by Verandah An extraordinary collapse in a building under construction in} Bubbling Well Read on July 24 caused injuries to three contractor's coolies and resulted in the closing of the section of road between Moulmein and Gordon Roads for several hours.
The building is next to 193 Buboling Well Road, on the opposite lo of the road from the Majestic Hotel garden, and contains six sections, the whole building being Unree storeys in height. Construction had reached the stage where the shell of the building had been completed and the under section of me roof placed in position.
Suddenly, part of the heavy con jerete verandah which runs the length Gf the first floor fell to the pavement below. The part that fell was, on four sections of the building, and it tore down with it the whole front these four sections. Consequently, building struts and beams; collapsed as well, with the result that all four roofs caved in and] most of the party walls leaned to one side.
Luckily few of the coolies were at work on the pavement side of the building, most of them being inside, and there were no passers-by.
short distance off were two members of the Shanghai Municipal! Police, Sub-Inspectors Dudley and Hall, who heard the thud as the house collapsed and promptly ran to the spot. They found the coolies in the street, in a frenzy ment, and not daring to to the assistance of three of their Jcomrades who were to be seen pinned beneath the fallen debris.
Taking charge of the situation the two officers made the coolies kelp the bricks their captivity, placing them in a passing motor-truck and sending' them to the Paulun Hospital. One man sustained a broken leg, one a severe cut on his forhood, while the third received nasty cuts on both knees.
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