The fund which was opened in aid of the Chinese sufferers by the typhoon of last November has now been closed atthe; Treasurer. A meeting of the committee ws held on the 15th inst., the Governor presiding, when a statement of the amount collected and its minner of distribution was tendered by the sub-committee. balance of $3, us, Which is to be handed to the sub-committes to distri-bure among sufferers by the collapse vf the houses in Cochrane Street who may Lo in need of assistance.
COLLAPSE OF HOUSES, GREAT LOSS OF LIFE.
Yet one more mishap to add to the already long list of things done and left undone which has given Hongkong such unpleasant notoriety lately. The local Press is continually reporting accidents of a more or less serious nature, occasioned bs the falling of one or other of the ninnerous jerry-built houses the Government: allow Chinese contractor: lo erect One of the most serious of these} collapses occurred close upon midnight of the Lith instant, when three houses i Cochrane Street came down with a terri fie crash. Two of them fell outward, tearing down with them the verandahs of the houses on the opposite side of the street and burying passers-by in the debris, One of the houses in question was a boarding house and presumably full at the time of the accident. It is estimated that some 70 or 80 people were buried in the ruins of the three houses. Of these, 24 were taken out. quite dead, 10 seriously injured, 13 slightly injured, and three males and one female escaped totally unhurt, Shortly after the falling of the houses fire broke out and before—the rescue could commence this had to be subdued, but in consequence of the f the inmates were so burned as ite unrecognizable as to sex or callous even to cries and own people buried in the ruins, the Chinese stood in crowds looking on but refusing to lend assistance, the rescue work being left to the police and Fire Brigade who toiled at their gruesome tack all through the night. I must specially mention the assistance voluntai Ly rendered be Privates Gaunt and Walker, of the No. 38 Ca. S.D., R.A., who did yeoman service and saved many lives; throwing off their coats, without a word to any one, these two soldiers worked in a most heroic manner till daylight. H.E. the Governor went to the scene of the disaster and remained some time. Mr. H. P. Tooker, Acting Assistant Director of Public Works, who was on the spot giving directions the entire das, met with an accident about 6 p.m. which might have been much more serious but for the fact that he was wearing a sun-bat, 2 brick falling and striking him on the head, causing a severe scaly wound. He wa: conveyed to the Government Civil Hospi tal. and is, I believe, progressing satisfac torily.
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