of the latter to convey injured persons to hospital. Fire Service personnel and equipment were subsequently required and used to materially assist in the removal of the tram from the traffic stream. This is the first incident of its kind in living memory, demonstrating the high standard of safety which millions of travelling members of the public enjoy every year in this form of transport.
SHIP'S COFFERDAM
109. A little after 9 p.m. on the 15th April 1964 the Fire Service were called to a cofferdam on the S.S. 'Japanese Bear' lying in the harbour, where on arrival it was discovered that three Chinese males had been overcome by toxic gases. Fire Service personnel wearing breathing apparatus recovered the three men, who were then conveyed by fire boat and ambulance to Queen Mary Hospital.
OVERTURNED LORRY
110. A little after 6 p.m. on the 26th April 1964 the Fire Service were called to Fuk Wah Village, Kowloon, where a lorry had overturned and trapped four persons. All were subsequently rescued and removed to hospital for treatment.
BUILDING COLLAPSE
111. A little after 3 p.m. on the 2nd June 1964 the Fire Service were called to Lockhart Road, where the total collapse of a rear portion of a 4-storey R.C.C. building had trapped some 40 persons. All persons were rescued alive.
FIRE SERVICE INCIDENT
112. On the 3rd July 1964, at 9.30 a.m., during a typhoon a Fire Service lorry carrying reinforcing personnel overturned in Pokfulam Road, injuring 17 (3 seriously) out of a total of 18 members of the Fire Service. Injured personnel were removed to hospital and 7 detained with multiple injuries.
WALL COLLAPSE
113. A little after midnight on the 9th August 1964 in Tai Hang Sai, Kowloon, a wall collapsed burying two children and two adults. Within fifteen minutes, Fire Service personnel rescued all four victims who were then removed to hospital for treatment.
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