Hotel New World
By Dylan
When Was It Built
Today I'm here to talk about hotel new world and when it collapsed. Hotel new world was built on October 12th 1978 and collapsed on march 15th 1986. Also it was built in Singapore.
The story of his life
This survivor's story: One man was trapped inside the hotel and he was fighting to get himself out. The fire fighters found him with a block of cement on his leg. They got him out and started to climbed out but more cement fell on them. Luckily they were able to push them off and get out.
Tragety
A lot of people where hurt and killed. Over 75 died, about 78 were injured and only 17 survived. It fell over In a stunning 20.0 seconds.
Why it fell over
Hotel new world collapsed because it was not built with the right quality of cement and there for the sporting beams collapsed
History
Hotel new world was one of the worst collapses in Singapore. It was on hill St. Singapore. At 10:45 people heard strange noises. 11:25am it collapsed 11:26am police, paramedics and fire dept. arrived. 12:00 to 1:00 all the survivors were saved.
1986 - Singapore - Collapse of Hotel New World in 2 Minutes - 15/3/86