The Happy Valley Racecourse Fire | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

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"On the 26th of February, 1918, thousands of people arrived at the Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong, to watch the second day of an annual derby..."
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Background
04:19 - The Happy Valley Racecourse Fire
09:14 - The Aftermath
MUSIC:
► "Glass Pond" by Public Memory
SOURCES:
► "When 600 died in fire at Hong Kong racecourse 100 years ago" by Chris Wood, published by the South China Morning Post, February 2018. Link: www.scmp.com/magazines/post-m...
► "The Happy Valley Race Course Fire of 1918" by Roy Eric Xavier, published by Far East Currents/UC Berkeley. Available via: macstudies.net/rexavier/PDFs/...
► "Death at the Races: The Portuguese Presence during the Happy Valley Fire of 1918" by Roy Eric Xavier, published by the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong Branch, 2013. Available via: www.jstor.org/stable/23891238
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@artman2oo3 16 дней назад

I've probably said this in comments before, but this channel could also be called "Why we have fire and safety regulations channel."

@J.F.-yy8ji 13 дней назад

As the old saying goes, 'The book of Safety Code is written in blood'.

@eliz_scubavn 11 дней назад

This channel has made me realize just how many things I give no thought to, like clearly marked fire exits, are actually vital life-saving items.

@steve3291 16 дней назад

The standout here is Sir Francis Henry May taking responsibility. These days he would have blamed everyone but himself.

@moestrei 16 дней назад

So bloody true!

@kirkmattoon2594 16 дней назад

Well, yes. But even in those days there were plenty of blame-ducking, buck- passing officials. Sir Francis would have been as unusual then as now.

@UlshaRS 16 дней назад

Robber barons didn't get where they are for taking accountability for their greedy endeavors. People with money and integrity are the oddity and usually not the ones to even be in a situation that sets up for a disaster to happen.

@theoldar 16 дней назад

First, yes it was good he took responsibility. All too rare. But did he suffer any consequences thereby?

@frankvietzen7420 16 дней назад

Yeah! I think "taking responsibility" should mean he quits his job at least.

@DylanDoesArt 16 дней назад

I could never imagine having to leave my sister in burning wreckage to save myself. That kind of memory would haunt your dreams.

@MarkJoseph81 16 дней назад

It would haunt your waking days.

@S.M.9 16 дней назад

I truly would never get over that :/

@Dulcimertunes 16 дней назад

Survivors guilt 😢

@Boco_Corwin 16 дней назад

Eh. I'd get over it.

@AnUndeadMonkey 16 дней назад

Straight out of "Barefoot Gen"

@QT5656 16 дней назад

It's only a matter of time until there is an episode on the serious topic of Bouncy castle accidents.

@davewitts 16 дней назад

😂

@frank_fick 16 дней назад

“On the morning of June 23rd, 1999, five people entered Big Jim’s Bounce House, which resulted in the worst disaster in bounce house history.”

@tremensdelirious 16 дней назад

Saw an episode of Paw Patrol in that exact scenario. Mayor Humdinger had to be rescued from a flyaway bouncy castle by the pups. Blood curdling

@Zyxxx101 16 дней назад

Like that bouncy castle accident that killed 5 kids in Tasmania

@cesariojpn 16 дней назад

That's for April Fools.

@snattlerake4417 16 дней назад

It always amazes/terrifies me how many disasters there have been with triple digit+ casualties that I've never heard of.

@cindys.9688 16 дней назад

Same here.

@K3N0PSIA 16 дней назад

Stuff like this tends to gradually become less and less known as time goes on, and new generations are born.

@bunnymad5049 16 дней назад

Oh, that sister telling her brother to save himself ... heartbreaking. I wonder how he coped in life afterwards. I'm amazed that someone actually took responsibility and did something about it. Amazing. Cold comfort for those lost or mourning though. Thank you. xxx Your work is great.

@quinu 16 дней назад

Cant even begin to imagine the feelings that poor boy felt

@bunnymad5049 16 дней назад

@@quinu yeah.

@Coolcarting 16 дней назад

Yeah right, sure she did. That's what he just told everyone.

@saragrant9749 16 дней назад

@@Coolcartingoh be quiet Karen. Unless you’re psychic you aren’t in a position to make such a childish, ignorant comment.

