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DROWNING FATALITY.

INDIAN GUARD'S DEATII.

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1924.

-The chióf : offtoor, Mr. F. E A Martin, said that he was awakened by his boy, who told bird that an Indian constable liad been drowned. It was roughly 1245, when the boy A rider ceasuring the officers; called him. Witness went on deck' and crew of Lho

On Loo and tried to ind out where the was added by the jury to its verdict man had been drowned, but all be In an enquiry conducted by Mr. could understand from the Indians R. K. Lindsoll sitting as Coroner, was that a rinn had barn drowned at the Central Magistracy yesterday over the side of the ship. Witnes Afternoon, into the circumstances of not being able to sponk thoir the death of an Indian polico con-langungo he could not nacortain the stable who was drowned at Pat Kai exact spot. When witness went on while bathing on the 20th July deck he saw the chief engineer, who Inst Deceased, with soven other, with the captain was on board, Indian constables, was on special lange, presumably to call the seri guard duty on the vosso in con

genut in charge of the guards nection with the Piracy Prevention Hegulations

Responsibility.

The jury empannoiled to conduct.

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The Coroner: Do you not thinki that you are responsible for every-1 vise on board !

LL.Com Hunot, acting officer in charge of the Victorin Mortuary, said that docensed died from drown- ing.

Witnons : Certainly, when mulóri

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Horgeant Fraser, who was in

Answering vi Further question, charge of the ship's guard of the witness said that when in port thore) as Tai Leg, which skip arrived at, was the sorgeant in charge of the Pak Kai from Hongkong on theguards, but if, as the Cononer aug. 29th July, testified having found the gusted, the boatswain was drowned body of docessed under n wharf. 1nud ho know where he was, he would had n pigen of cord tied round the certainly try to save him; but with left art. Witness had the body the deceased he did not know whore; put in a coffin and shipped back he was drowned. Witucas furthor to the Colony,

Boict that he louked for the boatswain, but was told that ha The Company's had gone askore sampan was on its way to the shore. The ship's boats were there, but

Sergeant Reid, officer in charge of the guards of the sa. On Lee, said that he was informed by some Indian constables, who found him at the Oustoms Club, that one of their companions had been drowned, This was about 19.50 noon. Witness went along the river bank, but as the tragedy occurred about half a bour previous, could not do any thing to save the unfortunato man. Tho matter was reported to the Commissioner of Customs. Witacss did not instituto a search.

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the crew had gone ahora they' could not be lowered

Pressed by the Coroner as to why: he did not make any attempt to save the man, witness repeated that he did not know where deccased had disappeared,

The Captain Superintendent ofi Police, who conducted part of the ouquiry for the police, then asked: Is it not a fact that one of the In- dians who could speak English told you that one of the drowned ?

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Witness: Yes I did.

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An Indian constable wie with another was with deceased when he was drowned reposad that at about noon on the 20th. July tho three of them engaged a sampan in order that they might go swimming The ship was anchored about 1,0 G.

At the conclusion of the yards from the shore. They took tlio Company's sampan, which was examination the RP. aid that alongside, and swam from it. There he would like to draw attention t

As usual, & strong current, the fact that from the evidence it. would appear stops were not taken Witness followed the other atable into the water, but decensed on board to endeavour to wave the | waited. The two swam ashore and tann's life, and would like to suggest did nollook back till they reached that the minttor he brought to the the bank of the river. On looking notice of the flarbour Mastor, with hack they saw deecased was already a view to any actim he might take in the water and appeared to be unnection with the certificate of swimming in the same direction as the current

Thoy was running. then went back and when abont 20 yards from the ship anw deceased anddenly disappear below the sur-

Witness did not hear him fane. shout nor did he notice it deneedy waved his hands for help Aftor decensed went under they swam Amek to shore again as witness was too tired and did not want to go to far out. Witness dared not go

the ship

The jury returned the verdiet of accidental death: through misadven- ture, and need rider that the Tu- din pile equstables shonk be severely censured for not making

attempt to save the man's life, also the ship's officers. strould he censured for not doing as much.

they could have done.

·

The same jury conducted an en- quity regarding the death of

the spot where the man went under prisoner who died in gool on Tues On reaching the shore the second day night. time, they took the sampan, back to

the ship At this time they did not think that anything had Imppened

to decensent. Witness thought thint he was diving and would reappont

AUCCCAM

The jury returned the verdiet of death from natural cause,

CLOTHES SLASHED. Complaints about cutting of;

again in another spot Witness clothes on tram cars reaching are lator made a search, but without the Tokyo polico in increasing numbers. The most recent com- plainant was a Japaneso soldior, The other constablo corroborated. whose uniform was cut in tho The chief officer's cabin boy stat-back, while he was riding on a w that when the accident took place car to the Gopéral Staff office.

ho informed the chief ofleer, who Gendarmes will aid in the hunt was then aufcup. The officer then for the offenders by riding on the cars, posing as passengers, at the wont out to investigate.

rush hours in the morning and in | In answer to the jury witness said the evening- that no hout wan-lowered.

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