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THE HONGKONG
TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1936.
20 CORPSES IN RESERVOIR
Gruesome Discovery
In Singapore
POLICE TO REVEAL MYSTERY OF THE
MOUNDS
Three Arrests Already
Singapore, Sept. 10.
N amazing state of affairs, possibly unprocedented in any city AN
in the world, has been discovered at the MeRitchie Reservoir, at Thomson Road, Singapore.
The discovery, which is as gruesome as it is unbelievable, was made by the syco employed by Mr. W. Murnane, the Municipal Water Engineer, who following up suspicions which he had form- ed five weeks ago definitely established the fact that the cachment area which drains into the reservoir has been used for some time past--probably months-as an unauthorised burial ground.
It is belloved that anything from 15 to 20 bodles, mostly of children, have been interred there. Serious as it te, the situation would have been worse had the reservoir been in use. Luckily, the Pontian Kechli reservoir is sufficient to supply all Singapore's needs at the moment,
HAD it been otherwise, the danger
The Singapore Coroner, Mr.
1 of contaminated water finding W. G. Porter, has, it is understood, is way into the reservoir and the given the police authority "to ex- possibility of a defect in the filtration plore" the cachment area, The ex- system might have Jet loose on humations will take place this morn- Singapore one of the most terrible ing.
NO DANGER
Scourges in its histocovery.
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Following the
pre- When questioned last night on any liminary Investigations were made, possible danger from the use of the a result of which about 20 enchment area as a burial ground, an mounds of earth-some newly turn-officer of the Municipal Water De- ed-were found. There in every partment who lives ut McRitchie reason to believe that beneath ench Reservoir, said: "There is no danger
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a cofin containing a corpse..
AN EERIE SCENE
An eerie scene will be enacted in the cachment aren soon after down
from the point of view of the public.
The Meftilchle Reservoir is not in se at the present time, but it may be brought back into use in the im-
to-day, when the police start investi-medinte future.
gating the mounds and disinterring "However, had the reservoir been probably coffins and bodies,
in use and had our Altration system broken down, it might have meant an epidemic of water-borne discases throughout the town."
SYCE'S SUSPICIONS
It seems that the cachment area, which is about 200 yards away from the Hylam cemetery at the Afth milestone, Thomson Road, has been used as an unauthorised barlal Ahmht, the driver, had his suspl- ground in order that unscrupulous clons raised about five weeks ago,. burial contractors may packet the but did not communicate them burial fees given them by poor anybody-not even to Mr. Murnane. people who have entrusted them his employer.
to
cochment
with the task of taking their dead Ahirnal decided to follow up his to a proper burial.
suspicions and continually-when- The usual procedure, it is under-ever possible-kept the afood, is for burial contractors to area under observation. take the death certificate issued by There is a lurge staff of additional the Registrar of Births and Deaths police constables, gardeners, man- and the required fee, to the eare-dores and assistants employed at the taker of the burlat ground, How-reservoir, the cachment aren ever, by disposing bodies in un- which extends over 9,000 acres. authorised areas and tearing up the certificates the contractors thus muke extra money.
CARRIED A COFFIN
As a result of Inquiries through- out last week, a Chinese burial con- tractor and two of his coollea were arrested,
It is one of these coolles, it is al- whose movements finally con-
med the suspicions of Mr. Mur={a nane's syce. Ahmat bin Haji Drus, who has been employed with him for 11. years,
About half-past six one Tuesday evening, Ahmat was walking with a friend, o gardener employed in the skirts the cachment area when he ing a small coffin, obviously that of
reservoir. along the road which
saw in front of him a Chinese carry-
child, and a changkol.
The man was going toward the cemetery. He was scen to mulenly turn into the jungle of the cachment
area.
Alimat continued walking but sud- denly heard the sound of a changko!
digging the ground.
Ahmat and his friend decided to
as they Investigate and
walked through the underbrush, the sound of digging slopped.
The Chinese. It is said, began run- ning away but was eventually enuight after a short chase. The two Malays found the culla which the mun had been carrying lying beside a newly- dug hole.
'POLICE INFORMED
The Chinese was taken before Mr. Murnane who then went to the scene. As a result of his brief Inspection he Informed the police.
On the slopes of hillock about 20 section of the re- yards away from
20. servoir were found between 15 to mounds, some of them freshly turned and not yet covered by fallen leaves. It is understood that when the earth of one mound was scooped away the face of a coffin was ex- posed, whleh leads to the belief that under each of the other mounds lay contents. coffins with their, gruesome
BURIAL "RACKET”
Lovers Who Wooed By Mail Meet
Toronto, Sept. 15.
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DUNN, young Toronto accountant, raced up the Bang-plank of the liner Duchess of Richmond at 6 a.m. to-day and threw his arms
round Miss Sadie Conswake, 20-year-old Leeds dressmaker, his bride-to-be.
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He had never seen her before. For five years they had written to cach other. Their love offair had
been conducted by letter alone,
They had arranged a signal to en- sure mutual recognition, but-
They recognised each other in- sifnctively without having to use the signal.
The signal was "Ninety-nine call- ing forty." The numbers were those of Dunn's house in Toronto and Miss Conswake's home in Leeds,
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rther investigation is alleged to Japanese lines by 1040, to fac
to facilitate of n have, revealed the existence
travel by visitors attending which its burial contrac-Olympic Games, the Japari "rucket" in tors pocket burial fees ranging from Transport Company has announced. 40 cents to $1.50.
In co-operation with foreign net- Tremendous dimculties will arise works, fie firm kald it intended to in the Investigations which will fol- shorien the time required to reach low the disloterment of the contents Tokyo from London, Paris and of the mounds.
Berlin to one week. It also intends to inaugurate a one-day Dalren-to- Tokyo service with a spur laking Changchun with the route.
After each unauthorised burial, ft alleged, the death certificates were destroyed thus also destroy- lng the identity of the corpse and
Four regular flights will be carried the nature of Its death.
out between Tokyo and Osaka, while Each body unearthed will there- passengers will find good accom fore, have to be identifled, If pos- | modation in modern hotels to be sible, while a post mortem will also | erected at various airports, tha: an- have to be held.
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