Shanghai, Jan. 7, Scores of Chinese were injured last night. when the frst foot of a house at 672 Kiukiang Rood partially collapsed under the weight of human beings, causing injuries of varying degrees to over 60 of several hundred ten of the beggar class in the house.
It took two ambulances, one rescue van and one lorry of the Central Fire Station, and another ambulance from the Sinea Fire Station to remove the Injured from the house to the Lester Chinese Hospital and the St. Luke's Hospital, 41 being taken it ambul ces and vans of the Central Fire Station and 20 in the vehicle from Sinza Fire Station. The majority of them, however, were allowed to leave the hospitals late last night.
The howe concerned was a very old tworstoreyed structure formerly occupied by a small Chinese shop and Which wag vacated by its occupants Shortly before the outbreak of the Shanghai hostilities "ready for thorough Inspection and repairs, or, necessary, rebuilding. When hostilities broke out, however, the repair work was delayed with the result that the house was empty for several months.
'On Wednesday evening, men of the beggar class who had hitherto lived fu alleyways entered the house without the owners' permission.
They were followed by many other beggars who came from far and wide, as, although the house was old and small, It was warmer inside than the alleyways and streets. The result was that this small old house was filed to overflowing with hundreds of human beings crowded together like sardines. The floor gave way under the weight last night, causing injuries to those who fell from upstairs and those downstairs who were hit by Policemen and firemen who visited the house found it in an niterly filthy state.
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