About 40 persons were rendered homeless and over ten of them received injuries of varying degrees when a row of seven Chinese country-style houses off Robison Road collapsed as a result of the heavy rain at 8.30 o'clock last night.
Of the injured. only three were conveyed to hospital. Two of them were women. Others were only slightly injured and received first aid treatment.
The accident occurred when the rain, which fell incessantly: from about 11 am. yesterday up to press lime, was at its heaviest, Many occupants were having their meals and some were in bed when. the entire row collapsed.
Erected on mud, the houses were flimsy, the materials used consisting mostly of straw, mud and wood.
Hence many occupants escaped serious injuries. The residents were of the coolie cla:
Two Settlement ambulances responded to the alarm. The locality of the row of houses is in the extra-Settlement road area.
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