(2) A retaining wall and several tons of earth collapsed onto two squatter huts at Yung Shing Lane, Kowloon Tsai, at 8.55 a.m. on 3rd May, 1956. The landslide buried ten persons. On receipt of the call, the Fire Brigade despatched fire appliances and a number of ambulances, which proceeded immediately to the scene of the accident and promptly carried out rescue operations. All the ten persons were extricated, but four of them, a woman and three children, were dead when recovered. The others were removed to Kowloon Hospital for treatment. (3) A traffic accident at Praya, Connaught Road West, occurred on 14th May, 1956, at 00.23 hours. A Ford Consul car ran off the praya into the harbour. Two fire appliances, two ambulances, and No. 2 Fire Boat and a Police launch were used at the scene. After the car had been located at a point 15 feet from the praya in about ten to twelve feet of water, two Police officers and three Fire Brigade members dived under water and eventually made fast a line to the sunken vehicle. The car was then heaved to the surface by Police and Fire Brigade person- nel. Four Chinese, two men and two women, were extricated. Artificial respiration with the use of Novita Resuscitation Apparatus was applied to the victims, but they were all certified dead on arrival at Queen Mary Hospital.
(4) A bus accident occurred on 20th May, 1956 at 15 miles Castle Peak Road (Tsuen Wan District) where two persons were killed and a total of 31 injured by a single deck bus running off the road and down a 70'-80' cliff into the rock-strewn sea. Many of the casualties were seriously injured (12 being confirmed as fractures on arrival at hospital) and difficulty was experienced in giving first aid treatment on the rocks at the foot of the cliff before they could be removed from the scene by boat to the nearest convenient point for ambulances. (5) A large landslide, caused by wet earth being loosened as a result of heavy rains, occurred at Kau Wa Kang New Village, Lai Chi Kok, on 8th August, 1956. The fall of earth demolished a reinforced concrete one-storey house. On receipt of the call, the Fire Brigade immediately