@bunnymad5049 16 дней назад

@@Coolcarting You're not very good at this at all, dude. lol

@kjb8321 16 дней назад

Please could you cover the Valley Parade fire in Bradford. That was a shocking disaster, which went from a minor incident to bedlam in a matter of minutes, all on live TV in 1985

@owangejewice 16 дней назад

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ctT8_LiD2cU.htmlsi=KXd2Tb6G8BPEVT6k Awful...not sure how I'm going to die but I really hope I'm not surrounded by cheering sports fans when it happens.

@user-ts5ve3if8s 16 дней назад

I have just watched this video and it reminded me of the Valley Parade fire at Bradford Football Club. Hope that this never happens again at a sporting venue.

@cindys.9688 16 дней назад

@@owangejewice ~ Thank you for sharing the link. I'd never heard of this. Absolutely terrifying!! What a tragic day. The announcer did a good job keeping up with it, being respectful and focused. Sad so many lost their lives. It would definitely make a good Fantastic Horror story.

@yelahneb 16 дней назад

@@owangejewice Jiminy Christmas this is horrifying. That the football chants from the crowd went on as long as they did is baffling

@QT5656 16 дней назад

I remember the Valley Parade fire being shown on TV live. I was six but I remember my Dad gasping in horror as he understood what was happening. I later became a match day steward for a top flight football club. We were shown the footage nearly every year during training to remind us how serious fires can be.

@searchanddiscover 16 дней назад

building collapse, fire, stampede... I never would have guessed such a deadly event could happen at a racetrack given all the open space compared to theaters. of course it makes sense given the conditions, its just not the first thing that would come to mind.

@wensdyy6466 16 дней назад

as a voluntary firefighter this is one of my nightmares-beeing somewhere where is a fire and not having the equipment to fight it

@FFEMTB08 16 дней назад

How is pulling up to a fire in your POV and waiting 20 minutes for an engine to arrive any different?

@wensdyy6466 16 дней назад

@@FFEMTB08 One of my first experiences was our fire engin breaking apart and we were forced to watch a house burn down with one person still inside-the rest was pulled out before the fire goit too big (the fire was just too big for us to go inside after-we are not profesionals and our gear is much older and less modern so no oqygen masks for example). There is nothing worse than helplesly watch and not be able to do anything other than to stand there and watch. For the record we still have that engind (from 1980s) and it is still in use with many voluntary firefighter units (it is not possible to get every unit a new one with over 400 units in as country as Czechia that has only 10 milion inhabitans-some units are in villages that have just a few hundreds people and deffinetly do not have the funds as local municipalities ard hte ones providing funding)

@FFEMTB08 16 дней назад

@@wensdyy6466 oxygen masks? You do not wear an oxygen mask in a fire.

@wensdyy6466 16 дней назад

@@FFEMTB08 when we got there the fire was small but there was smoke everywhere-if we had oxygen masks we could have went in and try to get the preson out, if the fire engine worked we could start putting down the fire and give the person better chance at survival. There are many pieces of equipment we do not have (already mentioned qxygen masks but also stuf like personal radios of fire proof pants and gloves-luckily we have fireproof jackets and new helmets). We are volunteers and not profesionals and by law we are forbiden to go in dangerous situations that endanger our lives.

@FFEMTB08 16 дней назад

@@wensdyy6466 *wonders why vollys are a joke*

@DoloresSeurat 15 дней назад

As always, thank you for honoring the deceased by remembering them and telling their story so respectfully. 💐

@nightowldickson 16 дней назад

I never expected to see on this channel a disaster from Hong Kong. Interesting one as I'm from Hong Kong and I've never heard of this fire.

@skynotaname2229 16 дней назад

same, i go to the racecourse all the time and never saw the memorial, i wonder where it is

@juliusma4880 16 дней назад

@@skynotaname2229It's in Mount Caroline Cemetry.

@LordMxr 16 дней назад

You should have, they have a memorial plaque there as far as I know

@magicpyroninja 14 дней назад

There's a good chance the story was lost to time or they tried to keep it from spreading

@katfromthekong414 14 дней назад

Same

@elliottprice6084 16 дней назад

A tragedy that was waiting to happen. Coal fires and matsheds made of wood and bamboo, the sense of impending doom was palpable. And as with a tragedy like this, when corners were cut with health and safety, it took the loss of hundreds of innocent people for safety to be taken seriously. A shocking disaster with a huge death toll that has vanished into the mists of time. Thank you FH for raising this tragedy so that the victims can be remembered

@faenethlorhalien 16 дней назад

It does feel like people back then were just fucking idiots and couldn't predict obvious consequences that were yelling at their faces.

