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RECENT MOTOR FATALITY.
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CORONER'S INQUIRY INTO TRAGIC ACCIDENT. Saturday night's motor fatality in, which Leading Aircraftsman French lost his life, was recount
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1927.
en a motor cycle between 11.10 and 11.20 p.m. last Saturday. Witness was travelling from Kowloon City towards Nathan Road.
Some distance from the nullah witness saw a bank which appear- ad at first sight to extend actose the road. After approaching very carefully witness noticed a bank extending three feet beyond some railings. There were no precau. el at the Kowloon Magistracytionary lights at this point and yesterday afternoon when Mr. W. the following day witness reported Schofield, sitting as Coroner, con- the matter to the Police. ducted an inquiry into the circum- Answering, Mr. d'Almada wit stances of the death of the de-ness said he had been travelling at about twelve miles per hour! On reased.
seeing the bank he declutched and slowed down.
CHINESE WILL.
A BIG FORTUNE IN HONGKONG.
Substantial family bequests are contained in the will of Dong Toy merchant, late of San Francisco, California, U.S.A., who died at the Dante Sanitorium on October 15 last year, leaving Hongkong estate to the value of $117,400. Probate has been granted to the widow, Chia Shee, 22a Kennedy Roall, the executrix.
The will commences:-1, Dong It was given in evidence that
Toy, resident of the city and coun-. the point where the accident
a highly Mr. d'Almada: Had you beenty of San Francisco, State of Cali- occurred was in dangerous condition owing to the going faster; say 20 to 25 miles forala, U.S.A., being of sound and absence of any precautionary per hour, you might have had an disposing mind and memory, and not acting under duress, menace, lights to indicate that the road accident? Quite possibly. was under repair, especially as a
Have you had much experience fraud, or the undue Influence of bank of mud projected towards the middle of the road for a dis-of driving? About twelve years. any person whatsoever, make pub- And you consider that one of the lie and declare this my last will Lance of about three feet.
The jury impanelled to inves- most dangerous obstacles you and testament. igate the cruse of death compris. have ever come across in your ex ed Messrs. Reuben Abraham, A, K.perience?--I do; absolutely. Mason and A. E. Gutierrez.
Flying Officer V. Fowler, ad- jutant of the Royal Air Force, oc cupied a seat on the Beach beide
the Coraner
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To bich of his five daughters.he bequeaths the sum of $5,000. The will directs that his real estate. both in the Republic of China and in Hongkong shall be divided into three parts. One part is to go to his wife for the term of her na tural life and upon her death the money is to be equally divided, be- Docks last Saturday night, when tween his five sons. The remain- he met the deceased whom witnessing two portions he bequeaths to invited to a ride in his motor cycle. Yeung Sao-moon and Wong Mae- They went along Kowloon City roa, both living in his house in Read and then turned into Prince Hongkong, with a similar provi- sion that upon their deaths the estate be divided equally between the five sons.
Str. Pethick Called......... Mr. D. S. Pethick, chief officer of the 8.3. Wai, Shing, who was driving the combination, was than called. He said that he had at- Mr. Len l'Almada, jur, instruct-tended the dance at the Kowloon ed by Mr. Len d'Almada, snr. watched the proceedings on behalf of Mr. D. S. Pethick and prior to any of the evidence being taken. suggested that, in order for the jury to properly appreciate the evi-Edward Road. dence, the Court should visit the see the scene and if necessary 'cycle well.
His Worship agreed that it would be of benefit to the jury to see the locality but saht that be fore doing so he proposed to lake the medical evidence,
Continuing witness said, "O" approaching this obstacle 1 saw the fencing, when my light shone on it. I was driving the eyele about a foot to the left of the con- tre of the road. I hauled over give the fence a clear berth and the next thing "I knew the cycle Mr. d'Almada raised no objec-hit the mud. I was thrown off the tions and Dr. J. E. Dovey then machine, don't know what hap-
after that: the went into the witness box. After pened deposing to the body baving been thing I knew was that the cycle identified by various members of had stopped and I had "one leg the Royal Air Force, Dr. Dovey do. entangled on top of the machine. scribed the nature of the injuries I had a damaged shoulder and knee and was scratched across the top sustained by the deceased.
of the Head."
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All the residue, real, personal, or mixed, he bequeaths in equal shares to his five sons.
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TESTS BETWEEN HOLLAND AND JAVA.
Batavia, Dec. 8. The first successful rádio tele- At the time of the post mortem
Questioned by the Coroner wit-phone test for Press purposes be- examination which was at 11.50
m on December 11, the body was neas said that he did not see what tween Europe and Asia has been fresh and in a state of rigor mortis,happened to deceased. On seeing made by the Netherlands traffic that there was no passenger in the administration. at the request of side car witness looked around and the Anota Press Bureau, through the deceased about 25 feet the Kootwijk. sender PCLL. behind. He appeared to be badly hurt and unconscious and was bleeding from the head.
Fissure Fracture.
At the back of the head there was a deep cut one inch by half an inch extending down to the bone. There was considerable bruising around the area and on opening
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the skull a fissure fracture was A motor car appeared on the found. It began half an inch" be- hind the right ear and extended scene and witness asked the driver downwards to the base of the skull if he knew where the nearest and across the base of the skull doctor resided. The driver did
not appear lo There beyond the middle line. was considerable internal haemorr haze but no other injuries to the body. All the other organs were
healthy.
