Our Soochow correspondent writing on August 29 says: Last evening we witnessed one of the greatest fires Soochow has had in a number of years. The main temple of the rear City Temple was burned to t'c ground. This was a three-storey building and from the third floor a fine view of the city could be had. Tt was one of the finest and largest temples in this part of China. The original temple was built more than a thousand years ago, but of course has been repaired many times during these confu: The fire originated on the third floor and as the local fire-engines are not built for sky-scraper work, they were useless and with such a high wind blowing, it would have been hopeless for vay engines to control such a fire.
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