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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. TUESDAY,

TWO BOYS TRAPPED IN TUG'S CABIN

INQUIRY INTO FATALITIES IN RECENT COLLISION --

AUGUST 23, 1932.

result of the impact, and it was im EMPRESS OF BRITAIN. possible to open the door without breaking it down. This he did and discovered the bodies of two boys. He sont one up to the surface and took the other one up with him.

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Wilne No. As I anid, the steel plates had wrapped themselves round

door. Kwok Chl, the coxswain of the The tragic sinking of the Kowloon Edith, said he was the father of the deceased boys. One of them, Dock Company's tug Edith on the two night of July 25 had a sequel at the Kwok Chue, the elder one, worked Kowloon Magistracy yesterday after on board as a pantry-boy and some- noon when Mr. Fraser, sitting as times slept on board. At the time Coroner, conducted an inquiry into of the collision, he did not know that the denths of two boys, Kwek Chuo his sons were on the Edith an he and Kwok Kau, aged 17 and eight had sent them ashore that afternoon respectively, whose bodies were found at about 5 p.m.

No Additional Evidence.

in n enbin of the Edith the next day. The jury empanelled consisted of Messrs. D. Marshall (foreman), Con- When Capt. William Perritt of the way Evans and Bernardino Basto. Tin Yat went into the witness-box, Mr. A. Covey, of Messrs. Hall Brut-the Coroner read out the. ovidence he ton & Co., watched the proceedings gave at the Marine Court of Inquiry. on behalf of Capt. W. Perritt, master of tho . Tin Yat, one of the vessels involved in the collision.

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evidenco The Coroner. Is there any addi- Considering the tional evidence you wish to bring in? criminal point of view, all that Capt.

Witness.--Yes,

Perritt was guilty of was an error of judgment, and he must instruet them that in no case could a error of judg-. ment be classifted as gross negligence.

The

Hall Brutton has got

with two deaths which happened, as What is it?

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The cause of death, of course, had no bearing on their verdict an to whether Capt. Porrilt was guilty of Cross nerligence,

the result of a collision between two The Coroner-Do you know what has got ships in the fairway of Hongkong it is7-Mr. Hall Brution harbour on the night of July 25. The same evidence, and I think his idea vessels were the Tin Yat and the tugs to minimise the blame. Edith. The latter vessel was towing I might tell you that the purpose in a ship the name of which did not of this Inquiry is not to add or re matter. As a result of this collision, tract any blame. That has already two boys who were sleeping below been decided by the Marine Court of the decks of the Edith, were drowns Inquiry. Yes, but I thought, an and it was to decide if any liability was found to be blamed for the col-guilty of gross negligence, I must ask

that the lision, I might

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be blamed for the deaths of these two boys.

No, you need not worry on that 'Three Liven ́Løst.

account. Then I have no addition to the evidence I gave in the Marine Inspector Elston, who represented Court, the Police, said actually three lives |

Witness added, however, that he were lost, those of the two boys and would like to say that the other ves- that of a stoker. The body of the ael did nothing to avoid the collision. stoker. however, was not recovered.

Nothing Could Be Done.

The Verdict. Concluding, the Coroner said, "If you consider that Capt. Perritt is you to bring in your verdict first. If you do find him guilty of gross negligence, we will adjourn the pro- ceedings to give him on opportunity

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Without hesitation, the jury re- turned #4 verdict of "Accidental denth by drowning."

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I

am quite in accord

The Coroner said Court of In- The next witness called was Mr. your finding. quiry

already been held into the F. J. Jenner, of Kowloon Docks. In heal circumstances attending the colli-his case also, the Coroner rend out sion;

he would therefore suggest dis-the evidence he gave at the Marine pensing with the happenings prior Court.

to the collision.

Asked if he was, in charge of the

Laustmorily Elsum pointed out that Edith at the time of the collision.

both inquiries, the Marine witness replied in the negative, say- Court of

Inquiry

and the presenting that Kwok Chi was in command. inquiry, should have been taken

Referring

to witness' evidence in together. That was the procedure in the Marine Court, the Coroner asked, the last case which was in connexion "When you saw that a collision was with the Lung Kwong disaster.

in-1 could

what did you do "

do nothing.

The Coroner agreed that both in- quiries should have been taken! Witness added that the Edith together, but as evidence had already sank in the space of one minute and been given in the Marine Inquiry at the most two. He did not know and a finding arrived at, he would that the boys were down below. Even just simply

Recept the findings off he had, it would have made no that inquiry.

difference, because if he had sent a Mr. Covey. This Court is not man down to look for them, it would bound by the Marine Court evidence, probably mean the loss of another

your

Worship.

Tho

Coroner. No, no! I am not; At this point, the Coroner inli- suggesting such a thing. What I mated that that was all the evidence am thinking is how much we can be intended to call.

save going over the same ground.

Turning to Mr. Covey, the Coroner The Coroner finally decided that he said, "Do you still want an adjourn would call the master of the Edith, ment, Mr. Cover? I propose the master of the Tin Yat, and the person who found the bodies.

Before evidence was called, Mr. Covey said Mr. Inl Brutton should have attended the inquiry, but as he was busy, Mr. Covey came over in his place. On behalf of Mr. Hall Brutton, he asked permission to re- serve his right to cross-examine.

nccessary.

to

direct the jury now, and if you want un adjournment, you must have very good grounds for it."

Mr. Covey.' leave it in your Worship's hands.

The Summing Up. Addressing the jury, the Coroner said, "There is not very much I can The Coroner. Certainly, if such besny in this case really. The only question is as to whether blame rests The Coroner then read the Andings on the person or persons responsible of the Marine Court of Inquiry to for the collision, before the collision, the jury, pointing out that the Court or to associate them directly with the found the Tin Yat to blame for the death of these two boys. The other collision. In its findings, the Court question is whether or not any one added that everything was donio after was negligent in not getting the boys the collision to save life,

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Discovery of Bodies,

"I propose to deal with the second The first witness called was Mr. question first. You have heard the W. J. Maher, a diver employed by the evidenco of the diver, who says it Kowloon Dock Company. He testi-was impossible to get the boys out fied that at 1 pm. on July 26, he went of the cabin as the steel plates had fout to the Edith which was lying at wrapped themselves round the door.

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the starboard side. The steel plates that, to support a charge of that.na- of the vessel had wrapped themselves ture, gross negligence must be found. round the dour of the cabin as the Ordinary negligence was not enough;

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