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THE HOTEL, FIRE
INQUIRY.
INQUEST ON THE BODY OF
MR. WOODS.
BRIEF EVIDENCE.
construc-
This inquiry is, into the death of Mr. William Woods. You will return a verdict upon that, but I shall extend that inquiry to cover the whole question of the fire at the King Edward Hotel-as far as possible its causes, history, the polut of view also of tions and Fire Brigade questions. Anything that arises from that for the public benefit you, gentlemen of the jury, will deal with in the form of riders," said Mr. E. W. Hamilton yesterday when opening the inquiry into the King Edward Hotel disaster.
SATURDAY, MARCH 16, 1929.
CURBAN SUGAR,
- HUGE" LOSSES CAUSED BY CANE FIRES.
Havana, Mar, 15. The sugar crop at Violeta has been reduced to 75,000 bage by cano fires, which already have destroyed 32,500,000 pounds of cane, large arena of the cane de stroyed belonging to the United Fruit properties at Ortente,
A cano cutter at Camaguay has been arrested and charged with starting a fire which has partly destroyed a plantation there.
Cattle ranchers have suffered thousands of dollars loss.
Cessation of the destruction is unlikely until rain falls. Reuter's
American Service.
WORLD CHANGES.
DR. MOTT ON THE EAST
AND THE WEST.
Members of the League of Good Fellowship were entertained at a tea party given by the Euro- American Returned Students As- sociation at the Hongkong Hotel yesterday afternoon, at which Dr. John R. Mott, internationally known for his work as Secretary of the National Council of the Y.M.C.A. In America, was the guest of honour. A widely travel- led man, Dr. Mott had given much thought and attention to the pro- blem of international relations, and his address was heard with appreciation by the large gather- ing.
finding of the body, transference of the body to the Mortuary, Iden- tification, and medical evidence. Public Interest in the proceed- Then I propose we should ad- Ings was evidenced by the large. number of spectators, both Euro-journ to view the premises of the pean and Chinese, who were pro-1 King Edward Hotel as far as we of honour, expressed their appre-
gent,
The following jury was em- panelled: Mr. N. S. Brown (fore- man), Mr. C. Little, and Mr. Le C. F. Bellamy.
One of those summoned to serve on the jury was Mr. John Fleming, who asked to be exempted on the ground that he was a director of the China Land Investment Com- pany, the owners of the building of the King Edward Hotel, "I am the holder of 80,000 shares in that Company, the capital of which is $279,000 or thereabouts," he said." The Coroner anid that under those circumstances, ho, would take the responsibility of dis- charging Mr. Fleming from Hor- rice.
Mr. N. S. Brown then asked whether the enquiry 'was in the donth of Mr. Woods or into the whole fire.
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Scope of the Inquiry.
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Finding of the Body. The first witness was Lance Sergeant F. W. Allen, who was on duty near the Government offices in Lower Albert Road. He stated that at about 3 o'clock he heard police whistles sounded from the direction of the fire.
Mr. Y. P. Law, President of the Returned Students Association, presided over the function, and lu extending a welcome to their guest
ciation of his presence and also the hope that the example set by Dr. Molt, in its being so encourag ing to their young Society, would be followed by many others no lesa famous than himself.
A Former Visit. · · Replying, Dr. Mott said he felt much at home amongst the gather- ing. comprising, де it did, repre- many old friends and sentatives of those whom he had met in different parts world. He found himself instant- in touch with them and respon sive to the great objects for which they nought.
After the fire was got under con-, trol, he was assisting on the top floor of the Savoy Hotel. He en- tered through a hole knocked through the party wall and got on to the verandah of the King Edward on the Ice House Streetly shile.
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of the
Ile walked to the end of the
His first visit to this Colony and found verandah
body
was made 33 years ago, and speak- with the feet turned towardn the verandah, the position suggesting of the changes that had oc ing to him that the deceased had curred since, Dr. Mott compared held on to the parapot of the ver- them with the conditions of other andah and had then fallen back- big centres, seeing in these condi- wards. Witness communicated tions tendencies working in the law of progress, or at timea what with Sub-Inspector J. S. Dick.
Sub-Inspector Dick was then amounted to the law of retrogres- called and spoke of having nalified sion. Mr. Moss of the Fire Department of the finding of the body.
Mr. G. C. Moss, Station Olleer of the Fire Department gave it as his opinion that from the post-
The Coroner: The position is this. This inquiry is into the the death of Mr. William Woods. You will return a verdict upon that, but I shall extend that in- quiry to cover the whole ques- tion of the fire at the Kington of the body it would appear Edward Hotel-as far as is pos sible, its causes, its history, the point of view also of construc- tional questions, and Fire Brigade questions. Anything that arises from that for the public benefit you, gentlemen of the jury, will deal with in the form of riders.
Mr. Brown: "I should like to point out that as a representative of several large fire insurance companies, I am very interested from the point of view of the in- Burance. I want to make that point clear."
that the deceased was hiding for protection from the flames be iween a door and the partition between the King Edward and Savoy Hotel,
Muscles Badly Charred, Sanitary Inspector Frith was the next witness called and spoke of removing the body to the Public Mortuary.
Dr. A. Cannon, Medical Officer in charge of the Victoria Mor tuary, stated that he performed a post mortem examination on body which he personally was not The Coroner said he felt sure that that question would not weigh able to identify as either Euro- very heavily with Mr. Brown, add pean or Chinese as it was burned to the extent of the fifth degree; ing that the enquiry was not a
explaining by that, that the mua- judicial one, and that the jurycles were very badly charred. would make recommendations af- ter the whole inquiry was com- pleted..
