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THE CHINESE AMERICAN SHIPPING COMPANY, SAN FRANCISCO.
M.S. JUTLANDIA sailing from Hongkong on or about 8th OCT. For Shanghai, San Francisco, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland. Through Bills of Lading issued to Overland points.
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FATAL LANDSLIDE AT WEST POINT.
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the next fustant came into im-stones, and it was in the records 1029, mediate contact with danger as that three years before, in earth fell and blocked up the door- some small boulders had been re- moved, the work showing that after way of the kitchen.
"I cacaped through the window, this was done the hillside was in of the kitchen," witness said, "and a fairly satisfactory condition. sought for the boy immediately after I had got outside, but could not and him.”
History Repeated.
Going further back, to 1927, it The recont fatal fall of earth at
Mr. L. E. Longbottom, of the was also in the records that in that pro-year a boulder became dialodged West Point was further investigat Public Works Department, ed at the Central Magistracy yesduced plans of the site. He said and crashed into the rear of No. 17 terday afternoon, when the inquest that No. 12 was built in two por-Yat Fu Lane. That probably was nan isolated boulder and no further and rectangular on Tseng Tack-hoi, a 15-year-old tions,
Information action was taken. schoolboy, who was killed, was con-triangular portion.
The houses in Yat Fu Lane were tinued.
was received that the body of the Theng Sin, the mother of the lad, Ind was in the triangular portion, 40 years old. They would probably and mistress of a brothel at No. 12, and by mid-day of the following last for another ton years, but Yat Fu Lane, said that on the Sunday, sufficient shoring was put up were in a very old condition, and
three had been actually robuilt. day afternoon in question she was to enable the earth to be removed.
The body was recovered in the out worshipping at a near-by hill- side shrine, leaving her young son triangular portion, to which access at their home at No. 18, Yet Fu was obtained from within the Lane, at his books, and her husband rectangular part. on a sick bed.
Bon
A Previous Fall, Referring to Departmental
"Under our present laws," said witness, "we should not allow houses to be built within such close proximity to the hillside."
Farther questions by Mr. T. M. Hazlerigg, Assistant Crown re-Solicitor (appearing for
flush
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On her return, the inmates in-1 formed her that there had been a
was cords, witness found that the last Military authorities), elicited the WORLD'S GREATEST. TRAVEL collapse and that har missing. She saw her husband inspection of the hillside was made fact that some of the bouses in the being taken away to Hospital in only two days prior to the mishap, lane were built practically this being as the result of a full of against the hillside, and in an ambulance.
Lam Pul, who described himself earth which occurred in July at the cases actually formed retaining No. 18, back of No. 574, Queen's Road walls to a height, at one point, of as a goldsmith, living ot Baid he saw the boy run out on the West. On that previous occasion, ten feet.
Witness agreed that the con- first aigna of danger to warn his the Assistant Director of Public mother in the brothel next door. Works get Into communication with clusion was made absolute that the China Individual vr-o originally formed The boy had disappeared within the the Headquarters of the doorway when the earth came down Military Command, within whose the site for those houses, had cut and blocked up that end of the property was located the starting into the tel of the hill. lane. He himself retreated within point of the sildo..
the kitchen, together with other Inmates, and escaped through window.
Paid Seant Attention.
:
At that inspection, witness was
a accompanied by Colonel Marsden,
Nobody to Blame.
After the Coroner had summed
no-
B. E. The Inspection started from up the evidence, the jury (compris- No. 574 and was carried out along ing Messrs. E. Docherty, foreman, the whole top of the hillaide, the P. M. Jack and Shuk-chuen), Pat Sam, an amah employed in result being that they had no ap-turned a verdict of "Death by They added the following rider. the brothel at No. 12, claimed to prehension of any further fall then. Misadventure." have seen the last of the lad as he The spot overlooking Yat Fu Lang came into the kitchen and said that was also included, and considered "We consider that all precautions
Wo the hillside was coming down. She not to be in any immediate danger. were taken previous to the slip, and
The hillside above Yat Fu Lane that it was unforeseen. paid scant notice, telling him to "go
out first aa. I have to boil tea," and was a natural slope of earth and sidor no-one is to blame."
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