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of Green Island. The Captain had mentioned to witness on the latter going on watch at 8 o'clock that they would go south of Waglan tho following morning,

Coming back to the scenes - im- mediately following the grounding, Jacobsen said that there was great confusion. When he was on the

“HSINWAH” INQUIRY and found them to be functioning bridge be observed that the engines

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EVIDENCE

ADJOURNED TO TO-MORROW After sitting the whole of yes. terday afternoon, the Coroner's Court adjourned the "Hainwan" inquiry until 11.15 to-morrow (Thursday) morning.

At the resumption yesterday afternoon, A Kitchell, Govern- ment Wireless Operator on board No. 4 Police Launch, said that he was on duty between 4 and 8 a.m., on January 16, the morning of the disaster. He sent his first call through to the Water Police Station at Tsimshatsui at 4.12 a.m., and got through without any difficulty.

properly. The bad Morse was due were still going full speed. The to the bad style of sending. The Captain than gave orders for the bad message from Waglan was lifeboats and rafts to be got out transmitted by Mr. Hast.

and almost simultaneously sent out Mr. Hast was re-called and ask-distress signals. The Captain did ed if he could offer any reason for not give witness any information the apparent contradiction of his as to the cause of the grounding, evidence by both the operator and They held no conversation. Mr. Kemp.

Off the Rocks

Witness said that the ahip Witness replied that it was carried six lifeboats and on wit- firmly fixed in his mind that he ness giving the order for the life- did send the messages and that boats to be got out, there was great he did get the word "Repeat." confusion and it was noticed that Whether the messages he sent the ship's crew were not in their were read by sound or by the tape proper posts. the witness could not say. By experience the witness knew that there were occasions when oper After some time--it might have ators could read by sound, He been anything from ten minutes to repeated that he was under the half an hour-the ship got off the impression that he did send the rocks. The Waglan lights then ap messages and added that it was a peared to be ahead, about eight Asked by the Coroner to ex-morning of excitement and con- points on the port bow. The ship, plain why Tsimshatsui failed to fusion and he could not remember was awinging and after some time get him when the Water Police rightly.

it seemed as if she had struck light- called up the launch between 5.30

"Repeat, Repeat "

ty. The Captain then said "The and 6.15 a.m., the witness replied Witness then produced the propellers have gone!" and gave that between those hours he re- tape used at Wagian but could orders for the ship's anchors to be ceived no call whatever, and it not say if the words "Repeat, Re-dropped. was not until he called them up peat" were on it. himself that he received a mess- age from the Water Police Sta- tion.

Witness went to the forecastle Remarking that it was very im- with the ship's carpenter and portant for Mr. Hast as if the together they managed to lower words were on the tape it would first the port anchor and then the At 6 o'clock the witness chang- clinch the whole matter, ed over to a full receiving battery, Coroner gave the tape to Mr. Kemp The anchors appeared to hold the the starboard and "slacked" the chains. but that only took one minute to and asked that a translation be ship. complete. Witness could not ex-produced In Court at the next hear- plain why he did not get a call.

Ing.

The Coroner then mentioned that between 7 and 8 a.m., the Water Police again tried to call up the launch but received no re ply. The witness was asked to explain it.

He said that at 6.45 the sea was very rough and he became seasick and was unable to carry on. Wit- ness got up at 7 o'clock an with difficulty called up Tsimshatsui and asked if they had any mess. age for the launch..

At this time the Captain ordered | that all lifeboats and rafts were to that was all the evidence he could done as there was a big list and Inspector Ogg having stated that be lowered, but this was only partly call other than those who were on the boats on the port side ware so the fated ship, the directed the Police Officer to con-lower them. Witness said that he Coroner placed as to make it Impossible to: sult the Naval Authorities to see thought at this stage, that he heard if it would be possible to get evi- the voices of both the second and dence from that quarter as to what chief engineers, messages were received that morn- Ing, and at what time,

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Efforts were made to get the starboard boats away, but as far as Chief Officer's Evidence

witness could see, only one boat got; The Chief Officer of the ill-fated clear away. The ship was by this Replying to the jury, the wit-"Hsinwah," Mr. Peter Jacobsen, time settling down by the head and ness said that between 5.80 and i was then called. He said that the seas soon began to break over 6 am, the launch was still at he

keld A master mariner's the bridge. Witness said he could anchor in shelter.

certificate issued at Reval. It was not say whether he acted instinc- an Esthonian certificate.

Regular Service of Faat, High Class River Steamers Having Good Ab-| Witness tively or whether he was washed commodation for First Class Passengers. Electric Light and Fans in State- had been on the China Coast for overboard by a big sea, but he rooms and Saloon. The 8. "Tal Hing" is fitted with Wireless. eighteen years and had been in the found himself in the water shortly Takhing & Dosing) and return to Hong Kong (via same Ports) every Bre These vessels leave Hong Kong for Wuchow (vin Samahal, Shiching, employ of the China Navigation aferwards. He had a lifebelt on. Company for eight years.

