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'ALUGHOUT NETOLS HO SY "TAKILUVA
(69'a)
Fung Chi
I am 2nd Coxswain of the Hongkong Fire Brig-
ade No.1 Fire Flaat. About 10.P.M. on the 3rd August
the float
1919, I was on board which was lying at the buoy in the
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Harbour, off Statue Wharf. I heard a Police whistle being
sounded, the sound appeared to be in the direction of the Star Ferry Wharf. I heard some one shout in Chinese for
Along with Wong
a boat to be lowered from the Float. KAN
King & Lo Kwai, two of the seamen, I lowered the dinghy.
We rowed the dinghy in the direction from which the sound came, At a distance of about 15 yards from the Fraya
Sergeant Wall I saw a man struggling in the water. Field was also in the water. I saw Sergeant Field get
on board a Bampan and attempt to get the man on board, The man whom Sergeant Field was attempting to rescue was struggling violently. I assisted Sergeant Field in gett-
ing the man on board the sampan.
into the water a second time.
board the sampan a second time.
The man rescued fell
The Bergeant got him on
Sergeant Field then
landed the rescued man at Statue Wharf. He handed him
over to European Police in uniform.
then to all appearance unconscious.
The rescued man was
When I first saw
Sergeant Field on the sampan his clothes was soaked in
water.
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Statement by Fung Chi,
2nd Coxswain,
4. 9 - 19
No.1 Fire Float.
Taken by :-William Murison,
Chief Detective Inspector,
Interpreted by:-Ng Ping U,
Sergeant Interpreter.
كسمه