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OPI.
No. 481/1916.
(Teaccompany Enclosure 1)
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Kowloon-Ganten Railway,
British Section,
Hongkong,
19th. June, 1916.
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The Honourable
The Gelozial Sporetary.
sir.
Derailment of Io. ₺ Express at Mile 20 on Thursday June 18th.
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I have the honour to inform you that I visited the
soạng of the above derailment with Mr. Meokichan on Friday last.
The derailment, which scourred at the entrance of a
Cutting between Sun Tong and Hamkong, 20 miles from Ganten, was
caused by the removal of a fish plate and the displacement of ti
sutside rail of the curve. This in ordinary course of svants
would have been noticed by the patrol and adjusted before the
arrival of the first train, but the rebbers, aware of this fact,
took the patrol prischer before he reached the point. He was
taken belind the Sutting where the robbers vera oenosaled, but
endeavoured as the train came in sight to warn the driver and
was then knocked down by the butt end of a rifle.
The engine leaving the rails dived into the side of the
sutting, the two frent coaches, beth Brd. class, also left the
rails and vera telescoped. The two fellowing coaches, I am
informed, although derailed did not fall over and the guarda Van
renatasd on the line.
Two persons were actually killed in the accident, though
others have since dipd. of the twe killed, one was a thiness
and one an American missionary Mr. Hammond, who was travelling
in the front corner of the second coach, and it was necessary
te out spex the side of the coach to extrioste his bedy.
At the time of our visit a diversion had been made
reund the wrecked osaches and through traffic had been resumed.
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