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RAINFALL FIGURES DISCLOSED.

GUARD'S ACTION.

TELEGRAPH, FRIDAY, MAY 15, 1931.

figuros for Sunday, the day before the disaster:

NEW BANK RATE.

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Graney Hill

5.64 inches

Nam Fong Tau

5.771

Pineapple Pass

$40

Kowloon Reservoir ..

5.23

Shekla pul

4.49

4.33

Observatory

BANK OF ENGLAND DISCOUNT NOW 2 PER CENT.

London, May 14.

Thb Bank of England discount rate has been reduced to 21⁄2 per cent.

over

As I understand it we have no means of assessing whether the

The rate is reduced from 3 per figures show steady rainfall for 24 hours or bursts of rain?-Wo have cent, at which it has stood since Interesting figures of the rain-only the evidence of the watchman May I last year, and the new rate

is the lowest touched' for fall at Shatin on April 20, when who was there: the Kowloon-Canton Railway Coroner: He might be interest-twenty years.

The change had been widely ing later on.

Are all these rain, gauges uni-anticipated in the City, following last week's fall of the New York form?—Yes.

Federal Reserve Bank rate. It has, however, created a favourable impression.

disaster occurred, were supplied at the resumed inquiry into the circumstances of the mishap held by Mr. Hamilton-and a special jury at the Kowloon Magistracy, yesterday afternoon.

On the resumption of the in- quiry Mr. R. M. Henderson. A sistant Director of Publle Works and engineer in charge of Water Works Construction, was called:

Coroner: Was any part of con- struction, in your actual charge at the time, affected by this storm?

Wlinens: There was no actual damage to worka I have in my charge.

Heavy Rain Along” Line,, Lok Ip, fireman of the ill-fated train, who has been for two years in the employ of the Railway was next called,

The opinion is that the bank rate reduction will not affect trade, As the effective market rate has been about 24 per cent, for some Coroner: I think at present the time. The reduction is regarded engine driver is still in hospital?—as indicating that the Bank of Yes.

England considers the present gold On the 20th Aprll you were fire-hollings of about £148,000,000 to man on the train which met with be sumclent-Router and British the disaster at about a quarter past Wirelena, five?--Yes, I went on duty at 8 o'clock in the morning at Shum Coroner: Isn't there any work Chun No. 1 engine. We drove into First class carriage, the bar "boy" going on at the Tai Wai Stream Hongkong and left about mid-day being the only occupant at the where it falls out at Shatin ---- || returning from Shum · Chun

at time. There is no work going on at pre-4.30 p.m. sent but there was a certain amount of damage to the existing work.

Did you see it subsequently No I have not seen the damage.

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Can you tell its anything that you think will be of Interest?--I can tell you what happened in the Shingmun Valley, to a certain ex- ten, from information given to me by the watchman. There's a small dam just below the Shingmun Village about half a mile Pineapple Pass. There's a small Intake dam with a 50 foot gauge, ten feet deep on it. The water

There were a little over ten What was the weather like, do in the second class, about thirty you remember? Was training in the first of the third class when you left Shum Chun? coaches where most of the people Heavy rain.

Was it still ruining at Taipo? were killed, about twenty in the second and the guard and brakes- man in the von. Witness was in charge of the train.

Yes.

than

at Shum

More heavily Chun?The same.

And it continued to ruin the same until the accident? Yes.

Did you happen to be looking abend along the line when you enme to the place where the ac cident happened?-4 did.

Have you any idea what pace the train was going? The usual pice.

How fast was it going, do you know-No.

Just describe it as far as you above cnn. What did you

thing on the way,

Bee?-No-

enme over the top of that and an olher ten feet above that.

The width of the stream at that point

is about 108 feet.

Quite Unprecedented.

That's unprecedented as far as you know? Quite. We have known it to flow over the top of the wall but only a matter of à few feet.

in 1926 do you recollect what happened?-It came about three

feet above the wall.

I suppose

you have

not any figures as to when it started going up there? Where it stood on Sun- day or anything?-We had a good deal of rain the previous day. have not got here what was going over the gauge but perhaps two or three Inches at the most.

Did you see the bridge was alright? Nothing wrong with it And the lines beyond the bridge? Did they look alright?- Alright.

Coroner: Have you, any specin! instructions when it is raining very heavily 7-No.

Did you know anything about the accident until it happened?-

No.

