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Nicoll Highway collapse : close-up

This is a 2004 close-up of the Nicoll Highway collapse. It shows the seriousness of the disaster which killed some workers. Title devised by Library staff.

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CHINATOWN - WOMAN KILLING TURTLES
THIS LANDSLIDE IN TELOK BLANGAH DESTROYED A HOME, KILLED TWO PEOPLE AND SERIOUSLY INJURED THREE OTHERS.
ONE CONSTRUCTION WORKER WAS KILLED AND TWO OTHERS BADLY INJURED WHEN A WALL OF A HALF DEMOLISHED OLD HOUSE COLLAPSED ON THEM IN HAVELOCK ROAD
COLLAPSED BUNKER AT PULAU BLAKANG MATI
A 17-YEAR OLD PENANG GIRL, LEONG KIT HAR, WAS KILLED WHEN A 10-STOREY HIGH SCAFFOLDING ON A BUILDING COLLAPSED ON HER AT TAMAN JURONG. THREE OTHER CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, WORKING AT VARIOUS HEIGHTS ON THE SCAFFOLDING WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED AND WARDED AT OUTRAM HOSPITAL. IT TOOK THEIR WORKMATES, A TROOP OF POLICE RESERVE UNIT AND OFFICERS FROM TWO FIRE BRIGADES, MORE THAN AN HOUR TO EXTRICATE THEM FROM THE DEBRIS
A VICTIM OF COLLAPSED SIX-STOREY HOTEL NEW WORLD IN SERANGOON BEING CARRIED AWAY ON FIFTH DAY OF COLLAPSE
MESSRS THIAN HENG PROVISION STORE WITH ZINC ROOF AND COLLAPSIBLE METAL DOOR AT 352 CHUA CHU KANG ROAD
A VICTIM OF COLLAPSED SIX-STOREY HOTEL NEW WORLD IN SERANGOON BEING RUSHED TO A HOSPITAL AFTER BEING HELI-EVACUATED OUT OF COLLAPSE SITE
FIREMEN AND RESCUE WORKERS AT SCENE WHERE A BOY WAS KILLED AND ANOTHER SERIOUSLY INJURED DURING A JAMMED LIFT INCIDENT AT A 9-STOREY BLOCK OF SINGAPORE IMPROVEMENT TRUST FLATS IN WINDSTEDT ROAD
AN 11-YEAR OLD AJIR MOHAMMED NOOR WAS KILLED INSTANTLY WHEN A 10-FEET HIGH WALL COLLAPSED ON THE ROOFTOP OF HIS HOUSE AT LENGKONG DUA, OFF KAMPONG KEMBANGAN. THE INCIDENT HAPPENED DURING A THUNDERSTORM. SOME 40 OTHER PEOPLE FROM THREE FAMILIES LIVING IN THE SAME HOUSE, ESCAPTED UNHURT WHEN THE WALL FELL DURING A LANDSLIDE.
A DISTRAUGHT RELATIVE OF A VICTIM OF THE SIX-STOREY HOTEL NEW WORLD COLLAPSE IN SERANGOON
VIETNAMESE HOSTAGES HAVING THEIR MEAL AT SELETAR AIRBASE. FOUR ARMED VIETNAMESE HIJACKEERS, WHO SEIZED A DC-3 AIRCRAFT WHILE IT WAS ON AN INTERNAL FLIGHT, SURRENDERED TO THE SINGAPORE AUTHORITIES AT SELETAR AIRBASE. TWO VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS WERE KILLED DURING THE HIJACKING AND A FLIGHT STEWARD SERIOUSLY INJURED
WELDER CHUA SONG CHIA, 28, WAS ONE OF THREE PEOPLE KILLED AND FOUR OTHERS INJURED, IN A MISHAP ABOARD A SUPERTANKER DOCKED FOR REPAIRS AT A JURONG SHIPYARD. THE MAY DAY EVE MISHAP AT HITACHI ZOSEN ROBIN SHIPYARD, BESOI ROAD, OCCURRED WHEN THE STEEL WALL OF THE TANK OF THE 125,000 TONNE LIBERIAN TANKER, LOSINA, COLLAPSED AND FLOODED AN ADJACENT EMPTY TANK WHERE EIGHT WORKERS WERE CARRYING OUT CLEANING AND WELDING WORKS
Singapore Naval Base - Native Valley main drain. View towards temporary outfall looking North West, showing collapse of side slabs after heavy rains between 3rd and 6th January 1934.
Singapore Naval Base - North Wharf Wall. Collapse of sheet piling in trench. Looking East.
ONE WORKER WAS KILLED AND EIGHT OTHERS SUFFERED INJURIES AND BURNS IN A FIRE ON BOARD A LIBERIAN TANKER UNDERGOING REPAIRS AT SEMBAWANG SHIPYARD. IT WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED IN ITS MID-SECTION AFTER A COLLISION WITH THE AMERICAN AIRCRAFT CARRIER, USS RANGER, IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. PICTURE SHOWS A NURSE ATTENDING TO ONE OF THE INJURED, MOHAMMAD YUSOF
NORLELA BTE ABDUL HAMID, 13, ESCAPED INJURY WHEN THE RETAINING WALL OF A GARDEN AT JALAN PADANG MALAY SETTLEMENT COLLAPSED. PICTURE SHOWS NORLELA POINTING TO THE COLLAPSED RETAINING WALL TO HER BROTHER ABDUL SAMAD
RESCUE WORKERS TAKING A BREAK ON SECOND DAY OF RESCUE OPERATIONS AT SITE OF COLLAPSED SIX-STOREY HOTEL NEW WORLD IN SERANGOON COLLAPSED
Singapore Naval Base - North Wharf Wall. Collapse of sheet piling to end of trench. Looking North West.
THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND FOUR OTHERS INJURED IN A MISHAP ABOARD A SUPERTANKER DOCKED FOR REPAIRS AT A JURONG SHIPYARD. THE MAY DAY EVE MISHAP AT HITACHI ZOSEN ROBIN SHIPYARD, BESOI ROAD, OCCURRED WHEN THE STEEL WALL OF THE TANK OF THE 125,000 TONNE LIBERIAN TANKER, LOSINA, COLLAPSED AND FLOODED AN ADJACENT EMPTY TANK WHERE EIGHT WORKERS WERE CARRYING OUT CLEANING AND WELDING WORKS. THE INJURED WORKERS, REPORTED TO HAVE FRACTURED BONES AND LACERATIONS WERE TAKEN TO THE ALEXANDRA ROAD GENERAL HOSPITAL. PICTURE SHOWS AMBULANCE ATTENDANTS HELPING AN INJURED WORKER
PRESS CONFERENCE BY CAPTAIN NGUYEN VAN LA (RIGHT), PILOT OF THE HIJACKED VIETNAMESE AIRLINE DC-3 AIRCRAFT. FOUR ARMED VIETNAMESE HIJACKERS, WHO SEIZED A DC-3 AIRCRAFT WHILE IT WAS ON AN INTERNAL FLIGHT, SURRENDERED TO THE SINGAPORE AUTHORITIES AT SELETAR AIRBASE. TWO VIETNAMESE OFFICIALS WERE KILLED DURING THE HIJACKING AND A FLIGHT STEWARD SERIOUSLY INJURED
MR DAVID MARSHALL BEING WHISKED AWAY BY SECURITY GUARD AFTER COLLAPSE OF THE MAKESHIFT STAGE DURING ALL-PARTY MERDEKA RALLY
A RELATIVE OF A VICTIM OF THE SIX-STOREY HOTEL NEW WORLD COLLAPSE IN SERANGOON BEING COMFORTED