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4. Murder of Indian Police.On the 19th May, 1925, Police Constable Abdul Khalik was on duty at No. 3 Railway Bridge when he was suddenly attacked by 2 Chinese males who succeeded in getting possession of his Service Revolver with which they shot and fatally wounded the Constable and then escaped over the hills. Police arrived and searched the neighbourhood and effected the arrest of one of the assailants who was in possession of the Constable's revolver, he having used it against his pursuers. At the June Criminal sessions he was sentenced to death. To get possession of the Revolver seems to have been the only motive for the Crime.
5. Flood at the Race Course, Happy Valley.-On June 15th about midnight during a torrential downpour that had prevailed for several hours, an immense volume of water and earth carried away a large portion of the retaining wall on the hillside at the North East corner of Happy Valley, crashed down the hillside and hurled large pieces of masonry and a large quantity of loose soil on to the Race course doing considerable damage and killing two Chinese.
6. Murder of Indian Guard.-On the 23rd June, 1925, Shore Guard Kushal Khan was attacked by Shore Guard Nur Ahmed and another man and fatally stabbed in Bonham Strand West. Nur-Ahmed was subsequently sentenced to death with a recommendation to mercy.
7. Murder of Indian Police.-On the 8th July, 1925, Police Constable Niaz Mohamed was conveying a Chinese male prisoner from Ngau Sai Wan to Kowloon City Police Station for cutting trees. On the way to the Station the prisoner got possession of the Constable's Service Revolver with which he shot and fatally wounded the Constable and made good his escape. Subsequently a man was indicted for the murder, but was "acquitted."
8. Po Hing Fong Collapse.-On the 17th July about 9.25 a.m. during a heavy thunderstorm a retaining wall at the back of a block of houses in Po Hing Fong collapsed, crashed down the hillside and demolished 5 houses in Po Hing Fong, 73 persons were killed and 23 injured. All available Police and Firemen under Mr. Burlingham D.S.P. and Mr. Brooks, Supt. F.B. were hurried to the scene of the disaster. Rescue work was subsequently carried on, often at great risk, until it was certain that there could be no more living persons beneath the debris. Valuable assistance was rendered by members of the St. John's Ambulance Brigade.