A serious fire broke cut yesterday at 3.30 aim. at the junction of Sungkiang Lung Lane and Chekiang Road, in " house which was occupied as " jinricsha coolies' lodging house. The flames spread very rapidly, so that when the first of the firemen! arrived they found the houses on both side of the Chekiang Road and the lane on fire in the shape of the le'ter'T. The first on the scene was the "Deluge" reel, the hose being connected in a double line to a single hydrant, and with the assistance of a two streams were soon life of the Mind rather than trust them to Soon afterwards the hands of a stranger for their improve-Hongkew ment. Considering the character of the nies came up people with which they chiefly associate and had nine streams playing. The heat this suspicion is not wholly a matter of from the burning buildings was intense, and surprise. These girls not having been firemen id to protect themselves bein the school as long as the boys, ut hind doors and shutters fora time, but these course could not show as great a degree were avon dispensed with and the united of proficiency. Sp is of their handi-efforts of the firemen ultimately prevailed work were displayed by Mrs, Walker, who over the flames but not till twenty-tw as charge in this department. Though huses had been destroyed and three thi Ley have had instruction for urily x brief uiuch danmged. 'The weather was bitterly perind, they showed great progress, in the cold, the thernionieter registering twenty- wristlets, baby-sock>y pudding-clothe and degrees and the coats and gloves were mittens,' which were brought out, It while the breath froze on the hardly seemed that these various articles whiskers of sume of the i To keep themselves warm they trained from ex-tinge shing some burs ug debris, but found afterward that at least two natives had perished under it; for when daylight came, portions of the charred bodies could be seen. OF rse, these persons were suffocated and that uld have done nothing even if they had known they were there. By 6.30 a.m, all the firemen bad left the scer but the locality was visited during the day by thousands of people eager ts see the bodies. In addition to the men killed at the fire, another native has since died. He was sleeping in " house at least a hundred yards from the fre and on the ther side of the next cross street, bur ight were made by blind girls who had never the j thought enter their minds that they were anything morethancumberersef the ground. Special notice should be taken of the little waif, only five years old, who syng so prettily that all" hearts were captivated, j Tuis seoul is now well established and we [trust it i of a large i e charitably inclined, certainly, could find better use for their wealth than in putting such an institution as this upon a solid financial basi A Fuenp, Peking, 27th January,
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