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SUCCESSFUL TESTS OF

EXTINGUISHER,

CORONEI'S INQUIRY.

EXPLOSION ON BOARD AN OIL TANKER.

Sitting as Coroner, Mr. R. E. Lind. A most convincing_display_of

sell Fosterday held an inquiry into what can be achieved with the the death of Chinese sitter ho died "Imperator" type of Are exting in the Gayriment Civil Hospital on guisher, waS given yesterday June 7 following injuries received on afternoon at the Central Fire board the ss. Wabasha, an વા Station, In the presence of a large which was undergoing repairt at the crowd of spectatora, amongst Talkoo Dockyard on that dato, whom were Fire Department off- Evidence was given by Dr. G. H. clalo, insurance agents and local Thomas, of the Government Ciril rasidents, As applied under con Hospital, who said that the deceased, ditions closely approximating when admitted to hospital, was in a those of an actual dre, the sp-moribund condition. He had been paratus proved to be very efficaci could be done for him except to give serprely burnt, and nothing much, olla, its action being instantaneous him certain injections at heart stimu on almost every kind of incendiary lants. material.

The principle on which the "Imperator" is worked consists of a battery of gas which under high continuous pressure efects stream of powder at a distance of between 12 and 18 yards. The "Imperator" extinguishers are, of various sizes to meet requirements on the spot. They range from the portable type with a powder capacity of one quart, to the giant Imperator, which is convincingly the most powerful in the world,

An external, post mortem showed that the cause of death was shock as a result of the burn

Froes the evidence of Lan Blu, ■ atter emplyed at the Talkoo Dock, it would appear that on June 7, the witness and deceased were detailed to work in lower tank or hold on of the Washa. The witness descended into the tank shortly after 11 1 p.m. and discovered that there was a strong smell of keroseno. He told, the foreman about this and the latter gave the workmen warning not to use that tank. The witness matchda

·FAREWELL PARTY.

TRIBUTES TO MR. AND MRS.

J. W. BALDWIN.

ELECTRIC CHAIR.

MANILA CONSTABULARY MAN ELECTROCUTED.

At the St. Andrew's Church Hall Rebelling agalast what he term- last night, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Balded a tyrannical condemnation" of win, who are leaving the Colony on the courts, but bravely and boldly Saturday by the a... Kanpure were facing the inevitable, Florentino presented with blackwood table Soriano, Constabulary private con- and a coffee set by the members of victed of murder, died on the the church congregation.

electric chair In Bilibid last week.

Over

A MOTHER, IN BURMA

One Of Worms And Stomach

Prior to the presentation, those He was the first Constabulary man present were treated to a number to meet death by electrocution..

The most pathetic scene of songs, Mr. W, S. Bailey being one of the principal and most enacted within the prison gates, says the Manila Times, took place applauded contributors.

The Beed. W. W. Rogers, Vicar when Soriano's mother, Andrea and talked to Her son for the last of Bt. Andrew's Church spoke in Mina, was taken to the death cell Talk How Shi Cured. Her Little high teribs of the songokion of time. The mother told her son to hoth Mr. and Mrs. Baldwin with kneel before her, which Soriano the church and mentioned that he did. While kneeling, the mother, was forced to say "good-bye" with with tears in her eyes, pronounced deep regret. He said that mingled the last benediction on the doomed with her baby girl appears above with that regret was a feeling of man. Then the mother embraced la Php dhek, living in the Abo thankfulness, regard and gratitude the son, hugged and kissed him and Quarter, Kangoon. Like thou who saw sands of mothers in parts for the valuable and faithful ser collapsed. All those vice rendered to St. Andrew's by them shed tears, but Soriano's sis-ords or ph de other la ma these two persons who were short-ter, Calixta, who accompanied her ardent ballever in Baby's Own

mother, shed the most. She, too, Tablets. 13 leaving the Colony.

Mr. Baldwin was a member of the Church's vestry, and had for some time been their acting choir

cretary and treasurer to the

was on the point of collapsing.

・An "Unjust Trial.”

