brought out thousands of spectators from all parts, scores of whom were congregated upon the Tortoise Hill, from whence the view was terribly grand. Nearly a quarter of a mile of flames mounted on high; three Jange Szechuan boats lad also caught fey and were floating slowly up the river as a south-easterly wind sprang up. Then four other craft caught on, one or two of which were laden with oil; and, as in all Chinese fires here of recent months, the nearness of a wholly adequate body of water lent impres-sivaness to the whole scene, The tivy fire-engines are forbidden to cross the river, as they may be soon needed in the district which supports them. So it was more than half an hour before help could come from Hanyang city and suburbs, The great need of roads and real fire-engines, and especially of a floating fire-engine, was once more made evident last night, when nearly three hundred houses were burnt, many persons injured seriously, and a whole family, with the exception of a little child, burat to death.
was nearly midnight before the officials came back from viewing the fire. How long will it be before the officials take action to prevent such (now frequent) catastrophes, or of checking their ravages 9th June,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.