The Nicoll Highway collapse occurred in Singapore on 20 April 2004 when
a Mass Rapid Transit tunnel construction site caved in near the highway
next to the Merdeka Bridge. Four workers were killed and three were
injured, delaying the construction of the Circle Line. The collapse was
caused by a poorly designed strut-waler support system, a lack of
monitoring and proper management of data caused by human error, and
organisational failures of the construction contractors and the Land
Transport Authority. Following the incident, the collapsed site was
refilled, and the highway was reinstated and reopened to traffic on
4 December 2004. The authorities revised their construction safety
measures to be above industry standards. The Circle Line tunnels were
realigned (map pictured), with Nicoll Highway station rebuilt underneath
Republic Avenue, to the south of the original site. The station and
tunnels opened on 17 April 2010, three years later than planned.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicoll_Highway_collapse>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1818:
Four days after the Court of King's Bench upheld an English
murder suspect's right to a trial by battle in Ashford v Thornton, the
plaintiff declined to fight, allowing the defendant to go free.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashford_v_Thornton>
1942:
World War II: German and Italian forces began a large-scale
counter-insurgency operation in occupied Yugoslavia.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Trio>
1968:
South African Airways Flight 228 crashed shortly after take-
off from Windhoek in South West Africa, resulting in 123 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_African_Airways_Flight_228>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
cratedigger:
(music, slang) A person who habitually looks through crates of vinyl
records at music shops, especially in pursuit of interesting or rare
records.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cratedigger>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
I have not come into this world to make men better, but to make
use of their weaknesses.
--Adolf Hitler
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler>
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