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THE PO HING: FONG ENQUIRY.
P.W.D. OFFICIAL GIVES EVIDENCE,
Counsel's Protest.
"The Po Hing Fong enquiry was continued yesterday before Mr. S. R. McElderry as coroner and
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the following jury, Capt T: Arthur YANGTSZE CONDITIONS. (foreman) Mr. J. O. Sheppard and Mr. Ho Kam-tong, at the Central Magistracy.'.'
Mr. F. C. Jenkin also appeared, representing relatives of victims
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Charged by the Kowloon Tong and Now Territory Development Company, before Mr. E. V. Hamil ton at the Kowloon Magistracy yes terday, Mohamed Din, a lorry driver formerly employed by the Company, was ordered to forfeit half a month's wages in lieu of F POWER ROPE notice and further aned $20, for leaving his employment without notice.
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Mr. Edward Newhouse, "en- gineer, P. W. D., said he had been in charge of drainage matters for the five years and he had been in Hongkong. Afteen years. He pro- duced plans showing the drainage system in the neighbourhood of number 8 Police Station. He said lateral channel in Hospital Road he was not aware until recently which would carry an accumula-services and returned in the after- noon, when he informed witness that water ever flowed across tion of water down to the Dising that owing to the strike his own. Calne Road when there was afecting" station. He considered
private Chinese chaffeur hud left heavy fall. Po Hing Fohg, he con-this protection sufficient. tinued, formed a spur, there being. He did not know, who put up the and he desired to drive his own on either Alde storm water drains coping in front of the site. This, par. Witness told the defendant and a nullah to carry away the he considered, was unnecessary but to return the Tollowing morning and speak to Mr. C. B. Shank, the an extra precaution. water,
every fortnight. On the 7th Inst. VELL DRILLING he left the complainant company's
In nnawer to the foreman of the As to the site itself he did not manager.
The defendant did not retura s Jury witness stated that one storm suggest that the trenches, thereon water drain on the west side of the would hold it water tight. The directed but on the 6th inst. wit- spur was four feat six inches deep trenches would take some and the pess saw him driving his own car and the same width, and another rest would be deflected and go outside the Hongkong Hotel. When three feet six inches by two feet into the Disinfecting station. He asked why he did not return to six inches. On the cast side they suggested that practically no water work the defendant produced a letter which he requested witness were three feet by two feet nine would go on the site.
to hand to Mr. Shank. inches.
Hon. Mr. Creasy's Evidence.
About a week after his leaving The Hon. Mr. H.-T. Creasy, Director of Public Works, was he visited the defendant privately, called. He said the question of but the latter refused to see him the position of the new building as a summons had already been for No. 8 Police station was lasued.
Counsel's Protest.
In reply to his Worship witness
Asked if he wished to eruss-ex amine, Mr. Jenkin made a protest lle said he was present represent ing a number of people who were carefully considered and it was Sub-Inspector Alexander, of the deeply interested in the enquiry, decided to erect it 30 feet further Traffic Department, said that co There had been called several of-back from the retaining wall. This the 7th inst. the Kowloon motor ficial witnesses who know they had was because the retaining walls buses ceased running and the police to produce plans and documents were known to be over 20 years took certain measures to resume and he considered they might have old.. Careful examination of the the service, but no drivers who had brought sufficient copies to the en-walls, particularly the number one employment at the time were com- quiry so that counsel might have wall, the bottom one, was made. mandeered for service, been supplied with copies as well No sign of any movement could as the jury. Without a plan it be found but as an actual precau- | had been impossible to follow wit: tion it was decided to build fur-paid that he knew the Indian re- ferred to by the defendant at the ness and he could not cross-exather away from the wall. The mine,
number one wall was, built into previous "hearing. He was The Coroner expressed his re-solid ground; it was not built and authorised to commandeer drivers, then filled in as some retaining put on the 6th inst. witness had Mr. Jenkin: If I may I will cross walls were. Behind it was hard met the man and asked him to sup- examine Mr. Newhouse at some disintegrated
granite, He exply the police with five drivers other time.
