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LOCAL DRIVER'S DEATH
ATTEMPT TO REMOVE HELMET TO GET AIR
EXPERT EVIDENCE
An inquiry was held yesterday into the death of William Ramsey Stephens, an Autralian diver employed by the Government on the Harbour pipe line on Septem- ber 30.
The jury was Mesars. T.HR. Shaw (foreman), R. J. F. Ohl, and J. M. Wong.
THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1932.
through the pump he would come to the surface at once,
It
Conversely, if he did not have onough air, he would absorb all that was passed down through the bon dioxide that was shut in by length of the pipe, plus the car-
the closing of the exhaust. would be possible for him, in this stato, to remove his helmet if he wore not dressed properly. That was to say that the two 40 lb. weights should be hung over the small clasps or hooks on either side of the helmet, in which case he could not get his helmet off.
HARBIN MURDER
OUTRAGE.
WIFE OF THE B.A.T. ACCOUNTANT.
CONSIGNEES' NOTICE.
SERVICES CONTRACTUELS DES MESSAGERIES MARITIMES. The Motorskip,
"FELIX ROUSSEL" Peking, Oct. 13.
Arrived Hongkong on Tuesday, the 11th October, 1932. Mrs. C. T. Woodruff, wife of the | From MARSEILLES &c. Accountant of the British Ameri- can Tobacco Company at Harbin, named steamer are hereby informed Consignees of Gargo by the above has been killed by Chinese bandits, that their goods with the exception of morning near the Woodruff home. in the Godowns of the Hongkong The outrage occurred yesterday being landed and placed at their risk Oplum, Treasure and Valuabfen, are
Mrs. Woodruff was taking hor two Kowloon Wharf and Godown Co., Pawerful Man.
children to school in a motor
car Ltd., Kowloon, whence delivery can be Witness and that in civilian when thraa bandits held the car up. obtained as the goods are landed.- diving these weights were simply It is supposed that they intended Goods not cleared within 7 days hung to the shoulders nometimes to abduct hirs. Woodruff and hold including date of arrival, will ba and if so the helmet could be thor to ransom, in the same way as subject to rent. taken off in the water. It would Mrs. Pawley and Mr. Charles
All claims must be sent to the however, take a very powerful Corkran were abducted at
undoraigned before the Friday. the. Now- 21st October, 1932, or they will not man to remove the helmet in the chwang. It is anid that Mra. be recognized water, particularly in this case Woodruff realsted them, with the where he was subject to pressure result that they shot her dead.
Mrs. Woodruff has A Rusafan chauffeur, and in the shooting the chauffour WOB wounded. The children escaped unscathed.
Dr. J.E. Dovey said Stephons was brought to the Government Civil Hospital, dend. Artificial respira- tlon was tried without success. A post mortem examination re-equivalent to two atmospheres, vealed that Stephona had had and witness' opinion was that little to eat for some time before only one in a hundred divers could death, the average appearance of have done it. He had never in the stomach and small intestines his experience as a diver, known The bandits did not all get away suggested alcoholic drinks had a helmet to come off in the water. One was killed, and another arrest been taken shortly before and
either by design or by accident, Jed. The third escaped.. that the congested appearance of If the diver had it properly on, the face, neck and upper portion it would be impossible for him to of the back and lungs, and strong take the helmet off. ly contracted heart, and dark fluid blood, Huggested naphy
and suffocation. The xation analyst's report of n 76 per cent. content of sea-water in the stomach and the froth in the mouth suggested drowning bad taken some part in the cause Inf death.
Dr. Dovey said the cause of death was partial asphyxiation and suffocation, And partial asphyxiation through drowning.
Mr. M. del Pan, proprietor of the Station Hotel, stated Stephens stayed at his establishment, and on the morning before his death.
If the diver werewed down his was in his office chatting, for exhaust valve and air was sti short time. He did not take any left to inflate his suit, he would drink while there. and when rise like a bubble to the surface. handed a letter received fromHe would be helpless, unable to bend any of his limbs, and there- after his attendants would have to do everything for him.""
Australia, read it and appeared happy."