@DaveSCameron 16 дней назад

You could say the same about todays Asian scaffold tho?!

@KebabMusicLtd 16 дней назад

This fire occurred in 1918. Obvious though they might seem, safety standards that we take for granted today, weren't even thought of at that time. Our own Health and Safety Act didn't come into legislation until 1974 and despite it, large fires still do happen. Consider Bradford City 1985, Kings Cross 1987, Summerland Fire 1973, Grenfell Tower 2017, Piper Alpha 1988 as examples of this.

@eliz_scubavn 11 дней назад

The moment I heard about the mat sheds being wood, close together and using open fires for heat, I could pretty much guess what was going to happen.

@blc28x 14 дней назад

Ty ty ty ty ty for NEVER changing the music! I LOVE it and ive come go totally associate it with these stories and your voice! ❤❤❤❤

@nickdebenedetto6196 4 дня назад

Yeah, except it was way more effective when he used to play the music throughout the whole video!! I hate that he doesn’t do that anymore!

@blc28x День назад

@@nickdebenedetto6196 i noticed that:/ but at least he left the OG tune for opening

@geoffkeeys6946 16 дней назад

I used to live and work in Hong Kong a bit over 25 years ago. I did part time work at both Happy Valley and Sha Tin racecourses and no one ever mentioned this event. Now, I wish that I had paid more attention to my surroundings when in the Happy Valley racecourse.

@nVolodimer 16 дней назад

Same here, never heard about this tragedy before. Hong Kong never been good with its own history as well.

@componick6393 16 дней назад

Same here - lived just down the road and never heard about this tragedy at all.

@EmmaBGames 16 дней назад

Over 600 casualties at an event where happy is in the title is absolutely horrifying.

@gray_mara 15 дней назад

Maybe it's a British thing, but if you see Happy in the title, it's definitely a place you'd never be happy in.

@magicpyroninja 14 дней назад

Don't forget it was ironically named Happy valley due to the amount of people who die there

@rogerrendzak8055 5 дней назад

What about the 'Happyland' fire, that took place in the Bronx, back in '87???

@paulyiustravelogue 16 дней назад

This is a rather unexpected episode. We learned about this tragedy as a kid growing up in Hong Kong, but it had always been a local story didn’t get much of any attention internationally. Great stuff and well done as always, cheers. 👍🏻

@petaloka1 16 дней назад

This just reinforces a rule I live by: stay away from large crowds and crowded events.

@tremensdelirious 15 дней назад

So how do you manage at the railway station or airport or sports or concerts or are you quite dull and never go out?

@saragrant9749 16 дней назад

As soon as you mentioned the presence of charcoal burning food stands under bamboo constructed stands… I knew it was going to be really bad. That’s just a recipe for catastrophe, especially given the inspections being done by inexperienced people.

@littlebear274 16 дней назад

Yeah the only thing I got wrong was I expected it to be a fire and then a collapse, not the other way round. Both options that should have been easily anticipated.

@saragrant9749 16 дней назад

@@littlebear274 exactly. Some very foolish and unfortunate oversights.

@sarahh6 16 дней назад

Haven't watched your videos in a while, yet excited to catch up. Thank you for helping me through COVID and informing me on things I didn't know about or didn't have the facts correct on!

@DanKoning777 16 дней назад

That which the world offers is only a distraction and temporary-but this peace and joy never fails, or ends: *"Peace* I leave with you; *My peace* I give to you; *not as the world gives* do I give to you. Do not let your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful" [Jn 14v27]

@user-ym2in6so3l 16 дней назад

Remember, COVID was just a setup to steal an election 😊 the US government rigged the whole thing.

@ST8URCASE 16 дней назад

Binge watching FH is a guilty pleasure but is very heartbreaking.

@sarahh6 16 дней назад

@@ST8URCASE fr. a close family member of mine studies history, and of course it's heartbreaking to hear of disasters that happen close to a place you know. (I love the April Fools videos so muh)

@user-ym2in6so3l 16 дней назад

@@sarahh6 my comment already got deleted…but remember, covid was not what they pretend it was. Tucker Carlson exposed everything.

