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KOWLOON GEYSER

TRAGEDY.

Inquiry Into Death of

Mr. Hancox.

At the Magistracy yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. B. Wood, in his capacity as Coroner conducted an enquiry into the death of Mowbray Arthur Hancar, a Ravenus Officer who was found dead in the bath- roon of 3a Armand Buildings, Aowloon, on the morning of the 15th February

The following gentlemen formed tha jury: Mesars. C. V. Mark foreman), Fred Taylor and E. A.. dus Remedias.

On the morning of the 15th February Mr. Hancox went into his bathroom. Some little time later the houseboy called him for breakfast, Knocking at the bath- room door, be received no reply and sought the assistance of neighbours. Later he smashed the bathroom door in and found Mr. Hancox lying dead on the fluor, baving apparently been poisoned by gas produced by a geyser that had been in use when decessed bad bis bath.

Giring a briel resume of the eircumstances, the Coroner yester das stated that the enquiry wa3 held to show that cortais investi- gations had been made by the police and experiments conducted in con. nection with the unfortunate death, with which the jury would be acquainted. He did not anticipate that the evidence would reveal any foul play in connection with the tragedy, nor would it show that Mr. Hancox tock bis own life. But it seemed desirable in the interests of the public to bave a public enquiry and some public dading in the most

ter.

The Evidence.

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failed, and balf an hour later he Carbon monoxide was an inodorous pronounced life extinct.

gas. Four or five per cent of it in

In reply to the Coroner Mrs. ¦ the atmosphere would produce Cumming said she smelled gas asphyxiation. On the 6th March coming from the deceased when witness visited the bathroom of artificial respiration WES being Sa Armand Buildings with Sub- performed.

Inspector Spear and Mr. Black-

Dr. W. B. A. Moore, medical officer in charge of the Kowloon mortuary, said deceased was identi- fied in bis presence by Revenue | Miss Helen Commes curroborat.bura. The room was still without Officer Lanigan. Death was due to ed the evidence of the last witness. ventilation. Both the window and carbon-monoxide poisoning.

Examined by the Corouer. Mis the door were closed. Witness let Examined by the Coroner, Dr. Commes said she entered the the geyser run for thirty minutes Moore said he could not say what bathroom through the opening with the door and the window percentage of carbon monoxide in made by the houseboy. The closed. He stayed outside. At the atmosphere would be fatal. gas tap was turned off. The win the end of 30 minutes be to ka The victim would not realise the dows were clused."

sample of the air from the room presence of the gas until he was tho far gune. The deceased bad a bruise on the right side of his temple.

In reply to the foreman of the ary, Dr. Moore said deceased had Bonnd heart. It, however, showed signs of malaria.

At this juncture the Curoner | from approximately the position in mentioned that the houseboy re. which a man's face would be: ferred to was net ara:lable. He whilst sitting in the bath. 4o had, however, made a statement analysis of the sample showed in to the police which showed that contained .022 carbon monoxide, the only important point was that which amount would bave some about ten minutes after Mr. Hno-effect but would not be fatal. cox hadventered the bathroom he There was.10 6 per cint of oxygen: spoke to the deceased and rec-ived instead of the average 200 per & reply from him.

cent; a reduction which would cause cranoc mocnxile. A small ventilation would have prevented dangerous accumulating of car bon raonexade,

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Bvenue Officer Lanigan deposed ript deceased was in good health and spirits prior to his death.

Gas Company Evidence. Elence was then given by Mr. Mr. J. Hunter. Superiarendent M. Waliman, an accountant living of the gasfitting department of at Ba Armand Buildings, first the das Works, deposed that, the nar, with whom Mr Hancox was geyser was installed in 3a Armand residing at the time of his destb. Buildings nader his personal super- Mr Wallman stated that there were vision on the 22nd. and 23rd..

