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BOY KIDNAPPED.
HAWKER'S SON TEMPTED
WITH EATABLES. :
Before Mr. A. W. G. H. Gran- thani, at the Central Magistracy, yesterday afternoon, a Chinese was charged with kidnapping a six-year-old boy.
HERMES PLANE
CRASH.
BODY OF FLYING OFFICER
FOUND IN WRECKAGE.
TRAPPED IN HIS SEAT
As briefly reported in our issue For the Police. Detective-Sur-
of last night, a shocking accident, geant Kennedy said the parents of involving the life of a young flying the boy were hawkers of veget-officer, and the narrow escapes of ables, who also had two other his two passengers, marred the young children. On Friday, they arrival of the seaplane carrier left their home, in the early Hermes in harbour yesterday morning, to go to the Central Mar- morning. ket to get a supply of vegetables, after which they went different ways, selling their goods.
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Built in 1917. H.M.A.. Pearleaf has a gross tonnage of 5.911 tons and anett tonnage of 2,711 tons. She is 404.8 feet in length, her boam is 54.5 feet and she la 82.6
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The Hermes arrived in harbourfect doop. shortly after 11.30 a.m. yester day and made fust to a buoy op posito the Naval Yard.
The dimensions of the tanker indicate clearly the growth in size of warships employed on the China In the afternoon, husband and
It was the intention of Flying station, as it was because of the wife again met in Graham Street. Outer Ward to make for Kai Tack need of a larger tanker for the and it was then observed that nerodrome as soon as the ship was "County" eruisers that the Pear. their six-year-old son who was moored and he had a Fairey 3 Pleaf was' sent here.. with them, was the object of some seaplane, attached to No. 442 attention from a man who was | Flight R.A.F., in readiness to tako totally unknown to them. They off. He had two passengers, Lead. paid no attention to him, however, ing. Aircraftsman Cant and Telefort to save the seaplane. The believing him to be an ordinary graphist Aplin, both of H.M.S. fact that the machine struck the sea with the throttle open' lenda customer, and proceeded with the Hermes, who were to accompany credence to this. business of weighing out and sell him to Kai Tack. ing vegetables, A little later, the woman begame aware of the fact that the Can W leading her young son down the street, and she uttered a warning to her, hus-and his companions wore safety hand.
belts, which could be instantly re leased in case of emergency.
When the plane left the deck no one on board the Hermes had the alightest fears for Ward and his passengers, and only the usual in terest was taken by officers and men in the departure of the Fairey.
Handed Over to Police.
The hawker followed the man as he went along, and saw him buy Bananas and a piece of sugar Leane for the Uttle boy. Keeping the two in sight, the anxious father followed them all the way down into Queen's Road, where he
finally caught hold of the man and qucationed him what he was do
ing with his son.
After seeing his passengers into their seats, Flying Officer Ward climbed into the cockpit and took he control of the plane. Both
Sudden Plunge,
A cry of horror went up from
Eyewitness's Story,
the A naval officer on board Hermer, who was on deck at the time of the crash, told a Press representative yesterday after- noon, that the disaster happened with appalling suddenuess,
"I was standing by the rail, wat looking at the plane," he sai "when I suddenly turned and saw her falling into the sea. I saw the take-off which seemed a good one, and had hardly turned my back when she came tumbling down."
"Thò alarm was raised instantly
over it."
the decks, however, when the plario and not a second was lost in get- after proceeding only a few hunting boats over the side. but poor dred yards, suddenly tilted and Ward evidently could not get out satisfactory explanation not plunged nose first into the harbour. in time. He was quite a young being forthcoming, the hawker Lifebuoys were instantly flung chap, and we all feel pretty badly took the suspected kidnapper to from the Hermes, and a boat was Graham Street, and harded him lowered, while the naval tug, which over to Chinese detective.
had brought the Hermes to her buoy, steamed rapidly to the as- Defendant was now charged un-sistance of the unfortunate allers. der Section 45, of Ordinance No. 13, of 1929, with the offence of kidnapping.
