"Soon-after:11.a.m..on- Monday theglarm was given that.a fire bad, brokér- out: Canton,-Real close, to.the junction: of Yunnan Road: The: firemen uastened-to their engineshouses,,; whicl, they..reached: before rived;, but.when, the.animals ino time. was lost in getting: them into the hoge, reels.and the scene jof: the.fire was reached, much -more-quickly.: than ~if the reels-had bean drawniby goalies: The Deluge..and; Mih-ho-loong: companies. attacked the flames from, Yunnan Road: and had, the smoke and.heat in them, faces. By the time they, arrived, the houses atthe four corners of the streets.iwera blazing? The French,,,., Victoria, nnd. Hongkew. Com-babies: were also quickly.on: the scene, the Torrent euging: being,: brought into.requisition, while the other companies: used the hydrants, but, the: streams from these were very poor owing to the mains in this ludo lity being small ones, The Delage engine was afterwards -aenp, for, and was a great help,.; The firemen, hud a, hot, time of. some of those ix the alleyways being com. pelled more., than once! to beat a. retreat owing. toy the, suffocating, smoke,.that. was blown across,;, All-available hydrants were used,.and; one of them was.so, hot; being close.to the fire, that, the firemen. had: to Tiere. ate. ite way from Yunnan;-Road our, water omit before they could use, it.
along Canton Road to thy Defence Creek with such; rapidity.thnt Dr, Faber's; house caught, and we are sorry to say that. before he could gave hia, valuable library of foreign books, and the thousands of of. plants that,, he, had, been: at such, pains; to, collect, they. were, partially destroyed, and this is a loss, he will probably never, beiwble. to fully: xepain. -He-, had no iden thab the flames would advance to his house, against. the, wind, for. adistanve of hundred: yards from the;,.place where the firg.commenced... Willing: hands removed og. many, of the, books, and -specimens they, could,, but the, upper storey of the house. being on Gre, it was impossible ta save anything, there,. while the immense quantity of water, that was. poured on the building must, have gimest aa. effectually: a troged the contents of the house as the fire.did, Th 1 property. destroyed belonged. to fe m. Cushny, WY. Laug, ME. Suseoon and Chupu-sich, and was, insured in the North Britishand Mercantile, the Royaly and the New Zealand, while, the China Fire hada small risk, The loss on account of the; buildings will amount to about Tis, 17,000.:, The contents of some of the shops were probubly'insured.
The fire.. broke. out -at the. south-east. gomer of Canton, and. Yunnan Roads, one version of its origin being that-a man wi a piece of burning touch-paper was making base of some joss paper hanging tothe ceiling ofa candle shop, and while taking
its. It. being, that, eighty-six houses got is down, scoidentally: eet fire to .m.!. A sailor vained riging tothe U.S.S. Monocacyy like, n Txojan during the whole of rations, and his assistance: was'nuch toil by the firemen... Severalof the yere.oyercome..with the: intense heat,, but, the, application of..ice. to their bled them to resume-datyij is 5
'Owidg'to thie pleasure of an darly'tiorning 8 inthe swimuting buth, T-lave; "in taking'@ short cut to the bath thtougli the-Grand Stand eticlosure, been sutpiiséd t6: find there each—morning" through' the mimier; aemall'cotérie of sportsmen; and I ust say that after bathing and coffee, a seat in the shadow.of the judge's box is a good way of spending the must pleasant hour ofthe day. There is always a beautiful breeze blowing, and for those who are "built that way" the gossip" is most interesting. Exchange, bimetallism-&., are-ut times refered -to,: but us you may guess the usual topic "is'** Horse," "past perform: alces, and thy prospects "for the coming ing. "With a few the Leger "all over but: the cheering," but others I have noticed, while statements to this effect ure being made, "wink the remark sotto voce, "Ha Ha, We cannot always sometimes is leads me to believe that there are owners whovhave, or think: they have, something dark," and who knows: but what we niiy'yet see the mighty Royalist hunting an as yet Horse of the Century" home for the Blue Ribbon' of the meeting.-""From this subject, a couple of tandems: passing-along the rond somewhat changes. the conversation, " aridalthough we: are still Horse," vit is very interesting to listen' to the tandem talk, for amongst the followers of this new sport'(those inthe know you know,") there are many little incidents that have happened since the Club: started: that are very interesting toan outsider, and that would Bil very-well a few pages of a Shanghai Sporting Diary, for I fancy a few of our feisnde "who are'rot quite fu touch: with their leaders, might make the remark the Duke of Beaufort did, when he was asked before he left the Lodge Gates. which: way he was going, and replied, Wait till get outside and I'll tell you." From tandem driving we passion to discuss the building ofthe new Grand: Stand, and: it is now quite evident: that the pleasures of the coming training season are to be very materially: interfered with, and from the way the work is progressing the Stand will not be available "during September and October, and -it'is-a tees-ap if it: will be finished by race day. This may sui very well those members and their friends who only appear atthe race course on race days, but for those who attend the rails regularly through the two months' training, not having: the use of the Grand Stand destroys half the fun of racing. Some one has blundered, and is blundering still the ding-dong "go-as-you-please: style of all responsible for the building is to say the least of it disappointing to the connected with the turf. The workmen mind one of the conjuror and his spirits; sometimes they work and sometimes: they don't;"-with more hands to do'the work or even: with the same quantity that have been engaged, but with a: competent foreman to see that each man ina day did day's work, our Grand Stand would be ready to receive us on the first prexitno. "The heat of the sun reminds us that it is about 7 o'clock and 80 ends'a summer morning at' the Grand Stand.
Davereak:
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