@DanKoning777 16 дней назад

Great content as always. After watching Fascinating Horror there's never any mystery re: the origins of: "Hindsight is 20/20"

@seandelap8587 16 дней назад

Always look forward to a Tuesday morning video by FH

@markp9621 16 дней назад

It's so ironic that the Huts are called Match-Sheds when it clearly sound's like Match-Head when said a bit quicker.

@henryturnerjr3857 16 дней назад

I was hearing it as match-head at first and thought, well, that's foreshadowing.

@MarkJoseph81 16 дней назад

I think it's MAT sheds. Not sure, but it sounded like that to me.

@markrobinson9956 16 дней назад

I heard match head also. Assumed it was foreshadowing.

@diligentcircle 16 дней назад

@@MarkJoseph81 That's how I would say it, and then "match-heads" would be more like "matcheds".

@anneboyd7811 16 дней назад

The closed captioning makes clear that it's "matsheds".

@SeventhSwell 16 дней назад

Oh, mat sheds. I kept hearing 'matchheads'. I was like how can they call them matchheads and not think about them burning?

@rogerrendzak8055 5 дней назад

British pronunciations🤭!!

@davidstevens-251 16 дней назад

The tragedy of accidents is that they are always waiting to happen because we do not, or cannot, think of every possible scenario to prevent them. And in nearly all cases the key factor is complacency, the most direct human condition as we invariably take for granted everything that is around and also governs us.

@seandelap8587 16 дней назад

So much death and destruction in such a short space of time RIP to them all

@LisaBrackin-fj5fm 16 дней назад

I have no idea if you’ll see this but I’d sure like to see you do an episode on the disaterous fire in 1968 aboard the Naval aircraft carrier USS Enterprise. My dad was officer in charge of ordinance at the time. Didn’t know for 3 days if he had survived or not. You do a great job with brining to light past events that, in reality, shouldn’t be completely forgotten due to the lives lost as well as lessons learned.

@ald1144 16 дней назад

It used to be a cemetary? Hold up, DID THEY MOVE THE BODIES?!

@Michael-te6ly 12 дней назад

They're here.......

@rogerrendzak8055 5 дней назад

What comes to mind?? 'POLTERGEIST'!!!

@sedanosable 16 дней назад

What a tragedy...thank you for all you do to bring these stories to light...

@hk8712345 13 дней назад

Thank you for creating this segment about the tragedy that happened in Hong Kong. When I was a child, I lived near that mass grave and often played there, without realizing it was related to so many victims. Looking back, I feel truly ashamed.

@michelledavis8159 16 дней назад

Never heard of this story. Thanks for all the effort you put in to discover and tell these stories so well

@KenDAKL4ever 15 дней назад

Never heard of this before. Thanks for sharing.

@deliameyer6010 16 дней назад

🖤 appreciate your uploads

@tkwc2 16 дней назад

Being from HK it is always great to find contents relating to the city. Thank you Fascinating Horror.

@zeropoint216 16 дней назад

Props to the governor for taking responsibility. A true gentleman.

@marieelisa1 16 дней назад

Finally, a real man of integrity

@DinoCism 15 дней назад

Doesn't really help the dead any.

@jacekatalakis8316 16 дней назад

Oh I never knew about this, this is truly fascinating and horrific

@hood_TheJoker 12 дней назад

what good is a fire brigade without water and hoses... that's like shooting at a target range that's got a million holes in it.. unbelievable

@yukiefromoz2573 16 дней назад

Oh I once visited a friend in HK who lived in a high rise apartment overlooking the racecourse. Nice views.

@irishpsalteri 14 дней назад

Heartbreaking. Well done.

@Not_The_FBI_1992 16 дней назад

That's incredibly hilarious that the soldiers called it Happy Valley because of their morbid sense of humor!

@MustertheBrohirrim 13 дней назад

This channel has turned me into a real life Buzz Killington. "Who would like to hear a story about a building fire?" 🤣

@TerryFarrah 9 дней назад

LOL truth! Debbie Downer here!

