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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20,

KILLED BY' BLÁST

MISPLACEMENT OF POWDER SUGGESTED BY JURY

day

At the Central ‘Magistracy yester

afternoon, Mr. E. I. Wyrine- Jones, sitting an Coroner, conducted an Inquiry into the death of Lo Pat, 66, a workman of the Kin San Con- tractors, who died as the result of in explosion on the new site of the Ne. # (Upper Level) Police Station on November 26.

The Coroner was assisted by the following jury.—Mr. E, A. Roza (Foreman), Mr. G. I. Hill and Mr. Chan Nai-in.

Inspector M. 11. Hourihan WOM present on behalf of the Police.

Dr. L. D. Pringle, medical officer) in charge of the Victorin Mortuary, said that the

cause of death Was rupture of the heart due to the denegeration of its muscle following a blow on the chest. In he opinion, "it was not a heavy blow,

Je added that from the appearance of the wounds of the skin it could not have been a powerful explosion. There was no burning and the wounds, were such as might have been caused by merely throwing stones At the person.

Liu Fuk, coolie foreman, testlilod that Lo Pat knew nothing about blasting. At 8.45 a.m, on the day in question, deceased was holling

&

12 t hammer and hit a rock ne the rock was one foot higher than the leval surface in the nullah. In the course of striking thero was an ex- plosion. Witness was surprised by It. The blant sounded as usual; no mere, no less,

Li Ri, another foreman, said that; on the evening of November 25 there. were two blasts. Liu Yau, a quoṛry- man, was in charge of setting/the blasie Liu Yau left after finishing his work on November 25 and wit- na had never seen him again. It was witness's duty, to direct the holes to be drilled and heir positions. lle Inspected them at the finish.

The Coroner: Can you offer any explanation why this shot went off tyler?

Fowder Overlooked?

Witness replied the rock, was not properly split the previous night and it was possible that one packet of powder did not go off. The paper may have prevented the fuse from getting to it.

the

Withens examined the hole previous night and found it WAR cracked but not broken to pieces.

Hi Worship suggested the water were poured into the hole after a discharge it might prevent a hap-| pening of this nature' in the future.) Witness agreed.

Replying to the Coroner, wilnear said Liu You had worked for one week. ji na a good quarryman, knew about hinting and obeyed instructions,

he

His Worship mentioned that sext the papers to the Government Analyst, who had expressed ar opinion on paper that the rock dust from the hole resisted part of the blast. Shock, friction or percossior could cause a blast,

The Coroner: Is it possible that the charge was an old charge and had been overlooked?

Witness: No.

After Chan Ming, a Inbourer who was standing nearby at the time of the accident, had given evidence, the Coroner summed up briefly.

The jury, after å brief retirement, returned a verdiel of accidental death due ta same misplacement or dampen- ing of the powder and added. na a rider, the suggestion that precaution might be adopted of pouring water in the shot-hole of a discharge be- fore permitting work to proceed the following day.

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