Honan road, di broken out in the nest of houses lying between the Hankow and Kiukiang roads, at a spot nearer the former road, He at once-gave an alarm, arousing the n hours, and " mi x was despatched to the Central Police Station for help. Near!
dozen men were quickly on the spot wit seven or eight extincteurs, and th nickly got to work, A'well of some of the Police mounted the adjoining roofs, with extinctours; the united efforts anticing to put out the flames by a little after 3 o'clock, To prevent all chance of further outbreak, the remaining portion of the premiawe in which the fire occurred was pulled down and tome months ago. The place can only be proached through ding passages and a very labyrinth of inflammable buildings,—the funnel-like ways between which would, if a fire once got firm hold, be simply converted into 40 many blast-furnaces, The out-house question, it appears, was filled with rice straw and other combustibles, used by the Chinese for fuel; and on inspect place laterintheday, we were only surprised the affair did not result more seriously. The way led through several how large cooking-kitchen, in which culinary reparations were going on, apparently for @ considerable number of people. it id_the place is used as a lodginghouse. Fires were blazing, and in prox-—old stron, &.—upon wi unity to them was variety of articles
sparke fa yy, towards evening, would ly to cause " smouldering fire, probably to burst into flame later an. In two instances, thanks 40 quick discover and the good fortune which attended the efforts of those engaged in the work of extinguishing, fires at this very spot have caused -but little loss, The same good fortune may not favour s third outbreak, AVisIT 70 THE FAMINE REFUGEES AT THE
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