A Chinese child was killed and {vo children and three firemen in-Siged ae the result ofa alton {ken a are engine and rales Sint "Fongahan "Roads on March rameer at the commer of Ku
23. "Two of the children were pinned under the front of the tram which hit a shop front after hitting the fire engine.
The accident occurred shortly before" 730" pin. when" the" Br7 goring waa? rtureing from fire, Travelling east on Kungping Road and about to turn south into Tongshan Road, the fire engine was The|iess car, gol udieniy confronted with the Road. The Fire Brigade machine ing north of Tongshan
was {arned sharply to the left, with The result that a collision at right angles was avoided, and the crash Secured along one side of each Sebicle respectively. "Carrying. 02, the tram crashed into the entrance of the Kungping Restaurant, at the comer of the road, while the. Ste engine was palled up before it reach-the Ket®, coming to rest a fe¥ inches away' from a fire hydrant.
'The children who suffered in the accident were apparently. standing near the pillar at the entrance of he restaurest into which the tam ran. A. ten-yeara. old. Chinese. git] was holding' in her arms a two-years old boy. The boy was killed outright, his head being practic-severe from is beds, while ner ort rin, which will probably received severe. injuries
have to be amputated. Another child, @ four-years old girl, had! hex left leg slightly hurt.
The firemen who were hurt were the driver and two others who were [thrown over the side of the engine. Go which is of the type in which the Bremen i One mse freceiveg a, broken arm, white the driver received several cats on the ove, and the other fireman cols his heac and hire, Wied. Han, Canora, Stet and Baboo Oe: 38, Shen a RD! seat mei a Antonine Roche
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