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LIFT FATALITY
POST OFFICE ACCIDENT INJURY'
Mr. W. Schofield, altling na Coroner at the Central Magistracy yesterday afternoon, opened inquiry Into the death of Leung Lum, a lift attendant at the General Post Ofce, who was crushed to death between the roof of the Bft and the third floor of the
TURMOIL IN NORTH CHINA
',
RIVAL TROOPS IN
CONFLICT
Poiping, Jan. 28,
JEWISH TRIBUTE TO LATE KING
GATHERING AT SYNAGOGUE JOIN, IN PRAYER
The Jewish community pak sor rowful homage to the memory of
It is reliably learned that units the late King George V at the "Ohel under General Sung Choh-yuan's Leah" Synagogue yesterday when a morning large number of congregants attend- 20th Army clashed tils with the East lepel militiamen neared.. Changplagchow, an ancient walled of Peiping. Lee, Magh Braga and city, 27 miles north
building on the morning of January 2, The Jury comprise Messrs. V.D. Sorby
B. A. Moore, M..., neting
Director of Medical and Sanitary Services, ald that about 11 am on January 2 he was informed there
Later.
Itabbi Blazer read Paalm 30. fol. Fighting is still proceeding.-Router, lowed by prayers.
Mr. J. E. Joseph then addressed It transpires that the East Hopei the assembly. He said: militiamen were not involved in the clash.
My dear fellow members and con- Whereas it has pleased regants:
had been an accident on the third floor from the hills and raided the villages Almighty God to call to His metey |
of the Post Office building, where he had his office. He went to the lift and anw one of the attendants lying on the floor in front of the lift. head was caught between the roof of the lift and the floor. The man was perfectly atill, and he (witness) could feel no pulse. He later saw the man on a stretcher on tho verandah,· Drs. Febily and Jones were doing artificial respiration. The man's face was very congested, and his eyeballs and tongno protruding. There was a deep indent on the right side of his neck, where the ft had pressed him. He was
A large force of bandits descended whereupon the troops were despatched from Changpingehow to repel them.
Flered fighting resulted in the rout of the bandits-Reuter.
Shih Yusan Involved?
Pelping. Jun. 28. Changping, twenty-five nilles north-west of Peiping, is menaced by last night's advance southward of 2000 armed bandits, who clashed with 400 troops of the 29th Army near Changping.
Chinese sources
of beloved memory and gloriou our late Sovereign King George V reign, we have assembled here this morning to pay our Innt' tribute to His late Majesty. It is a mural and religious duty, and so it is not a feeling of gratitude and loyalty alone that brings us together to-day. It has been said by one of our illustrious Rabbis that: "It is not necessary to make monuments for the righteous. their deeds will commemorate them equally well." How completely this saying is exemplified by our Inte be-
Idead, and the body was later removeding to-day, They also sharp fight-1 loved King.
in
were seen
state that the nu ambulance. When he first anw bandits, wear block uniforms. "Also the man, he was big on his left Japanese advisers
with side with his head under the lift and
which suggests that General hir body along the front of the lift. | Shih' Yu-san, the notorious former The lift was pressing on his neck Kueminchun General and pro-Man only,
is involved. chukuo commander,
Theory of Accident
|
Major Imal said that he was con- flesant that The 29th Army troopa would succeed in dispersing the ban dits. He does not expect that the trouble will spread,—United Preas.
Kalgan Rumours
Shanghai, Jun, 28.
Dr. R. S. Berbie, medical officer in -charge of the Victoria mortuary, de- posed to having examined the body and made a post mortem the follow- ing day. After describing the in-| -juries, witness said that the cause
of death was multiple injuries, shocki
produced by the pressure on the vina's neck, and the injuries could have been caused by the man having been raught between the road of the lift and the floor. What possibly happen- ed wns that the man was stooping farward to go into the lift, his feet remaining on the floor of the building, when the lift suddenly went down, striking him on. the shouhler. He Inmediately tried to withdraw, but his heal was caught and he was forced to the floor, caught by his neck.
and asphyxin, The asphyxia was It is reported fran Japanese
Ngan Chuen, a lift attendnut, work- ing the "B" lift at the Past, Ollice Puilding. sald he was on duty Crom 8 a.m. 1 1.30 p.m. on January 2 Lift, "A" went out af order about 10.45 nm. that day. Wong Shu-yung was working it. Weng was relieved at 11a.m. After the lift went wrong, Wong went out to find someone to repair it.
When the lift cunse to n tandstill, its top was three feet above the third floor. Wong hung a notice "Lift Out of Order" as soon as it went on the third floor and on the ground floor.
