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(c) A railway accident occurred on 14.7.38 near Shatin. Two railway engines and coaches collided. The Brigade turned out with Appliances and Ambulances to render assistance and to remove 6 injured persons to hospital for treatment.
(d) On 12/11/38, the Fire Brigade was summoned to render assistance in connection with a collision between an army lorry with anti-aircraft gun in tow and a private motor lorry chassis on roadway near Customs Pass. The accident caused the death of one person and injuries to seventeen others. The Brigade received afterwards a message of appreciation and thanks from the Army Authorities for the prompt and efficient services thus rendered.
(e) Following a fierce fire in an old type Chinese tenement house and medicine shop of three floors at 277, Shanghai Street on the 17/11/38, two Chinese males and ten Chinese females lost their lives through being trapped on the upper floors; 11 others were injured through jumping from windows before the arrival of the Brigade.
13. Explosions.
(f) Nine Chinese males and one Chinese female suffered from injuries as a result of a steam boiler explosion in a string factory at No. 85 Tong Mi Road, Taikoktsui on 6.2.38.
(g) An explosion due to the bursting of an ammonia condenser occurred in a cold storage plant at No. 8 Jubilee Street in the Central District on the 12.6.38 resulting in the deaths of 3 males and one female and injuries to one male and one female.
14. Collapse and Landslide.
(h) During the course of excavation work for foundations in Hillwood Road on the 31.5.38 one Chinese male and one Chinese female lost their lives. One Chinese male was injured through the collapse of earth from hillside.
(i) Following blasting operations a landslide occurred at Lai Chi Kok Road on the 1.6.38, resulting in the death of one Chinese female who was buried under the debris.
Killed 12 11 10 2 2 1 1 Total casualties..... 22 55Co
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