@lonneke7647 16 дней назад

Many MANY compliments on how and where you find your stories and the amount of research this must take!!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@GenXfrom75 16 дней назад

Happy Tuesday from Charleston, SC ❤

@melrauko 16 дней назад

Amazing work. I found researching this (just out of general interest) to be quite difficult so I applaud your efforts. I was never able to find details outside of the casualty estimates.

@fourstringbuck 16 дней назад

Best channel on RU-vid. Thanks for all your hard work!

@user-ll8be9vt4u 16 дней назад

Learn something new every time I watch your channel. Thank you for the excellent content

@lisaknits69 16 дней назад

Thank you for sharing 😊😊

@sum1calledjo 15 дней назад

You tell these so well. Your voice has become such a familiarity to me... its rather soothing despite the nature and content of your videos!

@JoMarieM 13 дней назад

As a history buff, I'm surprised I never heard of this tragedy, but in another way, I can understand why I didn't. Keep in mind that WW1 was still going on, along with the Spanish Influenza epidemic, so as far as international news went, this was just one more tragedy in a sea of tragedies!

@David19553 12 дней назад

Excellent channel. Live long and prosper.

@sallykohorst8803 16 дней назад

Thanks for this video

@tres909 16 дней назад

It feels so weird giving a thumbs up to a video where thousands of people died, but I do love your videos. Thank you for bringing these tragedies that would have gotten lost to time to more people's awareness.

@sophiaisabelle0227 16 дней назад

We appreciate your insights. We hope to see more from you.

@ELCADAROSA 16 дней назад

I'm in the Fire Alarm/Life Safety industry. As has been too often the case, changes in codes & regulations, and improvements in building design & materials come at a steep human cost.

@_kaleido 16 дней назад

wow so many people, that’s so sad :( I can’t imagine being in that situation

@daviegriffin3539 16 дней назад

Thanks for the uploads. 🤓 *Cheers from **#CancúnMéxico* 🤘🏽🍻🏝️🍹💙🇲🇽

@davidcarr7436 14 дней назад

I believe that the RAF christened the Ruhr valley in Germany, "Happy Valley," because so many bomber crews were lost there during WW2. If the British didn't invent gallows humor, they perfected it.

@bryanestes8558 16 дней назад

Far out how the area around the track grew in population and building, looking at the mountains in old picture can't hardly see them today

@jaz.s2k2 16 дней назад

Love your channel mate - from Manchester UK 💖

@davidmarquardt9034 13 дней назад

Here in the US. Most of the deaths from tornadoes where from fire. In the 1800's up until say the early 1920's US homes had wood stoves in the kitchen. Also, unless you lived in town, most people did not have electricy. So you had to use kerosene lamps for lighting. Many people were trapped in the collapsed house and burned alive before they could be rescued.

@FranssensM 13 дней назад

The description is of someone building a bonfire not a public stand for a sporting event. Lots of dry wood, bamboo and dried leaves. Put large braziers beneath it. Just an urn with plenty of charcoal. Now Light these and stand well back. Allow the wind to take control of the flames.

@RIVALContentJammerz 16 дней назад

I'm fascinated by this horror.

@patrickhamos2987 16 дней назад

this channel = legit

@ronjohnson6916 16 дней назад

I knew of this disaster but not much about the specifics. Nice job as always.

@lisasteel6817 13 дней назад

I wasn’t expecting someone to take full responsibility, ban temporary stands, build safe alternatives, limit crowd sizes and increase fire service attendance. I don’t know but I think this might just be a first?

@debbieellett9093 16 дней назад

Those poor souls and the survivors as well. The survivor guilt must have been as terrible as witnessing those who perished.

@DavePainkiller 15 дней назад

The landscape around this building transforming the way it has is astonishing. Going from being the only structure around, to being completely surrounded by towering skyscrapers.. What a horrific accident. 600+ casualties due to an unfortunate lack of safety protocols.

@POLARTTYRTM 16 дней назад

This disaster is one of the prime examples of how people underestimate how quickly a fire spreads out of control. I remember a video inside an apartment where someone drops something, and the fire engulfs the whole apartment in seconds. At least now we have more regulations in place to prevent it, but it's not a lot of help considering that many things are built with horendously flammable materials.

@thomassecurename3152 16 дней назад

20/20 hindsight vision is often so clear to see.

@ashleydelacruz4571 16 дней назад

Hi! I'd like to suggest a story--the Roseburg Blast. In 1959, a truck loaded with dynamite and ammonium nitrate caught fire in downtown Roseburg, Oregon. It caused an explosion that killed a dozen people and injured many others.

