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Continuation.
* THE TOWERS " GOES TO NEW OWNERS.
Well-Known Residence Bought By Chinese.
PRAYA HOUSES SOLD.
A Well-known residence "The Towers" with extensive grounds on the Ridge above Broadwood Road at Happy Valley has passed to Chinese owners, Messrs. Kwong Ning and Tam Man-Shiu, who made a successful bid for the property in the China Auction Rooms yesterday.
The residence was built by the late Mr. C. E. Warren and after his death, was occupied by the family until some years ago.
The property realised $45,000 on the only bid made at the sale. It is held for the residue of a term of 75 years, dating from May 22, 1916, with a right of renewal for a further term of like duration.
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On the night of August 14, 1901, three four-storey tenement houses in Cochrane Street came tumbling down, killing 43 of the inmates and severely injuring many more. Known for many years afterwards as the Cochrane Street collapse, the disaster was the worst of its kind in the history of the Colony. It caused such a sensation at the time and had such repercussions that I propose devoting several articles to the subject.
The collapse occurred without the slightest warning. Like a pack of cards the jerry-built tenements came down on the luckless Chinese, burying them beneath the debris. To add to the horrors of the scene, a fire broke out in the wreckage.
Not waiting for any official inquiry, the Hongkong Telegraph opened an attack on careless builders in the Colony. "These collapses are becoming of much too frequent occurrence in Hongkong," said the journal, "and when one takes a stroll through certain districts of the city, one's only wonder is that they do not occur after every shower of rain. Any European builder will tell you that the class of work which is passed in buildings in Hongkong is disgraceful."
The first inquiry into the disaster was little more than a farce. The Court's finding was "that the death of the forty-three persons was due to the collapse of the buildings Nos. 32 and 34 Cochrane Street, a fact only too well-known by every resident in Hongkong."
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Continuation.
* THE TOWERS " GOES TO NEW OWNERS.
Well-Known Residence Bought By Chinese.
PRAYA HOUSES SOLD.
A Well-known residence " The Towers" with extensive grounds on the Ridge above Broadwood Road at Happy Valley has passed to Chinese owners, Messrs. Kwong Ning and Tam Man- Shiu, who made a successful, bid for the property in the China Auction Rooms yesterday.
The residence was built by the late Mr. C. E. Warren and after his death, was occupied by the family until some years ago.
The property realised $45,000 on the only bid made at the sale. It is held for the residue of a term of 75 years, dating from May 22, 1916, with a right of renewal for a further term of like duration.
BUILDINGS (4)
On the night of August 14, 1901, three four-storey tenement houses in Cochrane Street came tumbling down, killing 43 of the inmates and severely injuring many more. Known for many years afterwards as the Cochrane Street collapse, the disaster was the worst of its kind in the history of the Colony. It caused such a sensation at the time and had such repercussions that I propose devoting several articles to the subject. "
The collapse occurred without the slightest warning, Like a pack of cards the jerry-built tenements came down on the luckless Chinese, burrying them beneath of debris. To add to the horros of the scene, a fire broke out in the wreckage.
Not waiting for any official inquiry, the Hongkong Telegraph opened an attach on careless builders in the Colony. "These collapses are becoming of much too frequent occurrence in Hongkong " said the journal
" and when one takes a stroll through certain districts of the city, on'e only wonder is that they do not occur af- ter every shower of rain. Any European builder will tell you that the class of work which is passed in buildings in Hongkong is disgraceful ".
The first inquiry into the disaster was little more than a farce. The Court's finding was " that the death of the forty-three persons was due to the collapse of the buildings Nos. 32 and 34 Cochrane Street, a fact only too-well-known by every resident in Hongkong.
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