Mr. H. White. Manager of the Kowloon Hotel. snid he "MILAN" Stephens on two occasion that Sold Age morning at the Hotel, and on each MITSUI occasion Stephen drank a bottle Jof Allsopp's Beer. He was in the BUSSAN best of spirits and did not appear
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Mrs. Woodruff was a native of Bristol, ns is her husband. They have been stationed at Harbin for "In my opinion." witness stated, the past eighteen months-Reuter. "the system of signala between the diver and the attendants Inj
Children Rescued. this case was mistaken. The state
Harbin, Oct: 18. of the helmet showed that the
Four bandits attacked and diver wanted to reach the surface. murdered Mrs. Woodruff, wife of found there was not enough air the B.A.T. Chief Accountant. in the gult, and fried to lighten himself by removing the helmet a very desperate act which ! think, as an experienced diver, bandits, who fired seriously wound- would never dream of doing.
ing both of them. would drown him and fill up the suit with water. Te absolutely committed auicide by taking his
helmet off.”
It
If Properly Dressed. In the Navy, witness said, they always tested
the pumpa and diving gear before sending diver down. In the 20 feet of water Stephens was said to be working. the exhaust would show a very pronounced stream of bubbles if the pump were working right. On the other hand if the helmet were taken off, there would be one big bubble and no more. At 20 feet below the diver would be under pressure equivalent to two atmos
taken off he would instantly col- lapse. If he shut his exhaust he would come up in two or 3 se- conds.
Answering the jury, witness said the pump should be started
put on.
They attempted to kidnap her and her three children.
Russions pursued
Two
Damaged packages must be loft in the Godowns for examination by the consigueca, and the Company's Bar- veyor. Mesare:-Goddard and Douglas at 14.00 am. on Monday, the 17th October, 1932. Consignees must have damaged dutiable goods are examined In Revenue Officer in ättendance when
by the Company's Surveyors.
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bandits and red upon them killing Chinese policemen chased the two. The others escaped.
The children were Reuter.
By Wireless.
rescued...
London, Oct. 13. The first intimation of the mor der of Mrs. Woodruff reached her parents when they were listening- in to the wireless news bulletin at a relation's home at Trowbridge, where they were visiting.
Shortly after her son arrived by ear from Bristol with the news which had been cabled by the Im- porini Tobacco Company.-Reuter.
aclet
could hardly have been crossed so na to let the water leak diver should do was to shut the in. The first thing a submerged exhaust valve and spit cock and let the attendants do the rest. The attendants could always pall him to the surface at once; he was helpless to resist. It would not need any great effort to do it, na the diver was very light on the l горе.
Not Normal Pressure. Witness said if there were nor
Expert's Evidence. Senior Commissioned Gunner George Hamilton, R. N. called as an expert witness, stated he had about 20 years' experience of diving work, of which the last Beight months had been in long-pheres, and if the helmet were
kong. He had seen the diving suit and helmet worn by Stephens had tested the gear, and found it effi- tient. He gave a demonstration of the working of the suit and helmet, and, said the exhaust Tvalve could be regulated by the before the front optical ginss was mal pressure in the suit it would
diver, who could also vary it so
be impossible for Stephens to have as to increase or diminish the I say that If the diver
the helmet. He (wit- were removed pressure of air in the suit. If the only three minutes under, as Iess) had carried out experiments diver found he was getting to have been told, he would have within the last few days and he much air, he could open the valve enough air in the suit, if properly found it impossible, in a room, to and let the air escape. If too dressed, to last him for two remove the helmet, let alone en- little, he would have to signal to minutes without working the pump feet of water. In five fathoms of deavouring to remove it under 20 the attendants above.
The speed at all."
water, and if properly dressed and aired," he could not have re- moved his helmet.
"I think that Stepheus tried to reach the sur face, because he had lost all sense of touch and reason. I there was a mistake in the signals between him and the attendants. When he asked for more air he re- ceived less, and he then wanted to reach the surface."
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at which the pump should be
Aworked depended on its efficiency
when tested.
It
Experiments.
Answering Sub-Inspector Dorl He had examined the divinging, witness said if the suit were
inflated and pump and found it efficient.
the helmet was needed about 25 turns a minute knocked off. the escaping air to keep the proper supply of air would burst on the surface like a for working under any conditions. small explosion. With normal air When the pump went below ten pressure from the pump the diver Tturns a minute, it could safely be could not reach the safety catch assumed the diver was not having his helmet: Witness had tried
nough air.
The effect would be on Wednesday and found it that he would shut down the ex- impossible to reach the catch. The haust valve and the spit cock in
threads In the helmet and cor- the helmet and go to the surface as fast as he could; that was to say that if enough air were passed
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