THE CHINA MAIL OCTOBER 1 193
SONS AND GRANDSONS SLAIN Junk Owner's Story Of "Japanese Submarine Attack
WOMEN KILLED BY
SHELLFIRE
(Continued from Page 1) --and saw it firing.”
"After firing at that junk, what did it do next?"-Shek Kai-cheung's pair of junks sank, after which the submarine fired at Lam Chi's."
"What happened to Lam Chi's junk? It was struck by two shots and sank
After that what happened?" It next attacked Fung Hing-woo's junks"
"What happened?"-The junks sank.
"What did the submarine do next?"--"It shot at Yeung Yat shui's pair and sank them also."
"And after that?"It came to wards us."
**Which junk of your pair did the submarine fire at first?" "Lee Mun's junk”
THE SAILORS "After firing at Lee Mum's junk what did the submarine do next 22′′ "Lee Mun's junk sank and the sub- marine fired at our junk”
"How far was it away when it fired at your junk?”. "About two lengths of this courtroom."
"What was the colour of the sub- marine?" "Light blue.”
"Did you notice how may guns. the submarine carried
two."
"Did you notice any other marks on the submarine besides the colour"
**
“Did you notice some sort of structure amidships? "Yes, a sort of a castle."
***Notice any marks on that castle?” “No.”
what happened sank. And we clung sall
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"What did you do with the dead posi
We had no
junks
The Chairmar
the main-killed outright?"
"Did you have any sampans Yes, one"
"What happened to it? was tied to the mainsail.” “How many were in
pan? "Twelve
And about how many were the mainsail?” “Seventeen.
nineti
How long did ron remain in San Mee
Twenty days and
ed at Shaukiwan on October 13
Who accompanied you to Shau- dri
My wife
ikiwan
sam
Why
on
had been wounded.
“For treatment
land.
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"Did your wife go to the hospital
EP TWO
the same day of your arrival?”
The Chairman- “There were al-Yes, and I made the report to the together 29 persons on the junk?police the same day
"Give me their names?" Wah-mui, aged 18, and Lam Yu-soo, aged 27, both females."
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"What sort of WTCC "It appeared to be out of six timbers
"What was
"No, there were 31, two were "Did your junk have any can- killed during the firing
nons.?** "Yes, three, which were ber 27. Lam kept in the holds.
It read as foll "Did you use them during the at- Lat 22:27, Long 5.11, tack?"
two men on wreckag "When were the two women kill- "How long it since you bad stopped. Accident boat lower ed?" "When the first shot was used them?"
Several years
charge of Chief Officer: fired."
when I purchased the junk and
picked Now we come to the position experimenting that one sampan was tied to the The Chairman: “Had you any mainsail. How many of the people rifles on board???"
"Eight
"No arms at all except the can- were children?”
"What was the age of the young-nons?" "Yes"
"Two years.”
Mr. John Whyatt then informed est?
"What was the age of the the Commission that there were "Extremely
"Ten years." eldest?"
more Chinese witnesses, who were "How many women were there?" at the moment not in the Colony, men
They had gone out fishing Mr. mness then Five”.
Canton Whyatt applied for permission to went present them to the Commission on to Hong Kong he their retur.
over to the Tung Wan Hospital The Chairman said the inquiry Mr. Francis Brett, Assistant Chief would have to be resumed on junk Inspector, gave evidence of Thursday, and therefore the Assis tant Attorney General would hav junks time to locate them.
The Chairman "Excluding the two who were killed?” "Yes."*
us with a
MACHINE GUNNED “What happened when you got on the mainsail and in the sam-
"The submarine pan?" back and fired at machine gun
"How far away was it when it **About two started firing?” lengths of this court room"
"From where was the machine gun fired?"
"From the castle on the submarine.”
"What
painte
of a submar
and sink his Pomt
Septemb
the
SCHARNHORST RESCUERS Sub-Inspector R. G. Butcher, the Water Police, stated that on tember he
called on the ss. Scharnhorst by Officer. Witness was taken navigation room, where the office When you told us that you saw worked out a certain position on by Chan Yat-Sun, "Did you see any sailors?"I saw the sailors from the waist up the chart. Completing the findings ence this mo some figures, but could not see clear-wards, do you mean ly how many there were."
"What were they doing? Work-
the guns. A machine
"Any flags?” — “No, I did not see any."
ing
gill
those who
were in the castle?”. - Yes."
"Why do you say it was a ma- chine-gunz "I could tell by the spluttering sound" (Witness made a spluttering sound in support of his answer). “What happened to the people
on the maintail and the sampan?
"Out of the 12 in the sampan, nine were killed."
"What sort of sailors?"I can- not say. I could not see clearly."
"Were they fall or short?” could only see them from the waist upwards.
The men that were in the tow- er?" - “Yes.”
IN HOLD
FAMILY KILLED "Remember their
names?"
"Witness then told the Commis
"What happened when the sub- marine fired at your junk??? sank."
"It
sioners that his
19-year-old son, Ng Pak-so,
6-year-old son, Ng Tai-so,
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The Chairman: “How many shots were fired at your junk?”
Mr. John Whyatt "Where were you when the first shot struck the junk?” - I was in the bold,”
"Why were you in the hold”
when I saw that the sub- was firng at us.
you thought you would
"Hirst shot was fired es, two
sult of the
one
result
jured
anyone killed as
of the second shot?”
Did you have anyone on board
Wai-munt”
to her?" hanging on to the
of Lam
6-year-old grandson, Ng
ming,
4-year-old grandson, Ng Ah-tun, 30-year-old daughter-in-law, Fan
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10-year-old granddaughter, N
Yuet-ho,
7-year-old daughter, Ng Ah-y2t,
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illed.
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from those killed were
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