THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 1930.
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FIRE TRAGEDY SUBJECT OF CORONER'S INQUIRY.
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The fire; in the carly hours of March 18, at 190, Shanghai Street, Yaumati, during which a widow and her nine-year-old "son killed, was reculled, before Mr. Whyte Smith, at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon, when à Coroner's inquiry was held into the circumstances of the case.
A Chinese detective, who was early on the scene and assisted to rescue some of the inmates, was commended for his action by the Coroner.
A female tenant of the ground floor, where the fire is believed to have had its origin, said that there was no gunpowder on the premises. but about a hundred pac- kets of crackers were kept under a glass case. When she retired for the night none of the fires on the floor were alight. The wit- neas said that her husband went to Canton the day before the fire. Continuing, witness said that she was aroused by a foki of the shop and rushed out to the rear of the premises. After the fire was subsequently extinguished she went to Canton by train to in- form her husband of the damage done to the shon. She went away without informing anybody, her two sons being unaware that she had gone to Canton.
A foki of the shop gave similar evidence, intimating that his hair was singed by fire, which caused him to wake up. He immediately raised the alarm.
The daughter of the deceased woman slated that she was arous ed by shouts, and, together with her little sister, went up to the Lop floor from where she crossed over to the adjoining house and thus escaped. She saw her ther with her brother but thought that they would have no difficulty in escaping.
Brigade Officer Called.
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Mr. G. Saunders, Oficer in charge of the Kowloon Fire Bri- gade, described the steps taken to fight the flames and mentioned that under Mr. Woollard, officer in charge of the Kowloon Station, a party of firemen rescued three or four people who were isolated on the roof of the burning build- ing. Nobody else was reported missing and it was thought that overybody had left the premises, but at 6 o'clock, when turning over the debris, the bodies of the de ceased widow and her son were found on the verandah of the first floor.
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Witness mentioned that the build- ing had no chimneys and the staircase acted as a flue, causing the fire to spreadi
In reply to the Coroner, wit- ness said that the premises were too far damaged to find traces if any. of incendiarism. He found a bundle of joss sticks under the staircase.
A. Chinese detective, who
was
on duty in the vicinity, was at- tracted to the scene by the blow- ing of police whistles and on ar- riving at the fire went up to No. 200. From there he crossed to No. 198 where he found a little boy whom he carried into safety. Wit- ness assisted in the rescue of the people on the roof.
The Coroner commended the detective for his excellent work.
In summing up, the Coroner mentioned that the loss of life was doubly tragic because the two persons could have escaped if they had gone to the roof. Refer- ring to the action of the inmates of the ground floor, he said that It was peculiar that the woman should go to Canton immediately after the fire but he thought that ignorant people would behave in a way different from any other person.
The jury returned a verdict of death by misadventure.
Peking, Mar. 26. The North China Standard de- finitely announces that to-day's is its last issue, as the Japanese owners have decided to retire from the newspaper business.-Reuter..
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