were evacuated and four persons were reported trapped in the car ports. One partially trapped person was released from the car ports after two and a half hours work (by using jacks) in very confined conditions. Of the three persons reported trapped in a car in the car ports, one was located after 3 hours work but the car was so badly crushed as to preclude any hope of life remaining.
159. Several days later, with the aid of bulldozers and mechanical shovels, the victims of the landslide were recovered from the debris.
Pak Kiu Chai Village-Tai Po, N.T.
160. During the afternoon 12th June 1966 the torrential rainfall caused serious flooding in Pak Kiu Chai Village. In an operation which lasted over 6 hours, Fire Service personnel carried or led to safety 180 persons. One Chinese boy was recovered from the water but later certified dead, and two other children were swept away by the strong current and were not accounted for.
Tai Mo Shan, New Territories
161. Shortly after midnight on 30th September 1966 the Fire Service received a report that a party of 21 deaf and dumb children together with a teacher were stranded in a precarious position approximately 2,000 feet up the hillside of Tai Mo Shan.
162. A Fire Service rescue team was dispatched and reached the children within two hours from the time of call. The children were led to a safer position by the Fire Service rescue team who remained with them until the arrival of the R.A.F. mountain rescue team. A H.K.A.A.F. helicopter was called in to remove the children to Sek Kong Airstrip from where they were conveyed to hospital for observation. The operation was completed by 11.30 hours.
King's Road-North Point, Hong Kong
163. On 3rd October 1966, a single decker bus ran into a tram shelter in King's Road near Healthy Street East. Many people were trapped inside the bus, and were extricated by Fire Service personnel. Rescue work was completed within half an hour of the time of call and a total of 28 persons were conveyed to hospital by Fire Service ambulances. The driver of the bus was certified dead on arrival at the hospital.
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