1933-12-08 — Page 7

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1933.

Last

Victim's

Night's Fire Fatality EXCESSIVE SPEED ON

Body Found.

REMARKABLE ESCAPE OF MR. J. C. FITZ-HENRY

Fire Fatality

was called to fight the fire which brake out at 355 Queen's Road West at 11.50 last night.

"The fire engines were in ut- tendance fully 15 minutes before anything like a reasonable pres sure of water was available." he snid. "Our machines were al most immediately at the scene of under the fire on receiving the call and

The body of Wu Chai, the fire- man who lost his life in the disas. trous fire at 355 Queen's Road Central last night, was found

morning

have been

TAIPO ROAD

Mr. C. Chadderton Fined $10.

DEFENDANT DENIES DANGER TO PUBLIC

Mr C. Chadderton, of Messrs. Jardine Matheson and Co., Ltd, was $10 by Mr. this morning aned

a pile of debris at 4 o'clock this the water valves for the supply Wynne-Jones at the Kowloon Magis

to the mains were opened at the tracy for travelling at an exCERSIVO. speed on the Taipo Road on Novem- have same time." The fire i believed

"Under the present water rober 19.

Defendant pleaded not guilty and, originated on the fat Best of the

although he admitted travelling building, which was empied by strictions in the Island. the mains

he the Ki Yau Dey Meat whey, and to are closed every night at 9 p.m.

used by a charcoal and if we need water later they fairly fast, he submitted that slove used for drying sausages, must be turned on again. The was not driving to the danger of 1o be in water naturally takes some time the public. as there was nobody on The building is said

to collect pressure and, as far as the rond at the time with the ex- Rored for $20,000.

can see. nothing can be done to reption of Sub-Inspector Saunders,

(who passed him in a motor car, Mr. 3. C. Fitz Henry, Deputy

rectify this state of affairs, the Fire

Sub-Inspector Saunders said the Superintendent of Brigade Department, had a re

deferant passed him at about 35 death

miles an hour at the earner from

just markable escape

after the first rise of the Talpo Inst night, when Fireman Wo

Road. Chal was killed.

Mr. Fitz-Hanry was with the the

According to the statements of onlookers last night. the Fire Brigade, in the abserve of water. were obliged to tackle the fire as best they could and thus put

His Worship said that, as far as slight

ceased and Mau Shum, who was in themsives in a very dangerous the knew, there was only A

jured at the the lim

position. dipetinst

Mr Fitz Henry said that this the laving of house to the find four

true in 1930 extent, but. was up the stairway, and hurt back to order å sund hose to be water or no, it was their duty to

The vet inte the source

run and had 1

nathal

Cane

pavement, when the upigwe wa lapsed, carrying the first

ft.

Had he been

Tex

Baler he must inevitably

been involved in the disaste

Curious Accident

of the fre.

of He personally ordered the wo with firemeu

have

The fire was responsible other strange sericent last night. when s Chinese named

GALLANT RESCUE OF COMRADE

who were buried when the building crashed. to assist in taking a branch hose

up the back staircase in preparation į for the water which was being awaited.

A Narrow Escape.

bend and no corner, but in his opinion the defendant was travelling

an excessive spoed.

DRIVER'S LICENSE

EXPIRED. Mrs. R. T. Barrett Cautioned.

Mrs. R. T. Barrett was cautioned, The Mr. Wynne-Jones at the Cen-

The fire was confined to the tral Magistracy this morning when

driver

to

SOLDIERS OF TO-DAY PREFER TEA.

THE CHINA MAIL.

German Leaders at Nazi Quiz

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Carl Nicolay (left), acting president of the Unitel Gamerican Societies, and Dr. Ignata 1. Griebl, president of the Friends of New Germany." pictured at the Federal Building, New York, as they arrived to appear before the Grand Jury investigating Naxi activities in the United States. Grieb produced letter from Heinz Spankusebp] indicating the Nazi leader had left the country.

BRAVE CONSTABLE REWARDED.

Medal Presented.

SAVED CHILD IN ROUGH SEA

Executive

of

on December 7 His Ex-

PRETTY LOCAL WEDDING.

Barnes Everest.

Was

on

Tu Thiu second floor at the time and it she appeared to answer a charge of Royal Humane Society Hving at 128 Bonham Strand, hear did not seem dangerous to enter allowing an unliernsed

He had drive her larry on the morning of

Cathedral St. John's ing the fire-engines raving p.4. for the building. he said.

Saturday last the scene of a pretty out of bed in his excitement and gone in with the men and, hay-November 17, in Nathan Road.

Mrs Barrett stated that she was

Irene wedding, when Miss Edith Bustained a lacerated wound in the Ret them about their work, re

He was taken to the turned to give other orders, unaware at the time that her lorry

Everest was married to Mr. Ernest left leg.

At the meeting of when the upper floor legan to driver's licence had expired in July

Barnes. The Very Rev. Dean Government Civil Hospital

give way with a rumble, follow-[of this year but it had since been Council

The bride was given away by Fireman Buried Undered by a complete crash of all the renewed. His Worship naid a cau- cellency the Governor presented to Swann conducted the ceremony.

the ground. floors to

He had tion would cover the charge.

