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LONDON, June syth.. The House of Commons will adjourn on the 5th instant until the and July..
A REVIEW OF TROOPS MAIN LONDON.
King Edward refrained from attending the review of troops held in London yesterday, but afterwards drove with Queen Alexandra to Windsor.
The review was spoiled somewhat by rain, but it was nevertheless a great military dis play. Altogether 31,000 troops with tor guns took part in the ceremony,
LATER:
THE KING'S HEALTH. King Edward was benefitted by his long drive to Windsor, and was much better yesterday evening when he entertained a party at dinner at the Castle.
CORONATION FESTIVITIES. The Earl of Onslow entertained a party of Coronation notabilities, including Prince Komatsu, a
at the theatre yesterday evening, and afterwards at supper.
THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, JUNE 19, 1902.
1ộc strong, tó, get it tight. No signals were ¦ §he next day. When he was second engineer' made for assistance.
he used to look after such things himself and. By the PresidentHe was aware of Port did not trust the third engincor.. Regulations provide signals of distress.
The fourth witness called upon was Jomes Continuing witness said the ship was in McDonald, holding a chief engineer's certi about seven fathoms of water. He did not con-
ficate. He was two years and a half in the sider shifting from the buoy and towing intoshal-Pakshan and was 13 months chief He went low water, because a strong tide was running and ashore at 6.30 that evening when every junks and steamers were ahead and astern and thing was satisfactory and returned at 9pm considering the list the ship might have turned On getting close to the steamer he saw some over if they had attempted to tow her. He did thing was wrong, as she had a list to not ask assistance from other steamers, but starboard and was deep in the water. When went ashore as fast as he could to get help he got up the gangway he was told that a from the Dok Company. He gave orders on considerable quantity of water had got into the Saturday, to 6ll the ballast tanks. Cargo the hold. He went to the engine room im work stopped on the even ng in question aus mediately. The donkeyman told him what had o'clock. The mate and second mate were happened. There were three or four feet of working the tarpaulines when he arrived along! water over the port platform, and considerably side. They were properly made fast but could more on the starboard sidethan on the port side. not be got over the right place.
Shortly afterwards he bad to knock off the donkey boiler because it was submered. About 9.45 he told No. fireman and an oiler to throttle the valve "with a pillar, but they could get, no pressure. They dived several times.. The third engineer said he was very sorry that he bad made such an awful mistake by taking off the wrong cover. He asked the second engineer if he gave him the order. He said the tank bad been slow in running up, and he wished to have the tank examined. About 11 o'clock be left in the launch standing by. He had heard nothing about filing up the ballast tanks until the second and third engineer cante on board at xo o'clock. The third engineer was going to be shown around the engine room the next day. When he went ashore he was not aware the second engineer was also going ashore. He would not have allowed the balinst tank injection valve to be taken off. He did not think it was
The next winess was the second officer of the ill-fated steamer, Joseph Short Lewington who informed the Court that he held a masters certificate. On the night in question, he said the chief officer and the master were ashore About half past seven the quartermaster went to him and said there was something wrong, below, so he proceeded to the engine room and found that water was rushing through the starboard bilge. The third told him that engineer was there, and he had taken the wrong over off. They tried in replace it, but could not succeed as the in-rush of water was too strong. At the time there were three other men below, and all tried to replace the cover... When witness saw them struggling, with water up to Lord Kitchener reports that the sur-their waists, endeavouring to force on the cover renders in the Transvaal and Orange River Colony are now completed, with a total of 16,520 men and 16,124 miles. In Cape Colony there are, so far as is known, only
THE SOUTH AFRICA SURRENDERS
150 men still to come in..
ROYAL ASCOT,
Queen Alexandra and other Royalties drove to Ascot to witness the racing in a State procession, the weather being brilliant King Edward remaincu at Windsor Castle, but drove in the Park in a closed carriage during the afternoon.
THE SINKING OF THE “PAKSHAN.”.