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After evidence was given by the complainants and others, the de- fendant was found guilty, and sen. tenced to a year's imprisonment with hard labour and twelve strokes of the birch.
there
wag
two
Clinging to the tail of the plane, which remained above water, were Cant and Aplin, but of the pilot
sign. The 20 survivors were, then taken off and brought aboard the Hermes, where they were found to be suffering only from shock' and immersion.
The naval tug which had stood by the Hermes while the carrier made. fast to her buoy, took over the salvage operations and brought the seaplane alongside in a little over three-quarters of an hour. Ward's body was removed from the seat, and taken to the mortuary at the Government Civil Hospital. The end officer will be buried with full honours at Happy Valley at 4,30 p.m. to-day..
Did Wings Collapse? Our representative was
in
Official Version." Immediately after the disaster, the Captain of the Hermes and the formed that when the plane was recovered it was found that the Wing Commander in charge of the
KOWLOON RAILWAY. aircraft section went ashore and centre piece of the wing im-
ÇANTON'S PURCHASE OF NEW LOCOMOTIVES.
visited the offices of the Commediately above the pilot's seat had modore. The officera returned to collapsed when the plane crashed, the ship shortly afterwards and a and fallen on top of Flying Officer conference was held, after which Ward. the following statement was. In this event the unfortunate have been helplessly Press representative man would The Canton-Kowloon Railway handed to
trapped in his seat, as the heavy has been put in a very satisfactory who visited the ship:--- working condition since it was "Flying Officer Ward was taking section of the wing would have "most placed in the able hands af Mr. off in Hongkong Harbour in an effectively imprisoned him, acting G. C. Liu, Managing-Director. R.A.F. Fairey 3 D Seaplane for as a lid which he would have been
Kai Tack aerodrome. He took off powerless to shift." It is reported that Mr. Liu is slightly out of wind and then turn engaged in bringing the ed down the wind at a height of 76 lost flying basis by a
comprehensive pro-speed, stalled and struck the sea gramme" subject to the approval of with the throttle wide open. the Ministry of Railways. The Boats, and harbour craft went to plans submitted to the Ministry its assistance at once. The pilot for consideration are set accord was evidently killed on contact with ing to two periods,
the water."
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During the first period, addi tional locomotives are to be pur chased and sleepers along certain parts of the line are to be re- placed so as to enable the night
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H.M.S. Hermes stated yesterday A flying officer attached to
died from the effect of injuries re afternoon that Flying Officer Ward reived on striking the water and not from drowning.
Pilot Trapped.
For the second period, the capa- While no consideration has been city of the workshop is to be con given to it in the official statement, siderably extended while addit would appear that Flying Officer tional carriages are to be procur- Ward had little or no chance of ed so as to increase the passen-escape from his seat when the plane ger and freight traffic in the line. crashed,
According to the plans, the cost. of the work for the 1st period, is estimated at about $640,000 while $240.000 will be expended for the 2nd period,
An Air Force Officer, however, in a statement yesterday, denied that this had occurred, and said that the dead man had died from injuries received when the plane struck the water.
A full enquiry will be held into the disaster at a later date.
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A gloom was cast over the it was known that Flying Officer Hermes yesterday afternoon, when Ward had perished in the disaster.
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The late Flying Officer Ward had only been attached to the China Squadron for a few months. His name does not figure in either the Navy or Naval Air lists, but enquiries on board elicited the fact that he had comè to Hongkong last spring and had been for some months at Kai Tack The pilot's seat in machines of aerodrome. He
from was sent this type is in front of those of the the aerodrome to H.M.S. Hermes passengers' and directly under the and accompanied the seaplane upper wing of the plane. Flying enrrier on the northern cruise from Officer Ward, in this case, would which she returned yesterday," have had far less chance of escap- Although quite young--he had The Manager has petitioned the ing from the doomed plane than only recently left the training Ministry to appeal to the Pro his two companiona, although his college-the late Flying Officer vincial Government for substannerial training would have told Ward was known as a capable pilot, tial assistance in case the amount him that the plane had no chance,rad was very keen on his work. of reserve fund set aside by the before they realised it. From this Tie was liked by both Air Force line from the net earnings during It appears that the dead officer and Royal Naval officers on board the last two years is found in gave up his one chance of escape the Hermes. and was populari sufficient to meet the expenditure. in order to make a last frantic ef among his colleagues at Kal Tack.
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