An accident involving a German anda Japanese vehicle~one of two motor mishaps bringing together in a Gisastrous manner these two nations alities over the holidays—occurred at Broadway Eust and Yuenfong Road fat about 8.15 am. on New Year's Day. The German car was a truck operated bya Chinese, while the Japanese vehicle was a motorcycle with side far, belonging to the Japanese Naval Landing Parly and operated by a Japanese naval rating. In the sidecar was a Japanese student, and on the pillion behind the Japanese sailor was another Japanese student.
The collision was so violent that the motorcycle caught fire and the student in the side-car was burnt to death. The other student was injured, bbut- apparently the naval rating escaped unscathed.
"No Concession AMishaps'*
"There were no serious accidents the Concession over the holidays," said's high official of the French Police when interviewed by a ree presentative of the "North-China Daily News" yesterday, "but we are definitely going ahead with our cam~ paign to reduce the large number of accidents" in which trucks—are Involved, by having special patrols of the Concession's. busier thorough: fares who stop the heavy vehicles at various hours of the day and night to check the efficiency of their brakes by means of special apparatus."
"this campaign." the om cial con tinued, "began about two months Ayo and, whilst correct figures have not yet been compiled and compared with those for 1037, we confidently hope to be able to reduce the number of. fatal accidents considerably. 1029, There were 51 accidents causing, loss of life last year and whilst trafic in the Concession has been growing more intense ever since the hostilities 1937, we have every reason 10 Believe that if brakes are carefully. texted periodically and if owners of vehicles found. below standard are fired, the number of deaths caused fin traflle accidents must go down."
Asked "whether "ordinary motor cars would be subject to the same tests, the official said that this was not the ease as the police did not wish to cause undue inconvenience passengers, although, if in. the opinion of the police it should be desirable to make these tests on passenger cars in future, they would be made, Amone the passengers who left on Dee. 26 inthe s. Empress of Russia were:—Mrs. C. V. Start, Mrs. 'A. Lyle, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Carlsen and Miss Carlsen, Mr. and Mrs. C. T. MeClellan, Mr. and Mrs. J._H.. Gins-bourg, Lieut. Commander S. Clithe-row and wife, and Messrs. W. Lydall, E, B. McGhee, and Col. 8. W. Minor.
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