At ten minutes t" 10 o'clock on Tuesday night the alarm was given for. fire on the French Concession, Soon the firemen were hurrying to the scene xnd the fire was found to have broken out at the corner of the Rue clu Consult and the Rue Disery on the City mont side of the former road. The Torrent men were quickly "n the spot and the deluge, Mih-ho-loong and Victoria Companies were not far behind, but for a long time nothing could be done towards extinvuishing the flames, which burnt with great fierceness, xs the hydrants were all frozen, The Torrent men were the first to get water, and the Chinese in the vicinity brought plenty of hot water to thaw the hydrants, but the Deluge men who were second to play did nut get a stream on till 20 mutes after they had arrived on the scene, The Mih-ho-loong were next, ful-L.wed by the Victorixs but the supply of water wns inadequate till the Waterworks Ca, shut off ne supply going in other direct ted the engines atthe works, The delay in getting water in the first instance g-ye the fire " good hold, 0 that it is not to be wondered at that' some thirty houses were burnt down, Te was intensely cold, and icicles formed gran on the houses that were, burning. were eked in ig. Te was unfortunate that it was low water at the time, we that the engines could not bs are no firewalls on the 1. At 11,30, the fire was g fiercely in places, but the firemen had it well in hand, the Victoriss and one French stream working Disery, and the Mi the Rue
French stream hongkew Cv in the Rue clu Consular, of the houses ured, to from the number of insurance com-plates on the houses, nder way, fire broke of the disaster in Honan Rewl on Sunday week, but it was subdued Uy the police, The scene of the fire on Tuesday night was well worth w visit on Wednesday ing, all the ruins being covered ice a couple or more inches thick, while long icicles were pendant from the roofs, that re The whole had a very Arctic appearance. In the road at both sides were masses of ice several fet broad. Some of the firemen worked all night and did not leave till 7 am.
and when they wei charge wf three which were playing on the ruin p midday. During the progress of the fire, Deluge men got water just in time to play on the buildings on the opposite side of the Rue clu Consular, for the wooden walls of the upper storeys of the houses were smoking hot, The Victorias performed liar service in the Rue Disery. It is id that the insurances touch Tls. 80,000. Te appears that a yas meter in one of the shops was frozen and " coolie undertook to thaw it. He succeeded beyond his most sanguine expectation, as the destruction of twenty-eight houses was the result, During on Wednesday some photographers, amateur and professional, took views of the scene,
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