Trucks do not always like to be left unattended, judging by the independence with which a Commercial Express Ca, truck backed into the Whangpoo near the No, 15 Pontoon situated between Peking and Jinkee Roads at about 8.45 a.m, yesterday, The driver of the vehicle, it appears, left his seat for a minute or so when the weight of about 90 barrels of Samshu wine with which the truck was loaded, presumably caused the hand-brakes to give way with the result that the vehicle backed into the river, the rear part of it being submerged. A coolie who was sitting on top of the cargo, managed to catch hold of the railing and thus was spared from an undesired bath.n the muddy water, With the entire cargo in the water, the front wheels of the vehicle were still on the Bund, Hastily summoned crews of coolies, assisted by powerful vehicles eventually succeeded in pulling the truck onto the Bund by 1046 a.m, but no attempts at recovering the cargo were made until the dde was favourable,
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