This seems to be a time of fires as we hear of them almost every day. One of the largest fires Changshu has ever witnessed began last Sunday morning about daylight, just outside of the South Gate. This ig'one of the business parts of the City. More than forty houses went up in amoke, several hundred fullies were burned out of home and quite a number of persons were burned to death. The estimated loss is several million dollars.
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