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Man. who had jumped overboard, among them. When the man jumped overboard he swam towards the shore. She jumped overboard from the portside. The boat which picked him up came across from the portside and brought him to the starboard side. I did not hear orders given for the man to be picked up. I did not hear the call out to be picked up. One of the boat people held him up; a man on the launch pulled him on board.
When the man was pulled on board I was about six yards off. As soon as the man was pulled on board I went to the engine room. After passing Kowloon City.
John Jones, sworn clerk and storekeeper, Hom Docks. On 10th instant about 4:30 p.m. it was fine. I went on board a white launch at the wharf in Hongkong to come to Hunghom. The launch is a ferry boat running between here and Hongkong. There were four sailors from the "Velases" and two from the "Samezi" and myself, altogether 7 Europeans. There were also a number of Chinese. While waiting on the wharf I heard a man say to a man on the launch, "You had better change to another one, they won't have this one because it's too small." The big white launch went to the Public wharf and we started. When about 30 to 50 feet from the wharf we got alongside a green launch. One on the white launch called out for a Chinese passenger to go on board the green launch. I did not hear any orders given at that time. The Chinese passengers from our launch went over to the green launch. The white launch went first towards Hunghom. When about 20 feet away from...
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