a fire broke No. 159 and And. rendered exeellent- service. flames exttzht on to houses on the opposite side of the rad and save the firemen th \d 10 th-Shanse Road Bri be played in order to save the bridge from destruction, this was fortunate-ly done. There wasa good supply of ware which enabled the Brizade, with fifteen streams playing. to get the Bre well under by about eight o'clock. In all, sixteen houses were totally destroyed and three badly damaged by fire avd water, As usual the panic among the Chi wt, and four men in attempting to es po from a bur house by jumping from, the verandah into the street were badly fared, one so ladly that he hal to be conveyed to the Shantung Read Hospite!, Although no report was made after the fire anyone missing, the police found the charred remains of " woman on Saturday Sermon among the ruins She has been Hentitied xs a widow who resided in one Of the houses, and is supposed te, dave wake an escape. The cause of thw fire has not yet been ascertained. The property was insured.
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