The deceased man arrived about 11 an, and asked him on the ground floor why ft "A" did not come down. He replied that it had gone wrong on the third fluor. The deceased then went upstairs in the lift to the third
Bor. The grille of, lift "A" was closed.
Witness did not see what densed did on the third floor, but came down. When he next went up, he saw decrared in the lift with the grille open. He spoke with deceased, saying the lift was out of order and asking him why he had gone inside. Deceased then shouted to someone; but did not reply to him. He then heard--deceased shouting to some people on the third floor to haul him up. They failed and asked him to remain where he was until the was put right.
source here that Kalgan has been occupied by pro-Manchukuo troops and that all government offices there bave been taken over by the invad
rs.
pect.
of his
He was a magnificent example of devotion to duty in carrying out the ghest conception of Sovereignty and an epitome of all those great qualities which we admire and res
He placed his reliance upon the loyalty and affections peoples, throughout the Empire, and t
on the wisdom of their parliaments to support him in his heavy task. The death of our late King has evok
messages of sympathy and warm not only tributes of his qualities, from the Empire, but from all parts of the world.
The report adds that heads of in- portant offices there have been re- placed by Japanese, while the Pell ping-Sulyaan Rallway in now almost and the control of the Japanese. This report so far has not been confirmed by Chinese circles here. Wah Ki Fat Po.
Irreparable Loss
Though we have lived in recent years through many periods of the most violent storm and stress, the death of his Inte Majesty King George V has brought an indescrib able sense of heavy and irreparable lows to all his subjects throughout the work. We humbly voice the grief of our. congregation and our profound sympathy with His Majesty King Edward VIII, with Her Majesty the Queen Mother and with all the Royal Family in their end bereave- ment and sorrow, For he shop we Peiping, Jan. 28. loved as King has passed away, and It is learned from reliable sources we mourn him deeply and sincerely. that the Finance Committee of the for we feel that we have lost in Hopel and Churlar Council recently him not only a ruler, but a father notified the Customs, Post Office, Salt and friend of all his people! Though Tax and other national tax agencies he is dead, he will surely live in that all revenues, exclusive of sales the hearts of all of us and those of his loyal and faithful subjects. directly to the Council after February of the Great British Empire, we of postage stampe, must be paid So for him in this important outpost
Revenues Commendered -
TO-
Observers conneel tho recent alarms and rumours with the aurgence of the activities of the sall Finance Commilteo, United Proja.
General Dollara's Mission
Peiping, Jan. 28. Major-General Kenji Dothara, head of the Special Service Department of the Kwantung Army, arrived at Taiyuanfu, capital of Shansi, by air yesterday afternoon from Tientsin. According to reliable reports it i expected that he will biterview Mar- shai Yen Isi-han as well as the Shunsi provincial governor, General Isu Yung-chong---Reuter.
Ambassador To Japan
Nanking, Jan. 28,
have come here for prayer, and for nu, expression of our sorrow in the
rent loss we have suffered.
There
Almighty God and Sovereign of the Universe, the Lord of Lords! Thou who art great an everlasting from time immemorial, and the Creator of all life, in Thy hands are the souls of human beings. is only one God and thist in Thee, and The art our Saviour, and to Thee we have congregated here for special prayer this morning. More. over all things are the work of Thy hunde, for Thou has made the world and the fullness thereof, and the heavens and all their hosts.
Stricken With Grief
Oh Lord! Creator of the world! Thou who knowest best and doest National Relief Commssion, is likely in the highest
Mr. Hsu Shi-ying. Chairman of all that Thou pleaseth, there is none nor in the lowest
to be appointed Chinese Ambassador
Heard A Cras}
to Tokyo, according to official circles, regions to say unto Thee otherwise, for all are Thy creatures am the The appointment will be made work of Thy hands. Thou art our Continuing, witness said that he effective as soon as confirmation
from then went down, and as soon as he Japanese Government is obtained. got down a crash. No one Mr. Hau in coming here from was working on the ground floor, hal to-morrow at the request of Mar- He went up to the third floor again shal Chiang Kai-shek, probably for in his lift, and found the deceased discussion before assuming this, new pinned between the top of the ftappelitment. Ife will call on Mr. "A" and the floor. Deceased was not Chang Chun, the Foreign Minister, moving nor was he making any sound. Wah Kiu Yàt Po. Je
shouted down the well that some-- one had been pinned and asking not to send the lift down. He then went
to the ground floor in his own lift
Northern Students
Peiping, Jan. 21,
just and true Ruler for all time! Thou hast also ordained and decreed that all who are born must die, and thus it has pleased Thy Divine Will the pride of our to take from us eyes, and to remove from our heads the crown of our glory, the God- fearing and noble and upright King, our late Sovereign King George V. So we are broken hearted and our grief is heavy since our loss is ir reparable and very great.