The cause of death, continued Dr. Dovey, was certified as "frac- ture of the base of the skull, in: ternal hemorrhage, shock and concussion."
Cause of Injury.
The Coroner: In your opinion would an injury of this character have resulted from collision with the road surface?-In my opinion; Sub-Inspector Smith: Would a wound of this kind he caused by a
yes.
understand
and
witness took the car to the Mong kok Police Station for assistance. A message was sent for an am- balance and witness together with a Police Sergeant returned to the scene of the accident.
Witness added that he thought he and the driver had moved de- ceased slightly to the side of the read to permit the car to pass. He could ret, however, be certain of this.
Yesterday at 9 p.m. Java time a very clear transmission was made from the studio of the postal ad- ministration at The, Hague. Thé English language was used, as in
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The Radio-Holland Company installed a receiving apparatus at Tanjong Priok and the Aneta. building, Weltevreden. The first two receptions, were fair and the third very clear, every word being heard. The voice of the Aneta re- presentative at the Hague wes clearly recognisable.
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The test lasted nearly two hours and a speed of 60 words a minute maintained. Reception as Weltevreden via Bandoeng was In reply to Sab-Inspector Smith, generally clearer than that of the witness said that about ten secondsong-distance telephone between Sourabaya and Batavia and about before the accident the deceased the same as that of the ordinary remarked upon the excellent run-local telephone. ping of the engine.
Witness said that he did not think it possible that he was so
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ceased as not to have seen the His Worship: What would you obstacle, as he did not turn round to answer the deceased. Witness describe as an indirect blow?
Dr. Dovey replied that it would was about one hundred yards away pest be explained in respect to when he first noticed that the road fracture of the ribs. He pointed was not perfectly clear. The first nut that should anything heavy fall thing witness
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on the chest the ribs would frue-boarding with a nasty gulley on the ture at the sides. So also would other side.
the weakest part of the skull be Witness judged his speed to be fractured by the top striking tween twenty to twenty-five miles heavily against a hard surface. per hour. He did not notice the After Sub-Inspector Vincent had mud until he was about ten or produced photographs of the scene twelve feet from it. When he did and motor cycle, the Court ad-see the mud he swerved slightly journed and visited the locality-of but not very much. the accident.
Cycle Examined,
TWO HOUSES PUT UP FOR AUCTION.
There was only one bid of $12 900 for houses Nos. 1 and 2 Ellen- bud Villas, Pokfulam, which were put up for auction by Messrs. Lammert Bros. at their auction rooms in Duddell Street yesterday afternoon, by order of the mort-
the gagee. This figure was not im- property proved upon and was withdrawn.
The property is registered in the Land Office as section A of rural
Previous Mishaps. Answering Mr. d'Almada, wit building lot No. 175. It contains a total area of about 14,300 square Evidence of the mechancial con- ness said he had two years' ex-feet and is held under a Crown dition of the cycle was given by perience in driving motor cycles. lease for the term of 75 years with Sub-Inspector Mason, who tested He had driven in other ports, be an option of renewal for a further the machine, the day following the aides Hongkong, but the machine similar term. The proportion of accident. The front off-side mud-was always a combination. Dur guard and the front of the rearing the earlier part of his driving the Crown rent payable is $50 per
A piece he had had some beginners' mudguard were dented. of wood was jammed between the mishaps but rear mudguard and the wheel. serious ones. After The right front fork was bent and
the engine and rear wheel were covered in a thick mass of mud.
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his present Harley Davidson, he angles to the road, with the front had run into a heap of sand bat pointing towards the North.
A Chinese who' was walking there had been no damage caused.) The sidecar lump had been witness had one previous con-along Montague Ede Road at the wrenched away from the body butviction against him and that was time of the accident said that he the electric wires kept the lamp for confusing the traffic signals saw the cycle approaching and na It slowed down he saw the driver from falling. There was other at the Star Ferry Wharf,
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cycle off. The minor damage to the mudguard,
Mr. d'Almada: Your bad a de- slightly and then stopped, The engine was started up and found to be in good mechancial finite object in taking the unfor- driver got up about a minute later condition. Both brakes were test-tunate man for a ride? I took him and stopped a motor car in which ed and found to be in good work-around to let him see how the cycle he went away. Seeing that the run. The idea was that he would driver had got up and left the ing order.
In reply to Mr. d'Almada witness tune it up if he thought necessary scene, witness thought that there said that he could give no theories We had already arranged to go for was nothing further amiss and re- turned to his house in, Kowloon as to how the front fork was bent, a run on Tuesday afternoon,
Continuing witness said that If City.
Questioned by the Coroner, wit he had swerved sharper, there would have been the danger of up-ness said that he did not see any- body lying on the road. He did setting the machine..
In reply to further questions not notice whether there were any witness sald he had no time to ap-lights on the roadway. The cycle, speed ply the brakes. His feet were had been travelling at a swept off the footboard. When the slightly faster than the usual rate; At this juncture the inquiry WIE Capt. J. Morren, master of the machine had stopped It was s.s. Kwong Fuk Cheong, said he turned around about 100 degrees.adjourned till next Thursday after- drove along Prince Edward RoadIt was slightly more than at right noon.
It might have been done before the accident. Witness did not think that a human being projected from the side car and thrown across the handle bars, could have caused the damage to the fork.
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