Valuable Property Wrecked, The. small extra expense of putting in brick fire walls between each house would probably have saved from destruction a Eamnt outiin Hongkew on Tuesday night.
deal of valuable property, which was The outbreak was the largest which has troubled the Brigade for some time. It occurred at the entering into Seward Road. in a row of shops belonging to the Land Investment Company and all of them, it is believed, were fully insured. The beginning was in a small sausage shop occupied by a German, but the flames ran along the roofs southward with amazing celerity until four other houses were involved. There were no but slong the lengthy front of the battle hydrants easily available from the rear,
presented to them the firemen, aided by two engines, kept up a steady attack. Other streams were laid on over the roof, and in rather more thananhoura check had been put to the blaze, though it was not fully conquered for some time afterwards. It was feared at first that two Japanese who wore sleeping over Messrs. Kung Chang & Co.'s premises were burnt. They en to Tush to the window when rst sent playing on their rooms, but it is thought they subsequently escaped by the stairs. The premises burnt out wholly or in part were occupied by Messrs. C. H. Toms & Ca., men's outfitters; 8. Inouye, photographer, whose plates, films and. belongings were all burnt; C, W. Hills, Kung Chang & Ca., and Martin Riederer, the keeper of the sausage house. The Victoria and Hongkew companies arrived on the scene simultaneously and Isid on the first streams. They were shortly joined by all the other companies,
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