Wilkinson and Grist, watched the inquiry on behalf of the owners of Leung Kwong. Mr. T. G. B nett, of Messrs. Johnson, Stokes a Master, represented the interests of the owners of the steam launch Moonshine, as well as her coxswain and crew, and Mr. Geo, K, Hall] Bratton represented the interests of Captain Wilson of the Leung Kwong and the widow of Mr. F. E, A, Martin.
According to police evidence, of the 34 bodies recovered 14 were identified. Mr. Martin's body was recovered at Capsuimun by police launch No. 6 en to the public mortuary. Martin iden-ifed the body of her husband.
The Chinese passenger was iden-iffed by a cousin.
Kau Ngok-wan, an assistant of the Wing Tai Bank, who was a second class passenger on the Leung Kwong on her fatal journey, said that he boarded the ship at 6 o'clock with three other companions bound for Kong Moon. He had no cabin and from his position in the second class compartment he could see people coming in and out of the steer age, When the vessel was alongside at Connaught Road West he noticed that the steerage passengers entered their section of the ship through a grille on the second deck, which, when the ship got under way was locked.
He was not able to say who locked the grilles, but he was quite certain that they were locked. "The crew of the ship entered and left the steerage through a manhole which was capable of admitting only one person at a time.
Ar, Hugh-Jones: Your Worship appreciates the great difficulty there will be in getting witnesses. 1 think it extremely unlikely that your Worship will get presented to you the same picture ut this inquiry as! [was presented
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