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Operator's Evidence Lai Sheung, an operator in the Radio Telegraph Office was then re-called and declared that Wag- lan did not call him up between 5 an 5.20 a.m.. Ho said that if a The "Heinwah": was

to get hold of a bamboo stool and to call from Waglan was sent built and was only six years old; he drifted for several hours, until through before 5.20 the buzzer her registered tonnage being 1,358. or 10 am, in the morning when with which the line was connect-She Jeft Shanghai on January 11 he was picked up by a fishing junk ed would have sounded. The and left Swatow on January 16 at and taken to Aberdeen. buzzer had not sounded a minute (12.10 p.m." for Hong Kong, carry- In the darkness, said the witness, when he answered the call which ing about 300 passengers and with he could sense the presence of other came through at 5.20,

a crew of about 100, including off-wimmers, but with daylight all Mr. F. H. Kemp, telegraph encers. The officers

signs of other human beings dia-

MOVEMENTS OF STEAMERS. gineer in Government service M. P. Jansen, who was Master, appeared and he could see no one,

Capt. Igave technical evidence as to the witness who was chief officer, Mr.

The E. & A. s. "Arafura" left At the time. when witness went working and condition of the Kuo Ching-hui, who was second overboard, all the lights of the noon, and was due here this morn- Moji for this port on Friday after- cable line from Waglan. Weather officer, Mr. Campbell, who

"Hainwah" were out. reports were received from Wag- chief engineer, Mr. Beveridge, who said that the rafts were air-tight

ing. In answer to the Coroner, witaesa lan without difficulty, and accord-

"President Was second engineer and Mr. ing to the tape the last reports Salamanuk, who was third engineer. drums lashed together with ham Asia" arrived at Kobe yesterday at Manila at 2 am. to-day.

The C.P.S. RMS. "Empress of Lincoln" sailed from this port for were received at 2 o'clock on the

Speaking of the second officer,

Home- morning in question. He had ex-

8.30 am. left Kobe same day at 4 bound, she will sail as per schedule amined the tape and was satisfied witness said that he was appoint. that it had not been tampered ed to the ship by the Head Office

P., and was due at Yokohama to-1 on Feb. 6. day at 2 p.m. with. He was also satisfied that in Shanghai on January 3. The between 2 and 4 a.m., no further second officer had made a trip on message came through from the "Hsinwah" from Shanghai, to Waglan.

Tsingtao and back before he trip Informed of Mr. Hast's evid- to Hong Kong when the vessel was ence that when he was tapping a lost. Witness gave. It as his opin- message through at 3.20 a.m., he ion that Kuo WEB cumpetent to H.M.'s transport "City of Mar- only got "Repeat, Repeat,' the stand a watch and he presumed sellles" arrived at Singapore yes- witness said that unless the per- that the second officer had someterday from. Hong Kong and sall- son receiving the message had sort of a certificate.

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Continuing his evidence, witness

land. that he would ask for "Repeat." said that on the night of January In point of fact, the Morse letter 15 he (witness) was on duty from in the message received from 8 p.m. to 12 midnight. On going Waglan at 4.08 a.m., was bad, as

also was the spacing. In examin- off he banded the watch to the ing all three messages later, the second officer. At that time the witness spent two hours before ship must have been some forty he could decipher them. Witness miles from Waglan and in witness' had since examined the Waglan opinion the light ought to be sight, instrument and cable connections ed by about 8 a.m. Witness show- ed the second officer the estimated position of the ship on the chart and also told him to inform the Captain when Waglan was sighted or, at the latest when the log show ed 180 miles.

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Witness then left the bridge and went to his cabin to sleep. Hie cabin was on the lower bridge deck. Some time later witness พม. awakened by the ship grounding. He had no idea what time it was as he had no opportunity of find- ing out. Putting on some clothes hastily, witness proceeded to the upper bridge, where there were severa, people, but owing to the darkness witness could not recog nise any of them except the Cap tain.

As soon as he got off his cabin, aald witness, he saw the Waglan light about four points on the port bow of the ship, Witness realised that he was on the rocks to the north end of Waglen Island, the bows of the ship then pointing in a southerly direction. At midnight when he left the bridge the ship was proceeding in a W.S.W. direc tion

The Ship's Course

Asked h, know the ordinary course his ship would have taken, witness and that the ship would probably have gone found the som Tor Hong Kong and entered by way

boos and wires.

In answer to the Police, witness Baid that the Captain was on the bridge with only his pullover on. would wear a coat, as it was very He himself, if he were on duty,

cold that night.

The Inquiry was then adjourned.

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