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The inquiry into the death of the thirteen-year-old Chinese girl. Ho You-kam, who was killed when the Ynumati Ferry launch Man Tak crashed futo-the Yaumati wall just after midnight on March 21, was concladied before Mr. Hamil ton at the Kowloon Magistracy yesterday afternoon the jury res turning a verdict of accidental death.

TELEGRAPH. SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1931.

MISSIONARY HELD BY

BANDITS.

AMERICAN LEGATION MAY SEND TO RESCUE,

Peking, Apr. 17.

Mrs. A. G.- Lindholm has tele- raphed from Kalgan saying that bandita captured her husband near Paotouchen yesterday afternoon and are demanding the payment of $2,500 before Saturday.

Mr. A. G. Lindholm belongs to the Standinavian Alliance Mix. ion of North América, and the American Legation has telegraph- Wong Chau-sing, the engineered to the Chairman of the Saiyaan in charge of the launch, said that province to do everything possible

to effect # resete, when the vessel got alongside the Hongkong wharf, he put the en- placs astern and they had re- sponded, but when he put them matero on the Yaumati side they failed

to respond. fle put the Jever aver, but the engines dic

net work.

It thought possible that the Legation may send someone to as- sist in the fosene us was done in the case of Mr. Hayward and nu- other missionary In November last, --Monter.

Mr. Robert Hall, Assistant Gov- | could not ernment Marine Surveyer, said with it. that he went on board the launch about an hour after the ageldent and cont

A examination. He tried the lever himself, with the same result, as the engineer. He then put the reversing gear into hand position and what the stop valves, opened the drain valves and then turned round the gear with the

found everything satisfactory. The en- ginos were again put onder steam control and everything functioned in the normal manner, He did not think the engineer in charge would have done anything else ou the

pur if the moment.

find anything wrong

He, however, suggested three causes for the failure of the en- wine to respond on the night of the accident. The first was that the steam came over the valve, when it should have come under it: the second was that the lock- ing device might have been screw. ed up: and the third the presence of water in the reversing engine or the steam pipe. The last was the most probable cause, The water might have got there from the boiler. In his opinion, it was an arcident that might have hap pened without throwing the blame on anybody.

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Mr. C. Hamilton, Assistant Gov- Mr. E. Purves, consulting

Ferry oramen Marine Surveyor, said gineer to thr

company. that on March 24 he tried the re- agreed with what Mr. Hamilton

half versing engine

power had suggested

probable as the steam, and I would not work. cause of the aceident. Referring He raised the steam to 120 16s. to another sceldent in which this and, then operated the reversing

same vessel had been involved in engine and found everything satis July last, he said that it was from factory. The

Pagine qaite a different CRUN. Feverwing was opened up for his Inspection of the opinion that this accident on March 25, but he failed to find was one which happened once in a any rhanical defert. A day or life-time, and which could not two later he took the Hunneb out arenunted for. for a trial run, and bad the re- The jury, after retiring for a versing engine operated by the few minutes, returned the afore- first and secand engineers, boat sait verdict.

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