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OBITUARY.

FINANCIER AND OIL MAGNATE.

JUNE 29, 1927.

AIR CRAFTSMAN'S FUNERAL.

ACCORDED NAVAL HONOURS.

The funeral of the Inte

testant Cemetery yesterday

New York, June :28. The inquest on the bodies of

The death is announced of Mr. Leading Air Craftsman Davis victims of the Leung Kwong dis- Henry Clay Pierce, the famous took placeat the Pro-

financier and aster was continued yesterday

oil angnate.— before Mr. B. E. Lindaoll, the Har-Reuter's American Service. bour Master, Lieut. Commander G. F. Hole, and a special jury, at the Central Magistracy, and further evidenco as to grilles was given.

The late Mr. Pierce was born at afternoon, the coffin draped with St. Lawrence, Jefferson Co., Now the Union Jack and placed on a York, and was married in 1909, gun carriage being drawn to the He was a director of many well-cometery by a detachment of known companies in

the United alors from the Hermes, while a States and Mexico and had resid-dring party, followed by the ship's

band, preceded the cortege. ences at New York and St. Louis.

Mr. T. G. Bennett is appearing for the owners, coxswain, and crow

Among the officers present wore of the launch Moonshine, the ves-

Capt. Eliot, Wing Commander sel which came into collision with The only time when river steamere Huskisson, Lieut. Com. Woodruff, the Loung Kwong. Mr. G. K. Hall carried an excess was during the Lieut. Joha, Lieut. Abel Smith, Brutton represents Captain Wil-general exodus in the Strike days Mr. Gibson and Mr. Robertson. The Bon of the Leung Kwong, and Mrs. of 1925. He also added that if graveside service was conducted Martin, widow of Mr. F. E. A. machinery were introduced by the ship's chaplain, the Rev. Martin who was drowned, and Mr. board ships to check up the num-F. Freeman. G. S. Hugh Jones is for the owners ber of passengers it would mean a A wreath was sent by. "Old of the Leung Kwong.

considerable delay,

The witness stated that the Pals" and the following tributes Loung Kwong must have complied from H.M.S. Hermes: Captain and with the law since it was able Officers, Ship's Company, Flect to get a passenger certificate, but Air Arm (R.A.F), Flight Ser he was of the opinion that the geants and Sergeants (R.A.F.), grille between the second and third Commissioned and W.O.'s Mess, deck accommodation should not All Ranks (R.A.F.), Chief and After the Sui Petty Officers, RA.E. Officers; have been there.

Headquarters Flight, No. 3 Flight, Shipwrights and Artizana. Mesacs, No. 440 Flight.

Surveyor's Evidence. Mr. W. Russell, Government Marine Surveyor, was the first witness called. He said the grilles were introduced after the 1914 regulations, but under the 1924 regulations no ship could be forced to install grilles betwoon the

'tween and lower decks.

Mr. Russell's, opinion was that the grilles of the Leung Kwong should not have been locked, and if he had been in charge of affairs he would have had them removed. He would refuse to issue certifi- eates to ships having them.

Commander G. F. Hole then. went into the witness box. He first dealt with the evidence of the coxswain of the Moonshine and said that if his evidence was cor- rect then he had ten seconds be- tween the time he saw the Leung. Kwong and the time of the colli sion. He would have to decide what to do and it would take him at least five seconds to make up his mind. With five seconds left the coxewain would have acted by instinct and he found that in this case the coxswain did what every other coxawain would have done, be ported the helm.

Coxswain's Story.. There seemed to be no break in the coxswain's story, and the posi- tion which he indicated to the court with the little models sub- stantiated his story.

Commander Hole' said it was necessary for all ships carrying passengers to have a local passen ger certificate unless they held certificates from other colonies or foreign countries of equivalent value.

There was no ago limit for

masters or other officers on steam- ers in these waters.

Asked if he considered Captain Wilson at the age of 78 a fit per son to handle a ship earrying 500 passengers, witness replied that that was a delicate point. Under the regulations the man was quite qualified, but he added. "If I were the owner I would hesitate to em- ploy him."

The witness emphasized the necessity for the master of the ship being on the bridge when it takes the Capsuimun Pass.

Asked if he thought the life- saving appliances on board the Leung Kwong were adequate for the number of passengers the boat carried, Commander Hole replied that as a senman he did not think so. He further added that the Board of Trade would certainly not have granted a certificate un- der such conditions.

Able Seaman's Death.

An piracy the regulations required the protection of the bridge deck After the meeting of the only. Committee and the issuing of the 1924 regulations, mastors had gen- Suffering from a poisoned foot, erally been impressed that the Able Seaman Henry Francis Bal- grilles should not be locked, or Ifley, H.MS. Hawkins, was admitted they were locked that the cargo to the Royal Naval Hospital where port should be left open, he died early yesterday morning. The deceased was 22 years of age.

Inspection.

Owing to lack of staff only a percentage of ships had been spected and the Leung Kwong had not been inspected,

The funeral took place yesterday In-afternoon, the remains being interred in the Catholic Cemetery. The deceased was accorded a full military burial.

Commander Hole stated that grilles between the second and third deck in his opinion constitut- ed a very gravo danger, forming a death-trap of the third class compartment.

The Leung Kwong's Certificate showed that she had complied with the anti-piracy regulations.

There had been no definite in- structions issued as to the removal of grilles' from ships. Ships were visited about once in six months or twelve months, whenever they wanted to renow their passenger certificates. Sometimes there were irregular visits, by the boarding officer as pccasion arose. In order to maintain a passenger license a ship had to be surveyed by private surveyors once a year at least,"

In regard to the case of the Leung Kwong the witness would advocate full compliance with the Board of Trade requirements. He felt that in time the full Board of Trade regulations would be brought into force, but it shouli be done gradually,

Cross-examined by Mr. Hall Brutton, who represents the Mas- ter of the Leung Kwong in the enquiry, Commander Hole said he could see no justification whatever for a master of a ship going through a narrow channel mot being on the bridge. ?

Salvage."

· Mr. Hall Brutto suggested that the Puss was not crowded with steamers coming down from Can- ton at 7.30 in the evening, but Commander Hole replied that there was a tremendous junk traf- ficall the time and the master should have been on the bridge. The Chief Officer, though quite efficient, perhaps did not bold the same responsibility. ile could not imagined the Captain of the Fatahan or Tung On doing a similar thing.

Mr. Lindsell enquired whether

Condition of Passengers. The witness further added that he never saw anything like the condition of passengers as in Hongkong. If the Hongkong.Gov- the Leung Kwong was in fact be- ernment stuck to the Board of ing raised as reported in the Press, Trado" regulations the steamers whereupon Mr. Hugh Jones, on be here would only be allowed to half of the owners, informed the carry about 25% of the passengers

court that the YCBsel was they now carry. The Board of Bold 48 she lay and of-

Trade allows for a lifebelt for every person on board, but the steamers locally carry appliances for only five or ten per cent of the passengers they carry.

Witness was naked, in view of the fact that on river steamers tickets were sold while the ship was under way, would it not be possible to carry far more paasen- gera than allowed by the licence. He replied that it was possible, but in fact it was not found so,

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forta ware belüg made to salvage her. So far the pur- chasers had been able to raise her, but she fell back to the bottom again for some reason,

The case was adjourned until Tuesday afternoon at 2.15 p.m. be given to show why the No. 1 The jury requested that evidence

Indian Guard was Instructed to lock the grilles despite the 1924 re- gulations which specifically stated that grilles were to be left open.

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