Trouble With·· BABY'S OWN TABLETS, The little lady whose portrait

and supersedes all the pumps in next went to get his tools to com- master, Ha had also been box 4 which he bewails his. "unjust trial" | Baby's Own Tablets I bought a

use.

mença work but when ho returned The first test was applied to he found the deceased lying on the

deck In an

unconscious condition petrol, which was

spilled in 4 with injuries to his body. trail along the yard and then set

Witness told the Coroner that the alight. With a quart-capacity deceased must have heard the warn- "Imperator." the fire was put oating about matches. in a very few seconds, seemingly being eaten up by a jet of powder which an operator squirted from the instrument. As was also the case in the other tests which fol- lowed, it was noticeable that the are did not fight back, but was

extinguished from end to end without any great effort.

on

1

Instantaneous Effect.

'Not Sufficient Daylight.

As a result of a question by the jury, the witness stated that there was not sufficient daylight in the tank where he was to work and he had applied to the foreman for an electric

torch.

A foreman of the docks said that

Church Missionary Society, and to

"My baby was troubled with worms and cried a great deal" Soriano wrote a farewell letter in she states. "Having heard of and conviction, and another letter vial and am pleased to say that addressed to Director Victorio these Tablets quickly got rid of gether with Mr. Mitchell was a joint treasurer of the China Exhi thanking him and all prison em- the worms. Baby sleeps well and billon. Mrs. Baldwin served re-ployces for the kindness shown to eats well now and is no lager

him during his imprisonment. troubled with her atomsch,” gularly on the Church choir, was

The following written statement Infants and little children need a member of the Mothers' Union

medicine of their own, which will and acted as treasurer for Dr. was made by Soriano:

"My soul is filled with bitter promptly relieve their stomach and Barnardo's Homes.

The presentation was made by sorrows and quit this world senti-howel troubles, pleasantly, pain- anjustly and tyrannically condemnema lest or most delicate child Mr. J. H. Hunt, Warden of St, An- mentally due to the fact that I was lessly, and without doing even tho drew's Church and Secretary of ed to die in the electric chair by harm. Baby's Own Tablets exact the European Y.M.C.A. Mr. Hunt the Justices of our Court. It is

referred to Mr, Baldwin's abilities indeed very sorrowful to die byly full these requirements. They he gave instructions to the deceased as a football referee and said that not the Will of God, the Author of quickly correct infantile indiges- and the last witness to work in the Mr. Baldwin will long be remem-Life, but our Justices of Court dotion, constipation, colic, vomiting. Lank where the explosion inter occur-bered by those who played footnot feel this sentiment. red. He stated that he had given a ball in Hongkong. Mr. Baldwin's general warning to the gang of men

The second, test was carried out more spectacular scale. Wooden beams and bamboo poles were placed into position closely resembling a structure, Woodci shavings were piled on and the whole mass well saturated with tar and oil, kerosine and all Upon being fired, a column of flames shot up to a height of 15

Mr. Baldwin replied suitably to Mr. John Russell, a master plumber all the kind expressions concern feet above the level of the yard, driving the spectators back to a of Taikou Dockyard, next gave evlding him and his wife, respectable distance. The "Super-ence. He stated that the Wabasha Imperator" then set to work, entered into drydock on June 7.

ejecting into the flames a power-

ful stream of powder whose action

After much questioning by the Coroner witness said that neither of the two men who were to work in that tank. had a torchlight. It was

to instal ap his Intention light in the tank.

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check diarrhoea, allay teething. "Really I have killed because pains, cool fever, relieve croup and. working under him not to use matches connexion with the Philharmonic love my honour as, a man with a colds, expel worms. the subject of

remember that Obtainable from chemists every- sound mind, and on board the boat as it was an oil Society was also

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Besides the present stated above, conscience when they are dishonour- Medicine Co., 60, Kings Road, co.ta per vial, the St. Andrew's Church Choir ed by their own equals they don't Shanghal, at 60

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friends who will increase your wor- confessed of having killed but not ries and laugh at you 'after all. I in the manner of traitorship. Man At the Dockyard.

doesn't know this but God knowa It. "Again I say that my case was Yesterday afternoon Mr. Bald- In reply to the Coroner witness win was presented with a gold unfairly tried by Courts and did not apply well the real dictates of the was completely effective and at the same time instantaneous, Instated that he did not know if there watch suitably inscribed, by the law to decide it in order to impose an increditably short space of were any Government regulations as members of the Dockyard Recrea-a just penalty, and also the evidence

regards work on board an oil tanker, time--it could not have been more but it was the practice at the docks tion Club of which he had been found surrounding the crime were than 17 seconds, the conflagra- not to start work on any such vessal Secretary for the past three years. not plainly applied in order to sus tion was put out.

