HOTEL COLLAPSES
DISASTER AT CHINESE HEALTH RESORT
VICTIMS BURIED IN RUINS (Australian and N.Z. Press Association) SHANGHAI, Saturday. The greatest tragedy in the history of Kuling, a famous health resort in the province of Kiangsi, near Lake Wucheng, occurred yesterday. A large Chinese hotel, situated on the side of a mountain, collapsed after continued heavy downpours of rain. Thirty-three Chinese were buried in the ruins. Five women and three men were extricated severely injured. The others are all beyond aid. The hotel was a building of three storeys. It has been patronised extensively this summer.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 709, 8 July 1929, Page 9
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