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LEUNG KWONG DISASTER.
CORONER'S ENQUIRY OPENED
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FRIDAY, JUNE 10,
CHIEF ENGINEER'S FUNERAL.
LAST RITES AT HAPPY VALLEY.
Crics of horror, à gonoral atam. The funeral. of Mr. Alex Cum- pede, men running in all direc-ming, late Chief Engineer of the tions, ahouta, confusion, and heart a.s. Chongtu, whose death at the rending yells from those impri- Government Civil Hospital on noned in the ship because of a Wednesday was reported in yes- locked grille, was the description terday's issue, took place at Happy given by a witness at yesterday's Valley yesterday afternoon, and Magisterial inquest into the was attended by members of both deaths caused by the sinking of the floating staff of the China the Leung Kwon, when the Moon-Navigation Company and shore shine collided with her.
staff of Messrs. "Butterfield and Swire. The Rev.. J. Kirk Macona- chio officiated...
A special jury was empanelled for the purpose of the inquest, the jurors being Mr. F. C. Hall (Foro- man), Mr. J. E. Joseph and Mr. W. Logan.
The Coroner, Mr. R. E. Lindsell, outlined the purpose of the en- quiry in these words:
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Members of the floating staff present wore Mr.G. Atkinson, Mr. O. A. Bickford, Mr. A. Knowles. Mr. A. McLeod, Captain R. Millar, Mr. P. Maitland, Mr. R. Barcloy, Mr. W. Brown, Mr. R. Carruthers, and Mr. H. Thompson, all from the China Navigation Company. Members of the shora stail pre- sent were Captain R. Innes, Marine Superintendent, Mr. J. H. Little; Mr. M. M. Murray, Mr. J.R. Kinghorn, Mr. B. Stephenson, and Mr. Dinsdale, (shipping).
"This enquiry concerns the cause of death of those persons who lost their lives as a result of the collision between the Leung Kwong and the steam, launch Moonshine at Capsuimun Paas on May 9 last. It is obvious that, the primary cause of death was drowning as a result of immer- Others present were Mr. W. J. sion, but it is for the jury to Stokes, secretary Marine En- determine whether or not the col-gineers' Guild, Hongking branch,
W. lision was due to the negligence
Crichton, Mr. W. of any person or persons and; if Bell, Mr. F. Clarke, (Taikoo Dock. so, whether that negligence was yard), and Mr. A. J: C. Cooper. such as to justify a verdict of
Wreaths were sent by Mr. P. T. manslaughter against, any one.
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"A hundred and five men lost ringers and Ship Builders, Hong The Anderson Music Co., Ld. 1otor through luxuriant tree fern easily made and tickets are inter-
their lives in the disaster and of these the bodies of thirty-four were recovered. It would seem 'possible that a number of the missing were below, locked behind grilles at the time of the accident; and even if these grilles were such as required by law, that should not deter the jury from expressing their own opinions.
"For the purpose of this inquest! it would be sufficient if the bodies of Mr. Martin and Lam Kwai-chi, Chinese passenger, were identi- fied."
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kong, Mr. W. Russell, Chìna Navi- ration Co. Ltd., Marine Engineers! Guild of Chinn, Hongkong branch, Superintendent of the Chinu Navi. gation Company, Messrs. Butter-. field and Swire, (2), and the China Navigation Company shipping de- partment.
Through all this din and con- fusion pitiful cries were heard from people in the steerage appeal- ing to those above to unlock the grilles. Whether this was res- ponded to or not, witness could not say, "but he was certain ke saw more than ten people coming out of the manhole leading from the steerage into the second class com- partment.
Mr. G. S. Hugh Jones of Messrs. Wilkinson and Grist watched the enquiry on behalf of the owners of the Leung Kwong. Mr. T. G; Bennett, of Messrs. Johnson Five minutes after the crash, Stokes and Muster, represent witness was fortunate enough, on the interests of the owners of the going to the side of the ship to steam launch Moonshine, as well ace the Moonshine alongside. " He as her coxawain and crew, and stepped across to the launch and Mr. Geo. K. Hall Brutton repre
in ten minutes. he saw the Leung sented the interests of Captain Kwong founderysinking bow first. Wilson of the Leung Kwong and
Witness had not board the widow of Mr. F.DE.A. Martin..
According to police evidence, of the thirty four bodies recovered fourteen were identified. Mr. Martin's body was recovered at Capsuimun by police launch No. G and was taken to the public mortuary. Mrs. Martin iden- tified the body of her husband.
The Chinese passenger WRS identified by a cousin.
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siren being sounded before the no- cident. Just after the accident he saw land very close by and gave it as his opinion that it could not be more than two to three hundred feet away,
In answer to Mr. Brutton, witness stated, that there were about a hundred steerage passen- Kers.
Inquiry Scope.
Kan Ngok Wan, an assistant of
Before the close of the after- the Wing Tai Rank, who was a noon's hearing Mr. Hugh Jones in- second class passenger of the formed the Coroner that he had Loung Kwong on her fatal jour-only first heard of the inquest ney, said that he boarded the ship yesterday morning and thought it at 6 o'clock with three other com- would be difficult to find some of panions bound for Kong Moon. the witnesses he intended to call He had no cabin and from his posi-members of the crew of the tion in the second class compart- Leung Kwong, who probably had ment he could see people coming since returned to the country. in and out of the steerage. When the vessel was alongside at Con- naught Road West he noticed that the steerage passengers entered the section of the ship through a grille on the second deck, which, when the ship got under way was locked.
He was not able to say who lock ed the grilles, but he was quite certain that they were locked. The crew of the ship entered and left the storage through a manhole which was capable of admitting only one person at a time.
The Collision. Shortly after 7 o'clock a loud crash, which resulted in a great number of passengers being thrown forward, caused a panic,
Mr. Lindsell then adjourned the inquest until Tuesday morning at 11.30 a.m.
Mr. Hugh Jones: Before we ad- journ, could you possibly indicate what the scope of this enquiry will be? I am in rather a difficulty in this way. I don't know whether your Worship will enquire into the circumstances immediately proceeding the collision.
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The Coroner: The physical cause of death is obviously drowning, therefore the cause of the collision is material.
Mr. Lindsell added that he would treat the enquiry exactly as if two motor cara had collided and deaths had been caused by the collision.
A great confusion at once arose. Mr. Hugh-Jones: Your Worship There were cries of "piracy," peo-appreciates the great difficulty ple rushed in all directions not there will be in getting witnesses. knowing what to do. Witness I think it extremely unlikely that stood stock still, but. his friends your worship will ret presented rushed madly about, as did a to you the same picture at this number of all the other passen- inquiry as was presented at the
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