Shanghai, May 20.
collision on the Whangpoo, resulting in the death of a Chinese! boatman, was recounted in the First Special " District Court yesterday, when Chu Ah-shu, 48-year old laodah of the steam-tug Alexandra, was charged with negligence causing] death.
"The accident occurred at about noon on Moy 15, when the tug was! proceeding to the Shanghai & Hong-
was about to pass the mouth of Soochow Creek, when it collided with Chinese cargo boat, throwing the boatman, Chiang Dah-ling, into the river, His body was recovered.
According to Mr. Thomas S, Lea, municipal advocate, who conducted the prosecution, the laodah of the tug failed to give warning to the cargo boat and also to stop the engine, thereby giving no chance to the boat= man to. manquvre his craft away from the tug.
The "laodah was placed _under arrest by the River Police, He was remanded until next week for further
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