Last Wednesday at a meeting of a number of enthusiasts held at, the! office of "The China Journal," 20 Museum Road, what to be known the Numismatic Society of China was inaugurated, the object of the new society being to promote interest the collecting of coins and generally to further the the northeast corner of Szechuen and Foochow Roads, shortly before noon. 'The damaged building is an old three-storey structure occupied by, the Chinese Telegraph Administration and known as "the Shanghai' Telegraph Office." All the debris fellen the Szechuen Road side of! the building.
The incident is one of a series of similar collapses here in recent] months, the most notable of which was the fall of a parapet at Nanking and Honan Roads. One Chinese died of injuries he suffered in this accident.
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