An avalanche of 200 tons of coal was loosed yesterday, before daylight, when a bamboo fence gave way at a Chinese coal-yard at Moji and Haiphong Roads. The coal crushed to death a Chinese woman and a Chinese boy, arid injured two Chinese men, all of whom were asleep outside the fence when the accident occurred, The fence collapsed a few" minutes before 4 am., the coal pouring over the bamboo debris with a dull roar.
It is believed the woman and boy were killed almost instantly, their bones being broken by the weight of the slide. Their bodies were not Mr. A. C. Cornish Joins Council
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