MARINE COURT OF ENQUIRY.
of three men.
on, below the water he hurried on deck and searched for a tarpauline to place above the hole from the outside. Having found one he took it over the bow and with the help Succeeded in putting it over the bale. some time after the second engineer told him that nothing more could be done. below as the water was too deep and his men had run away. Witness sent, ashore for the captain and the chief engineer. The latter go: on board about 8.30 when the ship had a nasty list. The captain came off at about nine o'clock and told him to do the best he could while he went ashore for assistance. The water kept about the same, until ten o'clock, when the ship, swinging to slack water, took a greater list and everything went to leeward, and the ship tipping aft caught fire in the engine room. Ho asked those in charge of two steam nunches to low the ship. They refused to do so on account of the list. Most of the crew returned to the ship at 10 30 to take their things away. He went below and closed all water tight ports, and lowered a boat. He did not know how many water light compartment there were, but was told by the third engineer that everything fore and aft the engine room were closed, so he concluded the water would be confined to the engine room compartments. The donkey pump was kept going until it Mr. E. J. Guist, of the firm of Messrs. Wil. stepped of its own accord. The tarpaulines kept kinson and Grisi, appeared on behalf of the water from coming in for a considerable ume master of the Pakshan, Mr. P. W. Goldring, He was not sure whether he reported to the of Messrs, Deacon and Hastings, watched the capinin that the water was checked, proceedings in the interests of the first and the launches had taken hold of the ship, he second engineers of the steamer, and Mr. G. thought she could have been towed G. C. Master, of Messi Johnson, Stokes, and into shallow water. He did not ask if ships Master, attended on behalf of the owners,
lying near had steam up. He was in his The President opened the proceedings by room when the report was made to him, but the reading a letter from the agents, Messrs. Brad-Crew had gone ashore without leave. At least ley and Co,, to the effect that the Pakshan Bank half of them should have been on board.
A Marine Court assembled at the Harbour Master's Office at ten o'clock this morning for the purpose of enquiry into the circumstances attending the sinking of the British steamer Pakshan, in Hongkong Harbour on the night of the 2nd instant.
The Court consisted of the Hon. Cominander R. Murray Rumsey, R.N. (presiding), Lieut, F. W. H. Jamês, R.N. (H.M.S, Tamar), Mr. Edward Lethan (Master, Tartur), William Douglas Welsh (Master, fanfang), and John Gould (Chief Engineer, Tailor).
If
in the harbour, in about eight fathoms of water, John McArthur, the third engineer: said at (1.55 on the night of the and inst. They pointed out that the accident was due to the Thind Engineer removing a wrong valve cover in the engine room.
The evidence of the witnesses was then pro ceeded with, the first to be laken being Capt. Reid, who said that the owners of the vessel were Messrs. J. W. Richardson, and that she was chartered by Mersis Bradley and Co. of Hongkong. She arrived from Saigon on the 28th inst. and was moored to the com pany's buny. There was a cargo aboard at the time of the disaster vir 800 bags of rice, the ship being about half loaded. Most of the rice was in No. 2 and No. 3 holds, and a little in No. 1tween decks and lower hold, There was co7 tons of coal in the bunkers, Witness was ashore at the time of the disaster and was informed by No. I compradore at 8.40 p.m.
that the vessel was making water.. He at once hired a steam launch and went off
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judicious to leave the work to an engineer, who had been only a few hours aboard the ship. He had left no orders with the second engineer, THE Company's Steamship and did not expect unything to be done in his absence. He did not know any special work was going on..
A man holding a second engineers certificate for seven years should have tumbled to the right valve.
The second engineer, D. McKeller, was the next witness, He said he had been in the Pakihaa for six weeks. He recived orders from the chief oficer at about to o'clock. He sold the chief officer, he was busy with the boiler. He started the ballast tank at 12.30. He showed the 3rd engineer the after ballast tank valve. He opened the sea valve in his presence, closed it and made him open it. He went them to the intermediate valve and opened that, closed it again and made him open it, he went asliere 10 the evening about 6.30, and before going got the carpenter to sound the tank, which ought to have been full at that time. By the soundings it was found, that only half dic water that ought to be in the tank was there.
