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RAILWAY SMASH

INQUIRY.

HOW MEDICAL SUPPLIES

REACHED THE SCENE. --

DR. FARR'S STORY.

TELEGRAPH.

At the resumed Inquiry into the recent railway disaster, held by Mr. Hamilton with a special jury yesterday afternoon at Kawloon, Dr. Farr gave an interesting account of his experience.

Relating his experiences on the evening of April 20, Dr. F. J. Farr said that, he was driving out to Taipo about 5.5 p.m. with Mr. #8 R companion. le went over the level crossing at Shatin which leads to an embank- ment. At the bridge before the

Beddow

village the water was lapping against it, and an occasional wave went over the roadway. There of WT 4 enormous qunatity water on each side of the road in the paddy felds. At the next bridge on the road the ear fell through a hole. They were not hurt, but only bruised.

THURSDAY, MAY 21, 1931.

Chun Koon-nam said that he was in the second car. It was raining and all the windows were closed. He heard a crash and felt the car going down. He got hold of the bench and after a time everything was at a standstill. He cropt out through a window. He was not hurt, and walked to the Shatin atation, There were about seven or eight passengera in the ear,

Yip Choi said that he did not hear the crash, though he knew notleed the hoards atleking into that there was an accident, as he

his car, which was the fourth. There were about fifty or sixty passengers in it. He was hurt in

the leg and crawled out.

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Mr. Walker's Evidence., Mr. G. A. Walker, Manager of the K.C.R.. sold that about 5.30 pm, on April 20 he received a telephone message t his house that the No. 19 train had met with un nerident

WAR tum No. 3, and that it fenred that a number of jussen- Hers were killed and injured, He rang up the Kowloon station and gave instructions for all First Aid men to be collerted and sent to join the No. 26 train to Talpo.

In answer to a question by the They got out of the car, and he returned to Shatin station les Coroner, Mr: Walker said that 'First Aid men included all station ing Mr. Beddow near the car to

arrival stop all traffic. On

masters, booking clerks, goods #L

clerks, guarda and English-speak- Shatin station. he rang up the

were all Kowloon railway station and asking trate in. They

ed them to inform the police of examined yearly and formed a division at the St. John Am- their mishap. He then Kat

bulance Brigade, roolin from

the Station

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and relieve Mr. Bedong, When Mr. Beddow arrived, the station master showed nighs of anxiety berause he said that

the tel. phone to Taipo was broken und the train was overdue. At that

har Continuing, he said that Have Instructions that baxes and stretchers were also to be taken. instructed the station He als master to send out a call for doct- ors, and to provide care for doct-

at the station. time a man came running up from ors arriving

also rane up Mr. Smith, the as- the level crossing and informesistant mechanical engineer, and them that the railway been washed way on the Tai Wai

side.

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A message them came through that a tuomet bad fallen down on the train. He sent a hit to the Shatin police station by a "boy" saying that there was an acrident at the No. 2 bridge, and after that went with Mr. Beddow along the lines. They walked as far as the apot where their Par bad sunk, and on the other side of the hole was a car belonging to Mr. el Arculli and driven by his chauf- feur.

They got into the car and went to the scene of the accident. On the way they picked up the First Aid men with supplies sent out from the station.

Met the Survivors,

asked him to join him on the 6.40 .m. train. All the railway of- ficers, Government

the doctors, District (ficer at Taipa and police officers were informed as a matter of routine.

He subsequently found that this routine order had been carri ed out.

The 5.40 p.m. Tradn stopped neur his house and picked him and Mr. On arrival at the Yau- Smith ap. mati station he was informed that zut provved, to the train could Shatin owing to a wash-out In the kanik. fir ordered the Shatin train back to Kowloon, and made arrangements for the passengers. to be sent in ears.

Arrival on Scene.

He proceeded with Mr. Smith to Shatin by ear, and on arrival at the road bridge north of Shatin were stopped by some Kre- men and ambulance men.

at the same time. They scl out to walk to the scene of the accident, which they reached about 7 p.m. Mr. Areulli Wis there when they arrived.

On arrival at the level cross- ing they were met by a number of refugees from the wrecked train. They left them behind, and went on to the scene of the accident. Dr. Smalley arrived there When they arrived there he found that it was derailment. The men in charge of the First Aid supplies seemed to be working quite efficiently, and so he went on inspection. He found a number of people trapped in the rear end [of the third car. 1e· realized that tools and jacks were neces- sary, and after Mr. Reddow had interpreted their wants a jack was brought. His idea was to try and get out one or two people who could be got out.

He heard a woman crying from underneath the third couch. It was too dark to ace the extent of the damage. After seeing

that everything possible was being done to the injured he went to try and make

arrangements for the passengers, who had arrived by the express front Taipo and who They worked on till 8.30 p.m.. were cut off, to be sent to Hong- when Dr. Smalley arrived.

kong. He decided that the only Coroner. Did you happen to thing to be done was to send them notice the waterfall on the left? to Sheung Shui and from there

Dr. Farr,-AL the time got there, there was a tremendous full of water over the fall, though very slightly on the left side..

Coroner. Were you satisfied as a ductor with the arrangements made by the railway First Aid people?

Dr. Farr.Yes, definitely. The work of the First Aid people was extraordinarily good,

Survivors' Stories.

Lưu Ming-he. a coolic call that he had gone to the country and was returning by the train which was wrecked. Be was sitting in the third car and was asleep. Io did not feel or hear anything, but when he came to, he was lying on the ground. The train was all in bits about him. He was injured about the nose and the hand, and was laken to the Kowloon Hos- pital in an ambulance,

by motor-bus by the Castle Peak rond. Mr. Arculli took him to Shatin to get into telephone com- munication with Kowloon. At the road break he saw the ins- pector General of Police, who told him that there were two wash- outs on the Castle Penk road. The whole of the territory north Shatin and the wash-outs cut off from communication.

Ile returned to the scene of the accident; und Dr. Smalley asked (Continued on Page 11.J

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