The Fire Brigade rang the new year in merriuy"at 12 midnight, greetings being passed round stations, and the men were soon afterwards on the move. A call was received at 1°46 to 4A! darroch Road, where a fire cracker had set light to some linen on the verandah. The services of the Hongkew Division were not re-, quired, however, the fire being ex tinguished by the occupants of the} house.
In the afternoon, Hongkev: Divi-! sion received a call to East Seward Road, where the top: floor of a} medicine shop was in flames an: the fire spreading to adjoining; premises. The fire was quickly! checked and confined to the room in which it originated. The Di sion attended to outbreak at a machine shop in Ward Road on Sunday afternoon.
At 3.45 a.m. on Monday, Hongkew Division was again called out, this time to Hanbury Road, where No. Rool, situated in a congested guests with music of a quality block of Chinese dwelling houses, was in flames. The house was burnt out and damage done to two adjoining houses.
A, Quier Saone.
On Monday evening, about 7.30, the Sinza Davision received a call to the Hong Yue Cotton Mill, and for some time had " dificult job to tackle, first under Supervising Fireman Pottersgill, and_afterwards the Chief Officer. The fire broke out in the mixing room, on the first floor of the main mill. The mill staff got to work with a line of hose, but were beaten back by the smoke, and the fire, made headway. The Brigade used smoke masks, and when the men got close in to the bins cries were heard. Chinese fireman No. 181 pluckily clambered over the blazing cotton and eventually reached a man who was lying in the cotton, terribly burned. He brought the man out, and, after first aid had been rendered, he was sent to the Shantung Road hospital. It is supposed that the man went in the bin for a quiet smoke, fell asleep, and dropped his cigarette, which set the cotton alight. Tt was not until 10 p.m. that the burning cotton was got out from four or five bins. The mill itself was not affected, and work proceeded as usual.
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