He concluded that some obstruction was in the
valve, and called the third engineer and told him to lift up the cover of the intermediate valve and see if there was wood, waste or other obstruction in it. He told him to be sure to see that the sea valve was closed, and after he had assured himself that (the man thoroughly, un- derstood he went ashore, first telling the third | engineer where he was going. The third engineer came ashore and told him the mis- take he had made at 9 30 p.m, and they went
aboard the ship.
Licut, Janics-Suppose he had opened the right valve and not closed the sea valve would water come in just the same?
Witness:-Yes, but with a lesser force. By the President: It would take about five
that he joined the ship at 11 o'clock that morn-feet of water to cover the valve. ing. He heard what the chief officer had said regarding the ballast tank not being filled. He had not been shown around. nor had he been told anything regarding the valves. The chief engineer went ashore about six o'clock and the second engineer ball an hour later. Witness was left in sole charge notwith- Standing the fact that he had been on board only a few hours. In reply to question, he said that the valve referred to was eight inches in diameter. He was told to go below and tallow the valve, but he opened the wrong one. He did not trace the valve. He was ballast tank. The chief officer had reported. looking for a valve in connection with the
the tank was filling slowly. He said he had not been shown around the engine room, and hé did not realize it was a sea connection. There were about seven nuts holding the valve, and when he took them all off the cover blew up and struck him in the chest. He stuck to the
By Mr. Master: He did not notice any list before the water came in.
Mr. Goldring applied to the Court for an adjournment, but the President explained that so many of those concerned would soon be thousands of miles away, and he refused the request.
The third engineer,, having been given permission to speak, alleged that the second engineer had made a "trumped up" charge He could swear that the to clear himself. man never shewed him the valves.
RESULT,
The Court found that the sinking of the ship. was due to the serious blunder of the third engineer, and blamed the second engineer for leaving the ship in his charge. They con- sidered that the chief engineer could not be wholly exonerated, and that after the first great blunder a series of other mistakes followed in which great lack of resource was
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to the vessel and got on board at 9.15pm cover and tried to put it on again. A China-shown on the part of the officers and engineers, instructions are given to the contrary before
He found over four feet of water in the engine man was with him and assisted. He sent the room, and immediately ordered the ports to be closed fore and aft. The Chief Engineer Chinaman to the second officer and he came then informed him that the 3rd engineer had down. He said he would go and try to put removed the cover off the wrong valve. The tarpaulines over the ship's side. He kept
trying to
put the cover on, and at
second Mate was passing tarpaulines under the eight o'clock he could do no more. bow and witness told him to do the best heHe told the second mate the ship was going could and went ashore and communicated with the Dock Company, at the same time telephon. to the bottom, and asked him to try and beach ing to the marine superintendant, telling him her. He did not think of doing, anything else. the state of affairs and requesting him to send to
He did not know how many compartments there the Dock for divers and pumping engines. He were. He closed the watertight doors lead- then proceeded to the Docks, and afterwards ing fioni the en
engine room and started" alongside of the Tamar, where most of the crew the donkey. He closed the bunker doors as were Ashore. But they were immedially sent for, tight as he could and shut the tunnel door. He At 11,30 p.m. he got back to the ship and found did not know whether the sluices in the bulk. she had a list toʻstarboard.'. He did not go on head were open or closed. "No squirt came board as every one was out of her from the valve. He got no warning; the cover. At 11.55 p.m. the ship sank stern, first and flew off, with a bang. He told the second disappeared from view. When he went ashore officer, that the tunnel door was closed. carlier in the day the chief and Second officers. He did not think of taking off his clothes, or were aboard At 650 p.m. the officer of stuffing pillows down the hole. He had went ashore.The Combi
lation
no one to result, as the chief, and second requiring
were
aware of
on officer and one erglacer engineer were ashore. The second engineer
o be on board. He was not told him to fallow, the ballast tank valve. particular "w going on in
There was nothing to indicate the ballast the engine, room: Usun!
work was finished tank walve:
He was o perfect stranger. at 5 pine did no
wany, reason) The fitting that be removed should not ould have t
except when the ship is in Te did not know of the other as it was about seven o'clock LOOK" 29 10 Was to be asawn around
why wor day,
the ship
was steam up in” uline AwinCA
drydock valves;
The Court did not deal with any certificates.
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