
FOR only able to raise $100. Defendant brought against them by Mr. D. W. refused to let the mother take back Phillips. of the Sanitary Depart- Law Wah, contractor," stated and under the supervision of Mr. the girl, following which the ment. two managers of factories in
Seto Ting. a qualified engineer. mother made a report to the S. Kowloon that had
carried who had been giving advice.. re-
operations at late hours were fined. gording the operation and instal
The manager of the Tung Wing lation of the plant.
Underwear Company was fined $75. having permitted 23. women to work as late as 10.30 pm. on July One coolte, Law Lam, said that yield water to cool the condenser Registry Supreme Court. yester-Knitting Company, who had not The marrlage took place at the 7. The manager of the Hung Wah the explosion occurred about 8.30 he engaged labour to deepen the day. of Mr. Ma 'Way-sang. mer. heeded warnings from the Sanitary well. He heard the notse when chant, and Miss Leong Yuet-ngo.
that he engaged the cooles for work of deepening the well in the cold storage plant. Five were engaged in digging in the well while two were. employed convey- lag earth away. The well near the cold storage plant.
Was
in the morbing. He almost faint
ed and had to crawl out of the enclosure.
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NOT DEEP ENOUGH Witness said that he found that the well was not deep enough to
when the
exp.usion occurred. During the work' of the well, he had given strict Instructions to
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REGISTRY
Department to discontinue work
Mr. W. Aneurin Jones omelated at late hours for his female em- and the witnesses were Messrs. Ployees, will have to pay $80. Leung Kam-lun, manager of the the workmen not to meddle with Leong Yul and Choy Hon-fun Hong Kong Cold Storage Com-any part of the plant
OPIUM FOUND
AT RAILWAY
STATION
THREE CHINESE
FINED
ANNOUNCEMENT
In reply to Mr. Russ, witness The forthcoming marriage is Sir William Ray, of Downage. said that he had bald 2260 for announced of Mr. Constantine Hendon, N.W., late Chairman of labour alone for the condenser. It Goldin, cinema' theatre manager, the British Electrical Develop- had been tested by the Tung Tal and Miss Nina Danielovna Arment Association, formerly MP. for engineering shop, under the super-chipóff, residing at No. 4 Ellwood Richmond left £1468 trip. 10) vision of Mr. Seto Ting, and had Road, first floor, Kowloon. been pronounced satisfactory.
Regarding the storage of am- monia. witness said he had a sufficient quantity to work the plant with a little excess.
attend to the machine and was instructed to keen, the pressure at 220 pounds. The five coolles were working about five feet from him when the explosion occurred.
WEATHER REPORT
HONG KONG ROYA
OBSERVATORY
10 am, August 3. Barometer (at sea level), 29.70 ins. Temperature, 83 F. Humidity, 80 per cent. Wind direction, S.S.W. wind force (Beaufort), 4.
He died Intestate.
HONG KONG TIDE TABLE
From to 30 August 1938 HIGH WATER. LOW WATER
Hong
Week.
Date South.
Yuen Shul, a fitter employed tu operate the plant sald be had No less than 80.5 taels of uplum four years' experience in the work- was found on three "travellers" ating of a cold storage plant. On the the Kowloon Canton Railway Sta-day in question he was detalled to tion when Revenue Officer E. T Warden led a search party there to meet the night train on July 31. Wong Ming-tak had 40 taels of opium, which he carried in a false bottomed basket. The Magistrate.
Mr. W. Ellett, Inspector of Fac. Tempe ature: maximum yesterday. Mr. Barnett, at the Kowloon Court tories and Workshops, said he had 87 F yesterday imposed a fine of $810 been advised by the Crown Coun-Temperature; minimum last night. Sat. on Wong and did not heed his plea sel that a cold storage did not that it was being taken to Shang-come within the Factory and Rainfall for 24 hours ending 10th Sun hal, where oplum was So much more expensive.
Ordinance Workshop
of
1937. They required no registration nor Fung Lau-ping, who had carried
were they subject to examination. 5.5 taels of opium in his basket.
Mr.
M. Smith. Deputy W. was fined $110, in default three months with hard labour. Chung Superintendent of the Fire Bri Ying, a woman, was fined $420, in gade, sald a licence was necessarY default six months with hard la- for the storage, of compressed am. bour. Her basket had 35 tacis of monia in cylinders. but not when
it was being used in a plant. opium in it.
The hearing was adjourned till Monday, August 22
Chan Hung and Fung Cho, whose oplum and heroin divans at Re clamation Street had been raided by R. O. Warderi on July 26, were sentenced by Mr. Barnett to 18 months and 13 months with hard labour, respectively.
FINED ON OPIUM OFFENCES
Charged with the possession of a quantity of prepared opium on board the 8. 8, Kwong Tung an unemployed named Chan Shap, 38, was aned $60 by Mr. Edwards at the Central Court yesterday.
For a similar offence, Lau Chun, 37, was given one months' impri sonment with the alternative of a fine of $59. Lau was arrested at the Tung On Wharf.
"Appearing on charges of poskes- sion. of prepared oplam and keep ing an oplum divan at No. 29, Jorvols Street; Cheung Yat, 32, unemployed, was fined a total sun of $240 or two months and six weeks' imprisonment.
LOCAL RAINFALL
The following rainfall readings taken at the Botanic Gardens in July are issued by. the Superin- tendent of the Botanical and Forestry Department:-
3.7.38, 1.48 inches: 4.7.38, 273: 5.7.38, 110: 7.7:38. 28: 8.738, 11: 9.7.38 82: 20.2.38, 87 26.7.38, 27.7.38, 1.44; 287.38, 76, 29.7.38, 04; 30.7.38, 41. Total: 11.38.
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