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1. On the 13th of May last year five workmen employed by the defendant company were engaged in the repair of damaged piping installed in a sewer in Kwai Chung. The actual site of the damage was underground and was approached through a manhole on the surface. In the course of the afternoon the workman who was for the time being down the manhole complained of a strong smell and collapsed back into the pit as he tried to climb out. His workmates hurried to the rescue but two of them were also overc