Passenger and Woman Fall Into River in Collision Saving a drowning passenger before saved his drowning wife, and then delivering his passengers ashore before he tried artificial stimulation on his wife, a sampan man brought his dead wife to river police on July 29, explaining that he had been in a col-
"The man and his wife yulobed 9 sampan and in looking for some trade, they met two Chinese who wanted to be taken from the Butterfield & Swire Whart to the Hoong Shing Wharf. They proceeded to take them across the river. In mid-stream, according to the man, a steam launch was met towing 1 sizing of cargo boats, He) tried to avoid the string, but was unsuccessful, bumping into the tail "The collision knocked one of the passengers and the woman over board.
Quickly the husband jumped into the river, but instead of drying to ave his wife first he went to the aid of the passenger, He hauled him to the sampan, and hoisted him on board with the aid of the other passenger. He then went after his wite, got her, and pulled her after him into the at the time he Uunconsclous and that she was bleeding from the mouth.
Placing hor on the floor of the sampan, he then proceeded to yuloh faeroes the river to the Hoong Shing Wharf, delivering his passengers, who then paid him off, "Atter that the husband then tried artificial respiration on his wife for bout 30 minutes. He was unsuccessful, and decided. that she was dead. So'he took her to the police, where doder pronounced the woman dead from drowning.
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