CO129-613-8 Reports on Kwang Tung incident 1-2-1948 - 2-6-1948 — Page 37

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EVIDENCE OF WONG CHOY 3rd ENGINEER OF THE "KHONG TUNG" AFFIRMED.

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My name is Wong Choy and I was 3rd Engineer of the

"Kwong Tung" at the time of the casualty. Un the even ing

of Saturday the 31st January, 1948, passengers were em-

barking at roughly 7.0 P.M. when I heard a shout of "Save

Life" and "Fire". I was in the engine room, and I went

up on to the main deck to look. I saw a glow by the

stairway on the starboard side. I went down again to the

engine room to start the pump used in case of fire. After

a little while the lighting went out. We were using shore

current. I then started the ship's dynamo. There was

darkness for ten minutes. I returned to the main deck,

and I saw two hoses in use, and there was smoke which was

white in colour. I noticed that the shore lighting cable

had broken. There was still some noise but the fire had

been extinguished. The cable from shore was led from the

boat deck overside right aft on the port side. I belie ve

the cable to have been broken during the great confusion.

The foregoing is a true record

of the evidence I have given.

Sd. Wong Choy.