The collapse of the teashop on Saturday resulted in more death than have come about from any other catastrophe in a decade, not omitting the disastrous fires which at times devastate the beggar ares in Chapei. 'Although: the market which collapsed on August 9 in the Chinese City affected an area 50 times larger than the teashop, less. than 40 persons were killed' and only one-third as many were injured. workers first of all had to clear the upper piles of boards ani scantlings. Doctors gave first treatment to those most severely injured, and sorted out the dead.
The ' cobblestones on Mongku Road were soon covered with corpses. Soon there were so many that further rescue work became impossible, Red Cross workers and firemen were detailed to remove The tragic part-of the whole affair lies, not so much in the number of' fatalities, but rather in fact that, of those killed and injured, the majority were girls of immature years, They were from ten to 18 years old. Mothers too had their children and babies with them. Most of the men who were killed were servants employed in the restaurant on the ground floor.
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