A serious fire took place three nights ago on the outskirts of the town when the foundry and machine shops of Chinese company were burnt down. The damage is eetimated at Rix 150,000 and the owner was not insured. The fire started in a cookhouse attached to the works and spread rebidly, causing numbers of engines and mechanical apphanoes to become serap iron.
This enterprise had been wonderfully successful since its inception a few years ago and gave employment to several hundreds of workmen, supplying the mechanical wants of the Chinese for the whole of northern Manchuria,
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