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AN ACCIDENT.

"VERDICT ON COMMANDER

LITTLETON'S DEATH, '

The Coroner's inquiry into the circumstances attending the death of Paymaster Lt. Commander Hugh Littleton, of H.MS. Titanin whose body was recovered from the water at Murray Pier on the morning of September 27, was concluded before Mr. E. W. Hamil ton at the Central Police Court yesterday afternoon.

N. Brown, a sick-ward attendant attached to the Naval Hospital. who saw the body brought into the Naval Mortuary, testified that two of the buttons on the trousers were undone.

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Mr. A. Andocson, engineer charge of the Port Development Department, said that the morning in question, at the hour when the deceased was presumed to have fallen into the water, the difference in the rise and fall of

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VERDICT IN BOARDING HOUSE A REFUSE DUMP. AT-CHEUNG

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The plea that Kung Mei, whose Supplementary expondituro trial for the murder of Wu Tsoi, amounting to $2,410 was approv met was concluded at the Criminal ed by the Finance Committee of Sessions yesterday, was Insune at the Legislative Council at a meet- the time he committed the offence ting held yesterday afternoon, and that his mind did not allow over which the acting. Colonial him to appreciate the difference Secretary (Hon. Mr. D. W. Trat- between right and wrong; was man) presided. upheld by the jury, who after one minute's deliberation, returned a In connexion with an item of unanimous verdict of "Guilty, but $1,800 for a refuse dump at Insane."

Cheung Sha Wan, the Hon. Mr. W. E. L. Shenton enquired whe ther this work was being done un-

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tide would be 4% feet Murray Pier. He did not, think

The mutorial is obtained from a there was any current, and the

cutting close to the site of the water should be slack thereabouts.

Not For Passengers,

dump and when the estimate for Witness was of the opinion that

There was a further possibility 1929 was put in it was anticipated there was no object in carrying which might be pointed out to that no large amount of rock the beam fenders at the head of them, that being that it might be would be met. That has not been the pier down into the harbour considered that the lighting system the case. "A great many boulders bed, in common with the piles.of the pier was negligent or de- have had to be removed. These Merchandise БУДЗ unloaded on ficient, in the case they had to boulders are made use of on the Murray Pier and the erection of consider Mr. Goldsmith's state-outside of the dump to form pro guard rails would restrict its usement, that in his experience of 28tection for the dumped material. In that respect. It was calm and years there had never been, to his Wherever stones can be used for efear,bn the night in question,

knowledge, a similar accident as building purposes. they are sold that which resulted in the death of and $150 has been recovered for Paymaster Lt.-Commander Hugh such stone. It is peculiar work Littleton. Further, they had to in that we have to keep pace with take notice of the fact that the Pier the dumping of refuse by the

neres Board, 6.8 was not interided for passengers' Sanitary use, that provision had been made ground have, in this way been on this account by the close reclaimed at the approximate rate

of proximity

Queen's Piér, of 20 cents a foot and the 'ground although it was a practice, of at the present time is worth about Naval Officers to make use of $3, and by the time it is ready Murray Pier, when calling for for sale it will be more valuable, sampans to go aboard their ships. The jury had to consider all these facts and be propared to decide that there had been no negligence. $60, rent of quarters of scaveng

Reviewing the evidence, the

knowing coolies, the Hon. Mr. Shenton Coroner said that no-one what happened, but on the other naked whether any reasons could hand, they had some definite be given for the inercase. evidence from Surgeon-Com- The Chairman. have a report, mander Phillips as to the marks here from the Head of the Sani- found the corpse. Sometary Department. The "ground" wounds were found on the body, and first floor of 187, Woo Sung stated by the witness to be caused Street, were taken as quarters for after death, but there were no scavenging coolies in August, marks to show that a blow had 1926 at $8 per mensem. On 31st been inflicted on the head. The Oetober, 1927, the rent was rais- altention of the jury would be ed from $33 to $38, five vacant called

Me. HE. Goldsmith, Assistant Director of Public Works, who was next called, stated that he had examined the Pier at night. Speaking as to the lighting ar- rangements, he was in agreement with Commander Lockhart's views insofar as the lights over the steps were concerned. That was to say he agreed that some sort of shield be used to deflect the light from the deck of the pier. He had consulted the Harbour

Master with regard to the lighting. arrangements, and from the navi gation point of view the Harbour Master had strongly opposed the provision of additional lights for the Pier head. The work on the steps' lights would be carried out and any other measures for the safe use of the Pier would also be considered. In witness's 28 years' experience he had never heard of anyone being drowned there before the present case.

No other evidence was called, and the Coroner then proceeded to rive his directions to the jury, suggesting three possible causes of death, and remarking that he thought they would not have much dimeulty in deciding be- tween these three possibilities.

If they found that death was due to an accident, they should also be satisfied that after the actual occurrence of the act, and prior to the death, any stops that could be taken to prevent the death had been taken. If

not analsfied in that respect, they could return a rider suggesting what they considered should have been done. That, he though, applied only to individuals.

With regard to the technical evidence on the construction of the pier and the lighting arrange nents, evidence had been given by the naval authorities, as 'to their views resulting from an indepen- dent investigation. They had also heartwhat Mr. Goldsmith said,

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Increase of Rent.

In connexion with an item of

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to the fact that the houses in the neighbourhood were deceased's trousers were found considered but the rentals were 1929, unbuttoned in two places, and the much higher. In May, hypothesis was suggested for their notice of increase of rent from consideration that it was possible $38 to $48 ns from 1st July was that the deceased was obeying a given. Exhaustive searches

and, standing at the neighbourhood failed to dis- call of nature, the Pier head, had caught his foot cover any empty house and it ap- against the curbing and toppled pears

will that the inevitable over into the water. Apparently have to be accepted. The rents in there was no current, but in the neighbourhood have been on blindly striking out, he would be the increase and in the opinion of carried under "the pier and be the Assessor the rent, though caught under the beam fenders, high, is not exorbitant."

In their verdict, the jury ex- pressed themselves as being satis- fied that death was due to drown: ing, and that it had come about. entirely through

accident. They were glad to learn that the P.W.D. were taking all necessary steps to improve the lighting of the Pier, being of the opinion that the matter was one that should be into thoroughly. Finally. gone they desired to express their sympathy with the relatives of the deceased offfeer.

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The Coroner concurred in the

You will realise it is necessary for scavenging coolies to live near where, they work,

jury's verdiet and associated him- self with the remarks of sympathy for the relatives of the deceased officer. He also desired, on behalf of the Commanding Officer, Com- mander Lockhart, to express the thanks of the baval authorities to the jury for the attention they had given, to the enquiry.

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