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THE FOOD

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Swam To Burning Junk To Savo Woman's Life

The tremendous explosion and spectacular blaze of a junk carrying cargo of aviation petrol at North Paint, close to the Astatic Petroleum Company's Installation, on the night of June 16, was recalled yesterday when Mr. H. R. Butters, acting as

E. HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

THE

DARING SHANGHAI ROBBERY

Chinese Gang Makes

Haul Of Metal

Shanghai, July 28.

FRIDAY, JULY 29, 1988.

PRIEST STILL

MISSING

Fathor Jacquinot's Mystery Deepens

Tokyo, July 23, In the most daring net of banditry Despite a widespread search being with intensity, Father perpetrated for a considerable time, pursued

still within half a mile of the Japanese Jacquinot is

missing. The naval guard ship and naval aero- French Embassy to making enquiries

Chinese pirates stripped into the Jesuit priest's whereabouts. drome, 10 the premises of the Lunghal Dock and it is expected that the results and Engineering Works, a British will be reported to Paris, concern, on the outskirts of Shanghat on the night of July 25.

Coroner at the Central Magistracy, thin Chinese, dressed in short being made to And him, because of

11 L.

conducted an inquiry into the death of a 48-year-old woman victim of the mishap named Lai Ng.

The Jury empanelled fog the in- quest was Mesars. L. M. Woloshinoff (Foreman),

Govery And Hymie Phoun.

Evidence given brought out no facts that

ascertained the cause of the explosion, but it revealed the bravery of Crown Sergeant F Roberts, who diving off a police lunch

swam through a hole at the stern of the

the blazing junk to extricate the deceased from a mass of timbers that trapped her.

on

In the opinion of some priests, friends of Father Jacquinat, le may The pirates, who were led by a

be totally unaware of the efforts khaki trousers, with a while silk the silence of the Japanese press on open-necked shirt, all carried re the subject. Contending that it would volvers. They bound

and twa Indian

undesirable to spread watchmen

wild! fvo and men in a small cubicle. They then banned publication or the broadcast

Chinese watch-

ALCA rumours, the Japanese police have made off with a quantity of scrap of all news on the matter. brass and copper, valued at $10,000.

were

The watchmen said a black motor- "Father Jacquinoi's plans boat containing the 10 Chinese ap- definitely to complete his voyage to peared alongside the pontoon. When Shanghal aboard the Empress of nsired what they wanted by the Aaln," Joc Goldstone, American watchman, the Chinese stated, "We cultured-pearl dealer from Chicago, are Chinese soldiers fleeing from the sald to-day. Mr. Goldstone. who Japanese.

was a fellow passenger of the mlesing priest across the Pacific, expressed astonishment when he heard that Father Jacquinot had disappeared.

A Kampan then brought them alongside, landing 20 coolfes, who began the work of removing scrap metal from a godown by means of he Hght railway.

The godown is about a quarter of a mile from the waterfront and the work proceeded all through the night until early on Tuesday, when the Kang departed-Reuter,

The first witness called was Dr. P. B. Wilkinson of the Government Medical Department, who said that

the morning of June 10 examined the body of the deceased and found that she had died from shock and haemorrhage, used by mutiple Injuries, and cardiac failure, The Injuries that the deceased had, gave him The Impresion that either Before she went to strep she saw no something had fallen on her or that į lights on the junk. Her mother died she had fallen from a height.

on the way to hospital.

Mr. Wong Chi-ming, of the Colonial Transportation Agent for the Aslatie Petroleum Company Thikoktsui, said that he engaged a junk owned by a man named Chat Kam to carry 1230 emann of avlatlon spirit from the Installation to Kowloon Tuc Junk was loaded on the morning of June 15 but it did not duschungs- its Pargo at Kowloon because there had

been no trucks to recevre it.

to

He gave orders for the junk to retur Tatkoktauf but it del not do so; 11 went to Norts Point where there was another

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DINNER IN HOTEL

He described an informal dinner party on July 20 in the New Grand Hotel at Yokohama, at which about eight to 10 people were present, Some were passengers from the Em- press and others foreigners, who had gone from Tokyo to Yoltolama to meet them.

