(Death due to Misadventure)
Shanghai, May 17.
Death by misadventure wast verdict at the inquest into the death of Mr. Peter Blair Allen, Chict En-Bineer' of the s. Jeannelte Skinner, who slipped and fell from a ganyway between two ships on May 4, held by 4H. M. Coroner, Mr. C. H. Haines, in LIN. Police Court yesterday.
Mr. AL C. lines, Second engine ce of the Jeannette Skinner, stated that May 4 he met deceased at the Palace Hotel bar, and went with him en a Jaunch across the river to the Jeannette Skinner, which was berthed alongside two otter ships at the International "Dock, Pootung, She! was the outside ship, lying next 10] the s, Sui Tal and the s, Victoria, They "went "on the deck of the Jeannette Skinner, intending to cross to the Sui Tai and thence to the shore, He was carrying a parcel, which he handed over. the fail to tone of the crew of the Sui Tai and crossed 10 that sh gangway twelve Six. feet Tong, the ships - being Separated by a gap of about four fect, "Aitor witness had crossed the plank he turned to see Mz, Allen come on board, but was just' in time to see im stib and fail as "the gangway rushed to the side of the ship but could see nobody in the water, He then went ashore and along' the wharf to the bow of the ship, where he saw Mr, Allen picked up and brought ashore by a Sampan. "He sent for the quarantine ollicer, and watched him apply rst ald, 'A nursing sister of the General Hospital, Marie Capistrana, was! called next, and stated that _she Sitended Mr. Allen at the hospital fon May 6, where he died at 6.40 Pin, Lin Chia-wei, quarantine off< lal" at the Maritime Customs stated that "he was a qualified medical practitioner, and was on duty on May 4. He was sent to inoculate the crew of the Jeannette Skinner, and was going back to his launch when he was called to the wharf for an urgent case, 'He saw. Mr, Allen lying on the whart face downwards, being attend~ "the second engineer. immediately applied first ald mea sures, "as the man's face showed marked cyanosis, and his breathing and pulse were' feeble, After (we or three minutes the breathing and pulse became stronger, and. colour relumed to his face, whereupon he considered nothing further could be done on the spot, and suggested that he be removed: to a hospital, Witness wirelessed for an ambulance fo meet them at the Customs Jetty, and took deceased to his, Taunch, He saw him taken into the ambulance, and considered at the tine that "Allen hada fair chance of recovery, Mr, R, Euclle Bridges, Inspector of Customs and River Police, pro-@uecd a plan of the position of the ships in court, He saw no irre~ gularity tu the: surfacing of the decks Which might tilt the plank, The complete verdict was follows: "T find that Peter Blair Allen died at Shanghai on, May 4, 1040, the cause of death Deli shock due'to multiple injuries and immer~ sion, following a fall, on the same day, from a plank between the s, Jeannette Skinner, and the ss,_ Sui Tal at the International Dock, Poo tung, Death was due to misadventure; U.S. Court for China A.A.U. Win China Trade Act Suit AMERICAN ASIATIC UNDERWRITERS TED, INC, NA. De MISS A, VIOLA SMITH,
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