In the small hours of Monday morning a serious fire bro e out in the Shansi Road close to the Peki 1 corner. The tea shop. store. The relying red by the including Lo hold before the arrival of the firemen and. in spite of thei sp until houses on all four corners of s junction of Pel ig and Shanse Roads were enveloped. The he tremendous and the houses burst rapidly under a favourable wind.
The fire companies attacked the flames from all siles, at le"st ten stresms being brought into play, an-l a though they gained no advantage for sine time. their offer s at. last began to tell, ant by five 'e'ock the fire was under ce strai. Meanwhile the fire-float had been brought up the Sooch-aw Creek, butit was wot necessary to use i 5.30 Lo Torrent Company was sent the Hongkews left at 6, the Mih ho: 8 6.30 and at 7 the Vieroria and Deluze Companies went away.
A Curiouscoincideuce occurred clu outbreak. A fireman rushed into a C hou-e which was Ablaze and rescued a half' burnt book. The first words on the front page were, " poor ald house on fire." Another coincidence is that the same burnt lowa on the 5th of April, 191.
According to the latest accounts thi houses were destroyed and five damaged. Nos. 149-146, bl SI Road and 159-1 1222-1224, Peking Road were totally destroyed, w! Nos. 151
164, 165 re or less he insurances on the affected property re thin Tis, 13,0 0° Nos. and 151-160 Peki owned, but 161-1 property of Mes Messrs. Lester & Ca.
Poking Road and i Nos. iM and that firt ing Road.
Tvissome time since there has been a fire of such magnitude in the Settlements
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