Expression of Regret,
Mr. Leo d'Almada o Castro, Jnr. (instructed by Mr. Leo d'Almada o Castro, Snr.) appeared to watch the proceedings on behalf of the proprietors of the King Edward Hotel; Mr. Hin-shing Lo, (in- structed by Mr. Leo d'Almada, Sar.), appeared for Mr. J. Witchell, the manager of the King Edward, and Mr. H. C. Lec, of Meaars. Wil- kinson and Grist, for the China Land Investment Company, owners of the building.
Constantly moving about the world as he did, it had enabled him to observe with a more dis cerning eye the traits of those with whom he came in contact.
His observations had led him to form the conclusion that they were living in a very dangerous moment, with much that made for dissension amongst the mallons through ruthless competition- commercial, economic, imperials- tic, and little, that contributed to personal and social service. Fac- tors standing in the way of mutuali understanding would always oc- cur, and they had occurred in places where least expected, as for instance in the relations between England and India, between the United States and the Philippines, between the United States and Japan, between Japan and China and between England and Japan.
Recent Changes,
Since his laat journey round the world he had become aware of the
marked lowering of the prestige of the Western nations, a change
Witness said that Inspector A. Nicoll stated at the Mortuary in his presence that without any rea-which one naturally preferred not) Honable doubt he could identify to see, but which could not be the body an that of Mr. Woods of ignored by those who wanted to Australia.
see things as they were.
In witness' opinion, the primary cause of death was that of burn- ing and the secondary cause was shock and asphyxia. It was not possible to form an opinion as to the general physical condition of the body owing to the state of the burne,
The Coroner: "Did anyone else identify the body in your presence besides Inspector Nicoll"
Witness: No.
In reply to another question by the Coroner, witness said that it was probable that if asphyxia was not complete before burning, un-| consciousness was.
At the outset, Mr. Leo d'Almada e Castro, Jnr., said "I have been instructed by the proprietors of tue King Edward Hotel to take This very fret public opportunity on their behalf to express their
Adjourned Until Monday. very great regret at the unfortunate occurrence of last Monday morn
Sub-Inspector A. Nicoll was ing in which Mr. William Wonds then called. He said that on lost his life, and to express their March 11 he was present at the very deepest sympathy with the re-fire and saw a body in a dead box latives of the deceased. This outside the Savoy Hotel in Chater sympathy they also take this op Road. He then formed the opin- portunity to express to the re-ion that it was a very tall man and latives of the other unfortunate added that the box made a tight people who lost their lives in this at. The body was then wrapped occurrence; Mr. and Mrs. Robson, in a blanket.
Mr. E. Seth, Mr. Kish, (and in this Subsequently witness saw the regard sympathy is also expressed body at the public mortuary where to the American Navy), Mr. Baille, he formed the definite opinion that Mr. Cheung Hoi-kang, (the Secre- it was that of Mr. William Woods. tary of General Chan), Mrs, Taui Witness stated that the last time Kan-shui, Dr. Wong Kwong-leung, he saw Mr. Woods was on the and Leung Kwan. The proprie morning of the 7th when he met tors also wish to extend their sympathy to Gener..I and Madame Chan, Mr. Andrew Piccioil, Mr. To Chat, and Mr. Ng Jor-yin who re- ceived injuries as a result of the fire."
Only Formal. Evidence, Mr. Hin-shing Lo: "I associate mynolf with the message of sym- pathy expressed by my friend on behalf of Mr. Witchell."
Mr. Leo d'Almada, Jnr.: "If I may add another word. The pro- prietors also wish to thank the Fire Brigade for the very gallant efforts on the morning of the fire, also the civilians who helped the Aremen in their work."
The Coroner: "I am afraid this inquiry will take a considerable amount of time. I propose this afternoon to take evidence of the
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DISASTROUS FIRE,
The speaker dealt with the work THOUSAND HOUSES BURNED...
When two races were thrown against each other, when the worst because, whereas the former work- was drawn out of each race, it was ed by design the latter merely then that they needed superhuman drifted unconsciously. guidance and strength to lift them from what must be comparable to of the League of Nations, and that the deepest depths of hell. Ha of similar political machinery, as wished to be remembered as hav- factors which he referred to as ing anid that in the conditions working by design; and closed there was room for hopefulness; of the YM.C.A. as it was his opinion, foxmad from
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as they were presented to-day, with an inspiring note on the work ted, including two banks, two
At the conclusion of his ad-schools, a cinema and other public an experience gained by close ob- dress, Dr. Mott was thanked by buildings, in a fire which broke servation, that the factors work- Mr. Y. P. Law on behalf of those out at midnight at Isioka, 60. ing to-day to draw the peopical present, while Dr. E. W. Kirk, as miles north east of Tokyo, Several together far transcended in power President of the League of Good thousand people have been rend- and promise the factors which Fellowship, also spoke on behalf ered homeless but there have been
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The Coroner then adjourned the proceedings for ten minutes, dur- ing which time he held a consulta- tion in his Chambers with the members of the jury. On the court resuming, Mr. Hamilton qn- nounced that the jury would view the premises and that the pro- ceedings would be resumed on Monday afternoon at 2.15.
"For the information of every- body," said Mr. Hamilton, "the sitting of this inquiry will take. place on Mondays, Wednesdays. and Thursdays at 2.16 and wo shall probably sit till five o'clock. That will be the routine for the next two weeks unless we are too far behind."
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