Describe what you felt?--A violent jerk.

Continuing witness sak: After the accident I sent a message to the Kowloon Railway Station by the brake:man. I walked towards an eighth

of a mile Taipo for from the wreck and placed one detonator on the line. I then went to about half a mile from the wreck and put three more on the

raila at distances. of ten yards apart.

Coroner: And why did you do this? To warn the forthcoming! traiu.

Is it a regulation ?--Yes.

And what happened?-What more can I say: nothing more.

Tell us what happened. At the present moment you are just go- Did you by any chance pat any ing along. Describe what hap-detonators on the Ilongkong side rened to you.--Then the engine at the accident?--Yes, on both dropped down.

sides,

I suppose you don't know very do you?--I don't much know.

more

Lines Séemed Alright. Actually speaking until the thing happened you didn't know there was anything wrong with the line 7-The road was alright. nothing wrong.

What are your orders, or have you any special orders if the weather is very

bad? Whether

It would be interesting if we got the figures for the rain in the morn-it is raining or not it is my duty. ing. There was not much rain in to look at the road. the morning. I don't think --Tho rain commenced at 3 p.m. and the water was about two or three inches over the top.

That was the storm that ulti mately caused the washout at Tai Wai?--Yes.

Your une duty is to watch the road and signals?—Yes.

Coroner (to Mr. G. A. Walker, Acting mannger of the Kowloon- Canton Railway): Is that correct Mr. Walker?

Mr. Walker: Quite correct Witness said that he did not notice the condition of the water fall as the train was approaching the tunnel.

Coroner (to Mr. Walker): Did the trolley act them off?

Mr. Walker? We had no trol- ley that night, your Worship.

Coroner: What happened to them after?

ably taken up.

Mr. Walker: They were prob-

First-Aid Training.

Have you any knowledge of first aid?-No.

Did you carry any red cross box or bandages?--Yes.

Where were they carried?--In the brake van.

Did

you get them out and put them into use?--Yes.

But you are not a trained man yourself?--No.

That I take it. Mr. Walker, is has just because he (witness)

All your men been transferred are aren't they?

Mr. Walker: That Is so, your

Chang You, the brakesman of

Continuing witness said that there were three gaures in that area. There was one on the south west of Grassy Hill, one near the

The Coroner then read the Worship. Nam Fong Tau Stream and the third just above Pineapple Pass statement of the driver who is and all registered eight inches oftill in hospital. He said that he the train, gave corroborative evi- at 28 dence of having sent a measure. rain. The figures were as follows: usually drove the train Grassy Hill, 8.17, Nam Fong Tau miles an hour bat owing to theen the instructions of the guard,

to the Kowloon Railway Station. Stream 8.04, Pineapple Pass 7.86 in. he had been travelling at a

Chan Liu. who was the driver slower pace that day. The spced inches and at the Kowloon Ile- servoir 3.55 inches were recorded, allowed was 36 miles an hour. fle of the train which left the Kow- I am not quite sure about these feed nothing wrong with the loon Railway Station at 4.30 p.m.

Are they

track but as soon as he was pass-and was the last to travel on the ing the bridge the lines collapsed track before the accident, said from under the train.

that there was a slight drizzle when the train left Kowloon. H was then very dark and it was

readings of rain gauges. read....?-Dally,

At what time are they rend? At 6 A.m.

What's the capacity of the gauge?

I think they will take 30 inches. who has had eleven yours service No. 2 tunnel that the rain was

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Witness did not heavy.

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anything unusual when his train signal man

but transferred to There

were two other figures guard exactly a week before the was passing Tai Wai, where the the 4.30 p.m. train from Kowloon,

washoute which were interesting, proceeded disaster. The train on the feel any jarring or any indien water than usual in the stream occurred, nor did he mentioned that there was more Mr. Henderson, who said that at fated trip was composed, in the tion that there was anything at Tai Wai but he did not notice Sheklaipai 2.89 inches were re-order named, of the engine, a first wrong with the ralls. Witness the water-fall. gistered while at the Kowloon Ob-class dining earringe, a second

did not notice anything at the The hearing was then adjourn servatory only .91 were recorded.

two class coach,

third class

scene of the accident nor did heed until next Wednesday At the request of the Coroner, coaches, and the guard's

vannotice the water-fall witness then gave the following There was no passenger in the

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