@JedCurrie 16 дней назад

Good video thanks.

@Sibyle79 16 дней назад

Thanks🎉

@adammullarkey4996 9 дней назад

Huge props to the governor for accepting blame when he was barely even partially responsible.

@user-of5lw4oy3c 16 дней назад

I've been to Happy Valley. Heart goes out to the innocent victims.

@dennis2376 16 дней назад

Thank you.

@DaneOrschlovsky 15 дней назад

Instead of building fail-safes into the stands, they built fail-certains.

@classicmicroscopy9398 16 дней назад

So much for a happy valley.

@Coygon 16 дней назад

Seems to have lived up to the original, morbidly sarcastic meaning just fine.

@katrinafitch3534 16 дней назад

This incident was completely horrifying.. You do so great telling us about FH, but it's history that isn't really taught in schools. 👌🏆

@timd4524 12 дней назад

Here's a good idea. Let's make the stands out of the flimsiest and most flammable materials. Brilliant.

@naturalroyalflush 16 дней назад

The course looks pretty good now. The sister telling her brother to leave...tragic and brave. The death toll was dreadful. It’s appreciated that the governor took full responsibility.

@ThePlayaJohn 16 дней назад

you should do a video on the Staines air crash of 1972 it’s half a mile from where I live

@reachandler3655 16 дней назад

Not far from where I lived at the time, I was 3, so I don't remember.

@daffers2345 16 дней назад

Try emailing him the idea. He has an email in the description. :)

@Namelpin 15 дней назад

I was perusing the comments when I thought I heard “popular meat” at 2:25, and thought he was talking about horse meat. I had to rewind and listen two more times to realize he said “popular meet”! 😂

@k.c1126 16 дней назад

I'm always struck by the high death rate of women and children in these large scale disasters from a century ago... In this situation their smaller body mass would have contributed heavily to their being unable to get out of the collapsed structures before being overwhelmed by smoke and fire. Sad.

@28russ 16 дней назад

Wow, that's the date of my birthday. Exactly 60 years before I was born, but still, the same date. And I thought he was saying matchheads the first couple of times, which was tragically quite foreshadowing.

@ball7781 16 дней назад

Wow this is so cool🎉🎉❤❤❤

@QT5656 16 дней назад

Chilling.

@foreverpinkf.7603 15 дней назад

That was true fascinating horror.

@stinchjack 2 дня назад

Francis Henry May taking responsibility like that makes him a star. Now, where do we find more politicians like that?

@saraquill 16 дней назад

Running back for that cash box was not worth his life.

@princessmarlena1359 11 дней назад

Ironically a friend of my cousin owned a shop that burned down, but the cash box and money in it that he had stashed in a hidden cavity in the wall behind a moveable panel survived the fire.

@Dr_1212 16 дней назад

New Fascinating Horror 👍

@GoldenBear_ 16 дней назад

Thanks as always for the well researched content. There remains a cemetery across the street from the racetrack today. Hong Kong is crazy about horse race betting, according to Wiki: "Hong Kong generates the largest horse racing revenue in the world...In 2009, Hong Kong generated an average US$12.7 million in gambling turnover per race 6 times larger than its closest rival France at US$2million..."

@TomLehockySVK 15 дней назад

"There were firefighters but no fire engines and no hoses", it is like the organizers were waiting for this catastrophy to happen, such a sad tragedy.

@canman5060 9 дней назад

This most tragic incident which was second to the Haifax Explosion in Nova Scotia Canada in casualty figures has long been forgotten ever since the early 1920's when the new governor of Hong Kong ordered the more durable construction of the spectator stands.

@bessofhardwick9311 15 дней назад

Kudos to Sir Francis for taking responsibility.

@giraffesinc.2193 16 дней назад

Good morning, FH!!

@gracewsho 16 дней назад

The fact that this episode came out when I traveled to the opposite side of the globe to visit Hong Kong???

@eadweard. 16 дней назад

What about it?

@gray_mara 15 дней назад

Wait, someone took responsibility AND took action right away? That's not on my FH bingo card!

@magicpyroninja 14 дней назад

I find it incredibly sad and disheartening that when emergency situations arise, people act like stampeding animals regardless of who or what gets in their way