CO129-255 - Governor Sir Robinson - 1892 [5-7] — Page 638

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I wo

wive

vomiting

on the beach. I was

tws that I was rescued by a European

who was one

launch.

of

the party

on board the

Chan Hi states:- I am master

of the launch Wife"," on the 10th instant

party of Europeans engaged my launch to take them to Jai Leungtan; on our arrival. there the Europeans began bathing. To Kan and two -

others

awa

of

the crew took life buoys, went unto the

when to Kan was

sea;

about forty yards from the launch and 15 yards from shore, he lost hold of his life buoy

und sank; one

of the Europeans who was on the launch

an

seeing

hein suck, swam to the place, dived and took him ashore.

The was sometime before he could be brought round and had it not been

for the European he would have been

drowned.

Duncan Clark states:. I am a

clerk in Nesers Lane Crawford &C',

about 5 p.m.

the 10th instant &

was bathing in Jai Leung

-a

#

I

Wan when

fireman belonging to the launch Wife who was swir

swimming

with

سات

life buoy sank in about 10 feet of -

water. I

swam towards him and

Me J. I Sowling

avan to where he

was dived down and took hein

ashore; the Chinese fireman

Evao

about two minutes under water and

was invensible when landed, we brought him round in about six

minutes.

staks. I am clerk

J. P. Dowling staks :. I

in Mesaro sodwell Carlill Co. About

کار کو

of

Bathing

m. on the 10th mistant while in Jai Leung Wan I saw one firemen belonging to the laurich "ttife sink, I swam to the place dived - and took him ashore, he was insens

Duncan

ble

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