Engine's Collision With Lamp Post When Hurrying te Fire Two Chapei firemen are lying in hospital, in a very serious condition and two pedestrians are likewise in a bad state as the result of a serious accident which occurred on saturday morning, when the No. 3 fire-engine of the Second Division of the Chapei Fire Brigade collided with a lamp-post whilst rushing to the scene of a fire which had broken out in Kiangwan.
Tt appears that shortly after ten o'clock on Saturday morning, information had been received by the Chapei Fire Brigade to the effect that an outbreak had taken place near the Kiangwan Race Course.
The engines were rushed out and it was while on their way there that the accident occurred. The driver of No. 3 engine was approaching Kiangwan when he swerved to avoid, a handcart which was being pushed along the middle of the road, In doing, so, he crashed into the lamppost, knocking down two pedestrians and throwing two of the firemen off the engine, seriously injuring them, The engine was totally damaged.
All four men were immediately removed to hospital and yesterday there were in a very bad state, not much hope being expressed for their The two firemen were Loh cheng and Ching Wen-sing and both were volunteer members of the
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.