P. C. E.12 P. Sherevers of the anti- piracy guards the Bronze Medal and Mr. J. F. Griffiths, while Mr. Hans Burning Debris.

just gained the pavement when

of the Royal Humane Koehr acted as best man. fhis occurrent.

Certificate

The bride was attired in a charm- Society awarded him for gallantry in saving the life of the infant son ing lace creation, while the brides- Captain Ashby of the 8.8. maids Miss Peggy Watts and Miss occasion of the Dera Turner, in georgette, carried The "Antung" on the stranding of that vessel at Mafu silver baskets of sweet peas. Point on the March 6, 1933.

bride's bouquet was of white gladioli Constable Sherevera of the anti-and roses and maidenbair fern.

After the ceremony a reception piracy guard on board the 8.8. Only une man in 211 of those who "Antung" dived from the main was held in the German Club, when took part in the recent Army teck and swam

to the child, who a large number of people gathered thrown into the water to drink to the health and happi- Manoeuvres was a beer drinker, ac had been cording to the Army, Navy and Air when the gig capsized, and broughtness of the couple. ob-1

Forve Institutes.

him safely back on board the boat. Tea and lemonade were found in 1718 Action

the the institutes to be the drinks most meritorious in so far as the sea was rough and thickly conted with fuel popolar with the soldiers.

While the manuuvres Were in ail. progress the troops drank

More than 1,500,000 cup of tea

und

Man Shom. the second fire. man, who escaped with minor in- has juries, was thrown clear in the Once apain luck at water

The Fire crash and fell into the back hampered the efforts 1

Mn Choi. Brigade und resulted in loss of life, yard of the building. the victim in this latest case being the other freman, was ni, how

ever, so fortunate und in his at- one of the Brigade

A roll was received at about 12 tempt to guin the front door was minutes before midnight to a three caught in the middle of the build- the crushed beneath storey building. 355 Queen's Road ing and Centrul, and was promptly aboved, fremendous load of bursing de six appliances, including

new 'brik. automatic

the

Full water pressure was from Central Indder. Station and three from Wanchai be-'tained a minute after the crash] Two am verurred.

said Mr. Fitz-Henry, ing rapidly on the seene bulance cara also were in attendance and within a short time the fire

The engin.s

at was under control. We fe posted

"One certain cause of the and ..! 34 hoses were run out, but it s ten floors caving in is that they were minutes before water would be ob covered with bravy Canton Liles. tainet, ten minutes that cost the life he said.

resulted in of une fireman and serious injury to another.

Various points

The body of Wu Choi was sub- sequently found in a badly muti- The fire gained ground with ex- lated condition, with his face to- traordinary rapidity.

wards the entrance of the huild.

Within an incredibly skor ime ing. He had obviously tried to k flames were shooting from the win make the front door when he was dows and rof. Beking the sides of|caught.

the house and inzing fiercely along.

the verandabs to adjacent houses.

So far as a known, all the inmates of the building escaped to safety: but while the firemen were search ing the building for possible victims or persona cut off by the flames, the upper floors collapsed, burying twe of the firemen in the burning de bris.

Gallant Rescue,

Risking further falls of material

from the roof, which was burning

Funeral To-morrow. The funeral will take place to- morrow at 4 p.m. when a fire- engine will convey the body to the water-front, where it will be shipped to his native rillage in A parade the Hoihow district. will follow the funeral.

WEATHER REPORT

Only One Beer Drinker On Manoeuvres.

London

More than 1,300,000 glasses

lemonade.

---Reuter.

CENTENARIAN HAS 43 GRANDSONS.

Receives Pope's Blessing.

Warsaw.

32 great-grandsons, and

of

W

more

STARTING TIMES FOR FANLING.

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Sunday's Golf Pairings.

The following are the Royal

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Hull.

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H. H. Beddow A. W. Muir.

A. W. Hodges G. H. Bond.

C. Thwaites A. V. Greaves.

S. H. Dodwell. Haworth.

10.08 F. D. Hunter L. H. Geare.

Leusz Rankowski, a resident of Grudziadz, has just received the bleasing of the Pope on the occasion 9.40 of bis 100th birthday.

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9.40

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8.48

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9.66

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Happy Filmland Family

Cloudy, with fresh north-easterly

fiercely, the firemen strove to re- winds, is the forecast issued to-day

lease their buried comrades. Mr. by the Royal Observatory. Wynne-Jones, the Magistrate, who

was watching the fire, threw off his cost and assisted in the work of Some minutes later the rescue, crowd saw one of the missing men carried out, his clothes still «moui-i dering, and sent off to the hospital: In one of the waiting ambulances. But all the efforts of the rearchers failed to effed the rescue of the second man.

After the Almost immediately collapse of the building the water came on and it was not long before the brigade had the fire well in hand, finally withdrawing at about.

1.45 a..

The name of the missing man is Muk Tong, No. 77, and that of the injured in Ngan Lum, No. 14.

LACK OF WATER.

"Had we the normal pressure of water we would have had the fire under control within five minutes of arrival" said Mr.

J. C. Fitz-Henry, Deputy Super- intendent of the Fire Brigade Department, in a statement to a China Mall representative this morning on the lack of a prompt water supply when, the Brigade

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