CO129-613-8 Reports on Kwang Tung incident 1-2-1948 - 2-6-1948 — Page 40

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EVIDENCE OF CHAN SING YAU

ON BOARD THE "KWONG TUNG"

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SEAMAN EMPLOYED AFFIRMED.

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My name is Chan Sing Yau and I was a seaman employed

on board the "Kwong Tung" at the time of the casualty.

I heard I was in my cabin when the fire broke out.

a noise and shouts indicating there was a rire in the

after part of the sip. I went to the fire hose box on

the port side of the boat deck and after laying out the

hose I tried to walk down the stairway with the nose but

was prevented by doing so by the smoke coming up which

was white and yellowish. I tried to get down the starboard

stairway leading from the upper deck to the main deck.

then dropped the hose over the side and climbed down hose

I

myself and directed the has through the window on to the

fire. In about fifteen minutes the fire was extinguished.

I saw 5 fire extinguishers, which had been used, and which

were lying flat on the deck near the scene of the fire. I

could not see clearly because of the smoke and I was

engaged in putting out the fire.

The window I refer to was an open grille.

When I directed the hose I was about 8 feet from

the fire. I was not affected by the moke for the wind

blew it away from the side I was on.

I agree that the smoke would tend to cause panic.

The foregoing is a true record

of the evidence I have given.

sd. Chan sing Yau.

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