About quarter past eleven on the night of the 8th inst. a fice broke out on the first floor of 133, Praya West, which house is used asa rice hong. The flames spread rapidly and communicated to No. 98, Tse Mi Lane, at the back. The Fire exertions were only atle to prevent the fire Brigade turned out promptly, but their
extending; the two houses attacked were both completely gutted, and the adio nin house was somewhat damaged by water. The rice shop was insured in a German office.
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