rooms

This coorluded the evidence. The Jury's Recommendation. Without retiring, the jury re two bathrooms in his flat; the large January. The flue pipe was cartined a sadiet that the deceased one was used by bio and his wife, ried through and outside the died of carbon monoxide poisoning while Mr Hancox and Mr F. P. bathroom. He tested the sp and that it was a case of accidental" Frant-lia, another paying guest. patatus and found it in order. Mr.death. They added a rider that in. used the small one. About 8.15 Hunter said the Gas Works sup their opinion nu geyser should be

a the mording of

buth the 15th.plied only one make of geysers installed except in February the deceased passed the in Hongkong-Fletcher Russell which had a permanent ventilater room in which witness was having and Company's-and kept twofia addition to the flue from the his breakinst, on his way to be sizes of the same type. The geyser itself. bathroom, and hailed him good geyser in 3a Armand Buildings morning, Accompanied by his wife was of the small size, in the opera and Mr Franklin witness left boration of which forty feet of gas. about 6 25. He knew nothing of were cobsumed per hour. In. the th- tragedy until about 10 2, when installating he conducted experi

e received a telephone mesangements with both the windows and about it. Mr Franklo bad his bath donr closed. He let the gas flow King's Regiment, with a company

a field day on Mooday. that morning and used the ge5eer. for ten minutes and at the end of of Royal Marines, will move by ses la reply to the foreman of the the time found the atmosphere to Juak Bay, where they will land jury. " Wallinna and it was harmless. Attached to the flue and try to penetrate to Tait's customary for the buy to light the pipe was baffler which prevented Carn, Bufalo Hill Ridge, with a geyser. There had been ao previous & dowo draught trouble about the geyser.

view to seizing a point overlooking

Finding the Deceased. An account of what happened in 33 Armand Buildings subsequent to the alarms was given by Mrs Cumming, the tenant of the adjoining buter. Mes Cumming stated that about 0.40 on the

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The Hongkong garrison will have The

Mr. M. H. Turner, who watched Shatin Station.

the proceedings on behalf of the The Grenadiers, with two bat Gas Company, asked the witness if teries of Artillery, will move by he examined the geyser and the land and oppose their attempt. fine pipe after the death of Mr The forces will probably meet justj Hancox.

north of Customs Pass, and any Mr. Hunter said be found the unlookers who are there at about apparatus in good working order. 10 s.m. should be able to get s

Mr. Turner: You bave four, or

morning in question the housebuy five hundred geysers in use in this good view of the operations.

of Mr Wallman came to her in No. Colony 2-About eight hundred, in

2b Armand Ba digs and made a Kowloon and Hongkong.

report to her. She accompanied Mr. Turner: Have you bad any

IRRITATED AND INFLAMED EYE

the house by to No. 3 and went previous complaint with regard to can be directly tried in many

to the bathroom at the back of there geysers? This is the first cases to the Sunday Morar trip the flat, followed about twn trouble we have ever had.

and Golfing. The dust from some seconds later by Misa Commes, who Mr. Tumer: How long have sections of the loosi roads contain was staying with her. The bath you been co the work is the Co- decided eye irritant. A surges. room door was lacked from the long?-Fifteen years.

'ion for these tripe would, be to inside. She knocked at it, but "In reply to the foreman of the keep the windshield up ardo 183 received no reply. On her sugges-jury, Mr. Hunter said be bad in pair of Sunglasses. Son glarees tion the boy procured a ebopper stalled geyser in smaller, rooms of any pattern with either Cooker, and broke the door in, making a than the bathroom in 3a Armand Luxfel, Fieuzal, Amber, London hole through which she saw the Buildings. There was no limit a Smoke, or Blue lenses are obtain- deceased lying on the floor. The to the size of the rooms in whichable at very moderate prices from hoy gut into the bathroom through geysers should be installed. the opening and turned Mr. Han.

Analyst's Evidence.

Hoious.

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cox's bend over. A search for the Mr. L. J. Blackburn, Manager (facturing and refractingopticians | key was made and it was found of the Kowloon Gas Works, spoke the most competent manufac under the body of the deceased, of the gas supplied in Kowloon and uring optical establishment in who appeared to be quite uncon- Hongkong, after which Mr. E. R. South China-located in 58. Witness went to fetch Dovey, Government Analyst, gave Queen's Road Central, (opposite brandy and subsequently sum technical evidence.

coned Dr. Balean.

Mr. Dey to the Singer Sewing Machine After the said that on March 6th. he took a Company. rrival of the doctor she inspected sample of the, Kowloon gas which, the bathroom and found both the on being analysed, abowed it con yas, and water taps turned off, tuined 8.1 per cent of carbon mon There was dirty water in the bath. oxide, the normal percentage found The doctor resorted to divers in coal gas, These ingredienta would means to save Mr. Hancox, but produce death by asphyxiation,

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