The Archive · 1897

The Hongkong Benevolent Society

held their annual meeting yesterday at the City Hall, under. the presidency of Mr.

Jackson. The report presented showed that there: hed been forty applications for relief,.and of these thirty had received assistance.. Twelve persons had been helped to: proceed to: other: ports. to join, friends or try and obtain.employment, fifteen. were in receipt of temporary relief, and five children ig educated and supported by the The report: and accounts -weré passed, and the retiring: members of the mittee were re-elected.

FALL OF A BUILDING AND DEATH OF AN

A house' in Hollywood Road which wai unidergcing some repairs to the front wall suddenly collapsed on: the: morning of the L4th inst, the troat falling in and partly burying two girls who werd' on the first floor. They were promptly conveyed to Hospital, but one died of her injuries before arrival. The other, though dreadfully bruised, is

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