The party was a "Dutch treat", the diners included Father aequinot, who was well and cheer-

and Tam Lo, Au Mul, two fakis of the Junk, and Leung Hak-sing, muster ful of the

mat

lett next to the junk- that exploded, all said that there bad been an lights on the junk. The Tate Foltis said that they did not moke when they returned to the host from the shure. The explosion emcel to have Decurred at the sieru of the junks.

apilce

Mr. Goldstone sald he had last seen Father Jarquinol in the hotel about 11.30 p.m. when he and Mrs. Goldstone left for Kube. rust say whether Father Jacquinot hatt planned to entrain for Kobe or Nagasaki, or to re-emburk in the

He coul

Empress. All he knew was that the priest was going on to Shanghat by vessel

Enquiries at seaside and mountain resorts concerning the missing priest have so far proved fruitless.

RESCUE BY POLICEMAN Crown Sergeant F. Roberts said that at about 10 p.m. on June 15, he was in Hunghum Boy in taunch when he heard an explosion

Archbishop Dos of Tokyo, Bishop

of Yokohama and other coming from the direction of North Chanbon Pont He proceeded to the

ecclesiasties whom he might normal- directly and arriving there about twy have visited, say they never saw,

Father Jacquinot, minutes later he saw a

a junke on fire;

ecclesiaties fear the rat of the fire appeared to have was attacked by been midships. The small fire hose

scene

Certain

criminals.

who

that

thought that 10 carrying large sums of which be money

collected in America in rash on hals Reuter Specia!,

BOATMAN'S EVIDENCE With his left foot heavily bandaged and unable to walk, Chau Kam, was allowed to give his sworn evidence sitting on a chair instead of going to

of the lunch was immediately put to might be I said that he the witness stand had gone from Kowloon to North work art soon after another police Paint because he had received la~ | launch and one from the A.F.C. structions to do so. A launch, not jarrived and rendered aid.

hann and As his lunch was manoeuvring other boals there

around the burning sampan, he At North Point his junk and two noticed a person in A hole at the the ethers, also carrying petrol. were stern of the junk. He dived off the tied abreast of each other and his launch and climbing through the hout was

was the outermost one. When hale he saw that the woman wag night

came he went 1 sleep

and trapped by pieces of timber that had woke up when he was thrown into fallen across her body and legs. He the sea following 71 loud explosion. dragged her to safely. The woman

He did not know what happened was conscious at that time and on after that as he lost consciousness. being taken on board a police launch No lights or fre of any kind was she told him her name was Lat Nr. permitted on his junk, nor were his is allowed to smoke on board. Before the explosion his son and four other fokig had left the boat for their meals. He was not able to account for the explosion.

Replying to Mr. Butters, Sergeant Roberts said that he heard smaller; explosions after the Arst one had occurred. The initial explosion:

person.~~

Garbo And

Stokowsky:

Upset Car

was very loud and sounded like the Greta Garbo and Leopold Aring of a

a mun

At first he thought Stokowsky, the conductor, were in a

Chau Shap Ng-inul, the daughter that a boiler of a launch kind blown car that capsized south of Stockholm

explosion.

I left the road and landed on itsi side in a field.

of the previous witness, sakt that up. There was no cvidence to ne- when urning a corner. she went to sleep next to her mother count for the and woke up in the sea At first she thought she bud rolled off the Junk during her sleep, but she saw that a fire had occurred. She clung to the stern of a boat and finally el, mbered aboard. Her mother had been lying on the stern of the junk,

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This concluded the evidence, and after being addressed by Mr. Bul- Neither Garbo nor Stokowsky (who) iers, the Jure returned a verdict that have travelled a lot together in recent the deceased had died through the months) was hurt, causes mentioned by Dr. Wilkinson, The car was righted in about and added that there was no evidence quarter of an hour and it was driven to show the cause of the explosion, away,

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