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MARINE ENQUIRY,

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on the starboard bow. The run of the tide was such that when the Moonshine's engines were stopped, she was carried to the starboard quarter of the Leung Kivong, but no damage was done..

made by the Moonshine were to HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW? starboard, once on 'first sighting! and then again when the Leung Kwong sounded two, blasts. The

The following are the answers course at the time of collision was to to-day's question:- about South-west, but witness could not state with any certainty Kwong. what was the course of the Leung

The Court was somewhat amus- ed by the efforts to interpret eddies" to witness. A member of

1. Itowland H, 1, 1839.

2;

Lane and Sir Francis Drake. 3. The great Beottish reformer, 1514 to 1572 4. A general levy, at all men capable of hearing Arms and nut incinted in other regular Ger man forces, 5. On July 23, 1037 when Jenny Geddes Grow a stool at a preacher in BL Giles Cathedral, Edinburgh, for rending Land's aw turgy. 6. The Spanish Empire in 1621. 3. A nereement between the Spanish and

should be one quarter of his pays 8. A sorica of Iron milestonen, each one bearing in raised letters the name of the commisioner who ran

the dne and the late P. Daniel Lambert, born at Talcester in 1770, and died at Star ford 1865. Il weight was 139lbs.. and he warns round the, waist, 10 Lord Bird Ranbein Churchill and Mr. Winston

The Moonshine remained in this the court then gave it as "cho the Tutch that the rantem of a war prisoner position, and took off some 50 or, chow water," and witnesa admitted 60 passengers, after which she was that there was a great deal of is in moved to the port side and approx-Capsuimun, probably sufficient at Imately 60 more passengers were times to turn a ship from her removed.

After the first impnet, the Leung The Moonshine stood by for Kwong commenced to dive by the nearly an hour, and while she was head, with a Mist to starboard. engaged in picking up passengers, The Moonshine remained on the other vessels arrived, one of which scene for about 45 minutes, after he now knew to be the On Loc.

course.

1

which she proceeded to Cheung-The wong Fook Cheong was also

"

Headley, 11. The Lord Chancellor. 12, Two, Charli 13. In 1853, at Manchester. Cardinal Newnan, 15, Tom Borton's comedy,

Sen the Plouch,"

14,

shawan and landed the survivors. prezent.

We note that Mr. Harry Ore's "Variations and The position of the sinking was Witness and given no informa-composition close to the shore. on witness'stion to any person as to his own Fugue on a theme by Beethoven" starboard side of the Channel, or the name of his launch, until has been played at one of the re- the vessel going down in six or arrival at Cheungshawan. Hecent students' recitals given at the seven minutes.

then told the Police.

Conservatory of Music of the When the red light was abeam Peabody Institute, Baltimore. Previous Experience,,

the Moonshine Way 300 feet from The students concerned in the re- Cross-exammied by Mr. Sheldon, the beach of the Southern shore,cital were under Mr. Sklarevski, witness repeated the facts of said witness, after involved ques- so well remembered by music his. curtification. He

tioning and the production of lovers of Hongkong and the Far

East. large-scale charts. first been in the steam

The ebb tide may have carried lagnch Man Shin, remaining in her

a little, but about a year, and then went to the the Moonshine over Wo Shim. Ile again changed to not more than 400 feet from the another steam launch, as assistant red light. Coxswain running" up the West

had

A Denial.

out that the cross-examination had been intended to show that, at some time or other the Moonshine had

River. Ife had been re-examined Mr. Sheldon put it to witness been on the wrong side of the as a coxswain during the early that he had in fact been carried channel and had at some time prior part of the current month, and his into a bay on the northern side to the collision crossed over to im- appointment to the Moonshine adjacent to the stone pier already pede the Leung Kwong in ber dated a few days later, this trip mentioned, and further that when navigation of the Puss. being his first in the Moonshine as the Leung Kwong entered the Coxswain

channel, the Moonshine Was Witness had no knowledge of a headed Enst from this point. stone pier or an old Police Pler in This witness denied. the vicinity of the Capsuimun red From the time of first sighting light. He had never noticed any the side "lights of the Leung erection of any sort except a few Kwong up to the time of the houses, proceeding to the north- collision about 22 minutes ward from Hongkong, on the right elapsed..

hand side of the channel.

any

the

Commdr. Merriman, addressing witness, asked whether at any time the white flashing, light on island was seen on the starboard oow of the Moonshine,

Witness said he had seen it only » on the port bow.

further

Witness, replying to questions by the same member of the Court. atated that he reached

A number of questions relative The one long blast was sounded when the side lights of the Leung to positions and courses steered

left witness unshaken. Kwong were sighted, as a warn- Mr. Jonkin addressed the Court Cheungshawan at 10.30 p.m., but ing to her to pass to port, and also that the Moonshine was altering to on the subject of responsibility of in the ordinary.course of events the Moonshine, and pointed would have herthed at about 8.16. aturboard. The yeasels were then

that nothing had come about 800 yards apart, and the out

He did not use a compass when Moonshine was approximately 200 from the cross-examination whien going through the Pass, although

reflected upon way feet from the shore on her own in side. When the distance between the seamanship of the Moon- there was one fitted.

The red light only was soon at the vessels had decreased to about shine. He could call no other 200 feet, only the red light of the witnesses, since the case could not 250 feet and the green light carac Leung Kwong was visible, the he strongthened, but while counsel into view at a little less than 200 course of the Moonshine being could conduct the cross-examina feet interval between the vessels. tion in whatever way he wished,

This concluded the evidence of maintained.

It was at this time that the nothing had been established to

to make a case for the Laung Kwong, the coxawain of the Moonshine, and Loung Kwong sheered over

Mr. Sheldon, replying, pointed the Court adjourned to 2.80 p.m. port. The only alterations of course

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