Hotel New World collapse / Joan Hon



Digitised Book 216.73.216.62 (0)

1987

Hotel New World collapse / Joan Hon

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This readable book unfolds the drama of the collapse of the Hotel New World building on 15 March 1986, the rescue operations, and the heroism of so many.

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Building failures--Singapore--Investigation Building--Singapore--Accidents Structural stability Hotels--Singapore--Defects Bars (Drinking establishments)--Singapore--Defects Taverns (Inns)--Singapore--Defects

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Title
Hotel New World collapse / Joan Hon
Creators
  • Hon, Joan, 1943-
Subject
  • Building failures--Singapore--Investigation
  • Building--Singapore--Accidents
  • Structural stability
  • Hotels--Singapore--Defects
  • Bars (Drinking establishments)--Singapore--Defects
  • Taverns (Inns)--Singapore--Defects
Publisher
  • Times Books International, 1987
  • National Library Board Singapore, 1987
Digital Description
application/pdf, vi, 144 p. ill. (some col.), ports x 25
Table of Contents
  • 1. Collapse! -- 2. A nation reacts -- 3. Rescue operations -- 4. The first rescue -- 5. Buried alive -- 6. On the site -- 7. Aquajet and other devices -- 8. Trapped underground -- 9. Tunnelling through the rubble -- 10. Ascent to safety -- 11. The trauma -- 12. The doctor's viewpoint -- 13. A victim's story -- 14. After 83 hours -- 15. Hoping and waiting -- 16. The investigators -- 17. At the hospital -- 18. Honours for heroes -- 19. The causes of collapse -- Appendix 1. The survivors & the deceased -- Appendix 2. The awards.
Copyright
  • All Rights Reserved. National Library Board Singapore 2009.