unless they had a certificate that tho Mr. F. Young, in a short speech, tain the charges. If this were done To show the large area over vessel was "gae free." In the case of referred to the trying times am sure that in any respecta oven which the powder can be diatri- the Wabasha they had such a certif- through which Mr. Baldwin had to though I don't know law the crime buted, the Giant Imperator was cate.

steer the Club and said 'that he committed would be only homicide Describing the explosion witness next brought into use, a jet being thrown from it which very quickly aid that he was on deck at 1.40 p.m. did so, with flying colours. He and not murder. I know also that covered the yard with a stratum when he heard a loud explosion and said that Mr. Baldwin was prob- the penalty against me is based ex- ARW a huge flame, shoot up some ably the best secretary the Club clusively in the testimonics of my powder. of white-bluish

The

Afty feet from where he stood. Wit ever had. The fact that the Club two co-accused namely Antonio stuff was shown to leave no in-ness saw, to his surprise,

a man was in a flourishing condition was Umali and Braulio Pascua, who jurious effects on clothing or any climbing out of the tank after the a tribute to Mr. Baldwin's unfail- really testified against me, but God knows that their testimonies were other material with which it came explosion and noticed that the man's ing energy in its service.

fabricated. They were traitors to into contact.

clothing was on fire. He helped the

me, however, God Almighty knows Similarly, a handful of the man out and laid him down on deck,

me and He knows them. communicating at once to the office, powder thrown in the natural way into a flaming petrol tin or petrol tank of a car is sufficient to ex- tinguish the fire. In only one ins tance did the "Imperator" fail

or stretcher soon arrised. Mean GRIEVANCE IN COURT. while witness, assisted by the ship's omfleere, applied first aid.

Witness added that although, the

(8gd.) FLORENTINO SORIANO, Florentino Soriano was convicted

Wabasha had a "gas frog certificate, PRISONER ALLEGES. HE WAS of murder in connexion with the

in yesterday's tests, and that was the workmen were warned to be care when it was applied to that most ful as it was known the Wabasha dangerous of propositions-had carried benzino in her tanks. burning celluloid film roll, Thrice The inquiry was adjourned at this when it appeared the flames were stage until Thursday afternoon. they completely extinguished,

broke out again until the film had

BEATEN.

At the Criminal Sessions yesterday afternoon, LI: Sam

riot in San Fernando, Pampanga, on the night of May 28, 1926.

was charged with kidnapping, what counsel for the prosecution to which he pleaded "Not hng said, I have no alternative but Guilty." When the jury was to direct you to give a verdict of been burnt out. It is explained of powder. The "Imperator" ex- empanelled the prisoner said 'Not Guilty! No evidence is being that a remedy has yet to be found tinguisher had found a ready that he had no objection to the presented for the Crown against for the case of

n burning film, market in Indo-China, while in members but I wonder why some the prisoner. there being at present no known Shanghai, there has been a big of them are not called from methods of dealing effectively demand which exceeds the present Yaumati." with. such an outbreak.

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Successful Demonstration.

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The jury formally returned a verdiet of not guilty. Mr. Alabaster said he had been His Lordship: The jury have Amongst those present at the de- monstration were Hon. Mr. E.D.C. through the evidence very care-given a verdict. of not guilty On the whole, the demonstration Wolfe, Chief Officer of the Hong-fully and was quite satisfied that against you and you are accord- was a most successful ono, and kong Fire Brigade; the Superin- if he put it before the court they ingly discharged.

The prisoner såld that although the effect of it was to establish tendent, Mr. H. T. Brooks; Sta- would not find it sufficient to a perfectly good claim. for the tlon Officer. G. C. Moss; the French justify a conviction on such a he was a free man still he must badly Imperator Extinguisher to the at-Consul, M. Dufaure de la Prade; serious charge, "Therefore, with complain that he tention of the owners of large Mr. Albert A. Gresse, travelling the concurrence of the Attorney assaulted by the police and the factories, and other buildings as Agent of the Manufacturing. Com-General and, I trust, with the police must come forward and eny well as the average householder. pany; representatives of the Ori-approval of his Lordship, I pro- so. "What about the assault and As stated, there are extinguishers ental Commercial Company, Bank pose to offer no evidence before the wounds I received from the to suit individual requirements, of Canton Building, who are the you. The result of that will be police? Is there no redress for and a guarantee is given for ten local agents; representatives of that upon his Lordship's direction this grievance?"

His Lordship told the prisoner years with,.

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