Insccurely -Fixed Tin Roofs To the Editor of the Dany News' the midst of all this wind and hullabaloo it seems appropriate, though somewhat belated, to give Iitile publicity to the subject of me securely anchored tin roofs, Tve just been watching one blown off in huge corrugated sections, one of which mowed down a tiekshaw colic, who, judging by the pool of blood' left behind when he was removed, must have been fairly badly The particular tin roof T have in mind is just opposite my oftlee, and ig a regular offender in the matter of shedding—every time there is a typhoon of any Intensity great secons of the corrugated tin covering, blow off and go rattling down the Aren't there any building regula tions requiring people to see to the Proper anchoring of their roofs Before closing, just a few words of praise for the police—while Twas telephoning about the accident. courte of policemen arrived on the scene, and I had scarcely hung up the receiver when the ambulance arrived. Very commendable despateh, Tat Func. Shanghai, July 12, Unsafe Corrugated Roofs Editor of the =Cinixn Day News Tam rather surprised at the somewhat callous Tack of space and publicity given to the poor rickshaw Coolie who lost a foot ili Wednesday' typhoon, "the account of which. appours at the very end of the following pane continuation of your news article ea. "Shanghai Repairs Tavaye Wednesday's Typhoon." (Rather grim. humour in the word "Repaits'—one Wenders Just how successful any 1 Dairs are going to be on the cle-Shaw cootie's 1001)
Incomplete sympathy with the Jetter "In" your Thursday's issue by Tar Tone, who seems to have. seen the accident in question, T would Ike to" know whether' there "is. being ronged. any" compensation "for the Coolie, who has, lest, his foot. and Hveidentally' his means of tvetinood, through a" piece of utass negligence the partof whoever is responsible for keeping that. root" in. repair, Arguments that a typhoon is an "Act ut God seem a Iiite futlle—undoub-{edly roots can be so constructed stay put during a typhoon, as witness the numbers that did, and it, corrugated tin slabs cannot be adequately secured there should be A ruling {0 prevent people using cor gated. tin for roofs in_a. city ject to typhoons as is Shanghai, Hero's hoping that the persons responsible for the building in question Will reeoqnize that moral tesponsibility and do somethinyt to compen sate in any possible measure to the coolie for the loss of his foot, and also take a lesson from the sad experience and do something about their roof before the next. typhoon comes along. A. slogan that applies te other things than trame problems ie Skonghal, July 14.
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