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The Question of Insurance.
M, S. B. B. McEldery, at the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon held an enquiry into the circumstances of the fire which gutted' a garage and the Man Wah Printing works at North Point on the night of September 20.
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1925.
thought the motor garage to bo the more inflammable building of the two, because of the constant leak- age of petrol from the tanks of the" cara. Witness agreed that petrol disappeared very quickly whereas of did not, but adhered to his previous statement "that a garage was more inflammable than a printing works. He was also aware of the fact that petrol: it- self would not burn and that it required eight parts of air to one part of petrol before it would burn and explode.
Mr. P. W., P. Mills gave evid Mr. G. G. N. Tinson watched the ence of some spare motor parts. preceedings on behalf of the But- belonging to Mr. D. P. Dunn being terfeld and Swire Insurance De-insured with Butterfield and Swire
for the sum of $40,000. partment.
Sub-Inspector Field said that he' Various eye witnesses gave evi- dence to the effect that shortly saw the fire in the North East after eight o'clock they heard an portion of the garage and then eylosion resembling the sound of it spread to the other building. bomb and on looking towards the Finding that the hose in the des direction from whence the sound patch box was not long enough came they saw flames. coming witness broke into the garage and from the Lion Garage. The fire found that by that time the cock- Roon spread to the adjoining build-loft had already collapsed. The ing, the Man Wah Printing works. printing works was then on fire. A Chinese Police Constable who and the roof had fallen in. The was on putrol near the Asiatic wind was blowing in a northly
direction. Petruicum Company's office in Whitsold, heard police whistles wing blown and then saw the
Mr. D. P. Dunn, said that the Hanyes at the printing works, spare parts which were stored in Hendising that a fire hid broken the Idon Garage had been insured the returned to the Bay View on September 2, for $10,000. They Palice Station and made a report. had been deposited With Mr. Harry After summoning the aid of other Kong to be disposed of. They had renstables he rushed the fire dos-been bought in Manila bui he had atch box to the scene but on ar never sold any in Hongkong. He rival found the Fire Brigade had previously worked in the Taxicab beer sent for and arrived at about Company and kept the goods in the same time.
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Spare Parts Insured.
Mr. Tinson: Why did you sud- windenly insure them on September 8?
The next witness called was Mr. T. Brooks, superintendent of
Witness: Because I was going away and had turned them over to an agent.
Asked why he did not insure them in June when they were given
the Hongkong Fire Brigade. He to Mr. Kunk, witness replied that slated at the call was received
he had spoken to the latter regard-
at the Central Fire Station: ating the payment of the insurance 18 p. on September 20, through policy but Mr. Kong had refused the pable telephone. Appliances to my the fees. The arrangements from the Wanchai,and the Central had been discussed but they could Stains were despatched to the not come to any agreement.. fire and immediately on their are Mr. Harry Kong, stated that he rival, a further message was re- was the owner of the Lion Garage evived requesting another appli-and that nothing with the excep enter. Wilness areompanied the tion of the goods belonging to Mr. men to the seeps and arrived four 'Dunn was covered by insurance. minutes after receiving the call. Prior to the strike he had intended By the time he reached the fire purchasing these spare parts and the Man Wah Printing works and was to pay $12,000 down and the Lion Garge were both well $33,000 at a later date. Owing to slight
and
practically gutted.the.strike the money could not be There were no signs of how, and raised and it was then decided that where the fire originated. A hone he should act as Mr. Dunn's agent. worked from the privile | There wert, however, certain hydrant in the works of the Hong-clauses in the agreement which he kong Electric Company, but the did not agree to and it was not water proved insuflicient and two signed. Witness refused to pay further public hydrants were put any insurance money, intu use. After some time the fire was got under control and extin- alshed. The delay of extinguish- ing the fire was caused by the long distance between the fire and the hydrants which necessitated join- ing eight hoses together before the water could reach the fire and also because of the congestion of Itraffic.
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Witness had formed the opinion that the fire had 'originated in the printing works and then spread to the garage. He based his opinion on the manner in which the,gir-
twisted and ders were
the direction of the wind which was then blowing from the East, Wit- ness found nothing in the garage which might have caused the ex- plosion.
He had on one occasion scen Mr. Mills when the latter examined Mr. Dunn's goods and was asked if his own cars were, insured and witness replied that he did not be lieve in the Insurance policy."
This having concluded the evidence, the Coroner said that according to soction & of the Fir Investigation Ordinance, the Ma- gistrate shall close the enquiry and release the premises if he thought the evidence did not disclose any offence or, although it disclosed any offence did not show any cause for suspecting any person of having committed such offence. Mr. Tinson agreed that there offence was no evidence of any
neen -disclosed and the having enquiry was closed.
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Printing Werks Inflamable. Mr. Tinson: I suppose it is well known to you. that a printing The British and Foreign Bible works is an extraordinarily in-Society is preparing copies of St. flamable building?"
Mark's Gospeliu Tibetan, which Mr. Brook: I would not say are to be printed in Calcutta, in size and form similar to the litoru- "extraordinarty" inflamable, !Answering a further question ture used by the Buddhists. The Mr. Brooks said that the oil used paper on which the Gospel is to In the machines, the paper and be printed will be made at Bhutan, wood work of the bullding would and will be of the tough fibrous make the edifice inflammable, but he kind used in native books.
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