amined the site in December 1923 within five days and the required, The Coroner: I don't know that with the engineer, Mr. Lowick, men, were immediately obtained. there will be another opportunity who pointed out all essentials to These men were at the time out of
Mr. Jenkin remarked that hav-him. Witness approved the scheme. employment. ing regard to the circumstances In reply to the foreman
gret.
not
the This having concluded the evi-
he thought the coroner could hard-Director of Public Works said pence of the prosecution, the de-
ly deny him another opportunity there were old cracks in the walls fendant was asked if he had any to cross-examine.
but there was thon no sign what-thing, to say in
answer to the The Coroner pointed out that it ever of recent movement. Mr. charge, but his only reply was: 1 was an enquiry with its main ob Lowick was known as a very care-apologise, your Worship. Ject a death enquiry on the victims ful officer with considerable expe- The defendant was ordered to
De- forfeit half and he didn't know whether he rience of retaining walls.
a month's wages
could recall the witness.
composed granite deteriorated slow ($27.50) or go to prison for cne Mr. Jenkin rejoined that he apy under the action, of water. Ask-month, and was further fined $20 preciated that it was a deuth ened if he considered it a good locali- with the alternative of another quiry and, of course, that all cross-ty for building, witness said it was month's hard labour. examination outside the bounds of a very usual strata on which build-
that enquiry would be shut outings were constructed in Hong- However he was there to assist kong. the jury and coroner but he could not cross-examine on evidence which it had been impossible to follow..
Room For Improvement. Asked if he had complaints as to drainage there, witness said he had heard from Police putrols since the Mr. Tickle Recalled. heavy ruins that Blake Gardens and the roads in the vicinity had Mr. A. W. Tickle, executive en been flooded. This was only during gineer, was then recalled. He pro heavy rains, and was aggravated duced plans relating to the by neglect of scavenging.
Police sta Capt. Arthur: Would you con- tion site, Regarding the co-sider the drainage in that area
old
४ number
| lapso ho said that
paris to be sufficient?-It could be im-
proved.
of the number one retaining wall,
the bottom one, were over the site
Witness fürther said he did con- of the collapsed houses. Here sider rebuilding the wall but con- there were also oncrete slabs sidered it unnecessary. It would which appeared to be the surface mean building a wall from In Mi of In Milane. This appeared to Lane 70 feet high which was un- be about four to six feet above the necessary, undesirableTM and very ground floor level of the collapsed expensive. There was nothing to houses. It appeared to him that show, when he examined the walls, there had been a burst in an up that they were not as good and ward direction either preceding sound as any retaining wall in the or in conjunction with the failure neighbourhood. The new Police of the bottom retaining wall. It Station building would have been also appeared that certain of the no extra thrust on the wall. It ground floors of the collapsed was a good wall and well bullt, houses had burst upward.
but of course the standard of walls
In reply to the foreman he said now-a-days was much higher. that the ground, at that level ap peared to be waterlogged. The burst he considered was probably due to excess of water.
Asked if he had a theory about the cause of the collapse he said he preferred to see before he theo- rised, but he would think that the The Waterlogged Ground. toe of the wall sank and it over- In reply to Mr. Jenkin witness turned. The average life of a re- said he thought the ground being taining wall he would place at 50 waterlogged was due to presence years although there were some of springs, percolation from hills in Hongkong much older than that above, and agravation due to Witness said he would like to heavy pain falls.
comment on the coping which had Witness added that the percola-been built at the top of the site tion was probably from land south on Caine Road. It was put there of Caine Rond and had probably after the retaining wall gave way been going on for some years. when rain would have done much
Nothing protected the site of the more damage than previously, " new Police station from a direct. At this stage the enquiry was fall of rain. From a photograph adjourned sine die. Two wit- produced witness could not show nesses would give expert evidence anything protecting it from ac when they had seen the site after cumulation of water from Seymour, the debris had been cleared away, Road but he knew there was, a sald the Coronor.
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