Merciful Father! May it be plena- ing and acceptable to Thee, to hearken fully to our humble prayer
And went to the basement, where he Student delegates who returned found Wong Shu-yung and Wong Chi, from Nanking yesterday, after ht- to whom he said someone had been tending a three-day round-table con- killed in the lift. Wong Chi imference with General Chiang Kal-which this day we offer Thee in all mediately went off to find someone,shek and the educational authorities, truthfulness and sincerity, but with and Weng Shu-yung went upstairs stated that the National Government hearts that are broken, and stricken le did not know whether anybody has decided not to renovo the vari- with grief, to admit into everlast- and happiness ous Government universities in Pei-ing life and peace Ping, to the South. It was also de- with the Souls of the Upright and cided to organize a special commit- the Righteous of all time, the soul tee to consider measures for the in- of our late King, under whose pro- the needs troduction of new courses suited to tection and wise rule, wo his subjects of the persent national of whatsoever creed or race, have BontcrisleReuter,
enjoyed the blessings of grant and contented freedom and prosperity,
else had been working at the lift besides the deceased. He did not hear anybody shout up the lift shaft bo tween 10.00 a.m. and 11 a.m. When a ilft went wrong the rule was that a telephone message should be to the Electrient Department. was no rule against
lift
attendant re-entering a lift when it was out of
A
There
order. He did not know whether any lift. The lift
Give him, we beseech Thee, of the was then moving fruit of his hands and the enjoy message was sent to the electrical Witness called for assistance to ex- department on this occasion.
tricate the victim. He had then got righteous in the world to come, ment of that light reserved for the as far as the second floor.
Lau Sang came on the scene Roon after with several folds and attempted
Wong Shu-yung, lift attendant, said he had often known the Post Office
lifts to go wrong. On this occasion, he went on duty at 8 am, and carried to raise the lift. The wires were
on till the life went wrong at 0.30 n.m. Lau Sum, the man in charge of repairing the lift, put it right The lift was on the ground floor when it went wrong the first time. Ho had switched on the current but it refused to work, Lat Sum, after repairing it, asked him to looic for him at the Yaumati ferry wharf if the ilft went out of order again.
Passengers Get Out
At 10.46 a.m. witness sald ho start- ed down from the third floor with four
which no oye hath seon but Thine. hou who art watchful and kind to all, in Thine manifold merey comfort we beseech Thee, the hearts of His entangled and it was extremely dif- Majesty King Edward VIII and of ficult to unwind them. The operation Her Majesty Queen Mary, of his took over ten minutes before the lift Royal dona and daughter, and of all could be raised.
others of the Royal Family, and also Witness then saw that the victim the hearts of all of his loyal sub was Leung Lum. After deceased had jects who are mourning his loss to been taken out, the lift could not day, yet work normally. Wong Chi did
nothing bafore he pressed the switch. May it please Thee Oh Lord, our Asked by the Foreman of the Jury God! To hearken to our prayer and how he managed to open the lift in to let him enter into peace and rest the couple of feet between the floor for ever and ever. Amen. and the top of the lift, witness said
เ
The singing of the National An-
he asked someone outside to open them concluded the service. the door. Deceased know how to open pasacrigera Near the second floor the lift, as did all fokla on the floor. level the lift refused to work.
The Witness had hung the lift-hook up inside the lift when he left it and did
top of the lift was then over two feet above the level of the third floor The four passengers and himself got
Russian Church
There was a large gathering at
not think it was possible for deceased the Russian Orthodox Church, 18
to have put his hand inside and taken Jordon Road, Kowloon, yesterday
out of the lift. Ho closed the gate the hook
and put a notice on the third floor Further questioned by the Jury, evening when a Memorial Service was "Lift" Out of Order" and went to witness said his instructions, In the hold to commemorate the passing of the Yaumat ferry wharf to find Lan event of something going wrong King George, and to pay tribute to Sum. Ho found Lau, who asked with the lift, were to telephone to the the late King's qualities as a ruler another man, Wong Chi, a coolle, to mechanical department for someone to
and a man, go with him witness) to repair the come and repair the lift. There was lift. The tools for repairs wore kept no Chinese translation of the rules In the basement, and he wont with Wong Chi to the basement
About 11.05 a.m. Wong Chi pressed the switch to bring the lift down. Xle then heard cries raised that some- one had boon pinned beneath the
hung outside the grille, only in His many friends will regret to
English,
hear that, Mr. A. Landau (Jimmy)
After further evidence with regard the proprietor of Jimmy's Kitchen, to the Identification of deceased by has been admitted to the War witness, the inquiry, was adjonnak to Memorial Hospital, and will wish 11.30 a.m. on Saturday, February 1. him à ́speedy recovery,
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