The Consulate-General for Denmark, the affairs of which, since the late Mr. P. Th. Raaschou pass-Jed away last autumn, have been at tended to by a Vice-Consul, will now revert to the charge of a full Consul-General by the subsequent appointment to this position of Mr. S. Langkjaer, by the Danish Foreign Office. ied the scone the two upper the four-storeyed flour mill were well alight, the flames shooting from all the' windows the top floor.
The roof had fallen throug! places, collapsing a few seconds after their ud the fire was just breaking through from the second to the first floor.
Larger pumps were sent for immediately and the acting Chief Of-Dynon, came upon the Born in 1886, Mr. Svend Langkiner graduated at the University of Copenhagen as a barrister-at-law in Hell and in the following year joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, to the different partments of which he was attached throughout the period of the Great War, intermittingly in the capacity lof Secretary to the International Conference in Copenhagen in 1917 regarding Prisoners of War and to the Conference there in 1919 of Scandinavian Premiers and Foreign Secretaries.
After having finished his work as Secretary to the Commission which the same year framed the reorganization of the Danish Foreign JOffice Service, Mr. Langkjaer has filled several positions abroad cluding that of Charge d'Affaires at Berne, Secretary of Legation "at London and Washington, Acting [Consul-General in New York and in the last instance First Secretary at Berlin The New Conaul-General, who is married, has the title of Counsellor! Jor Legation and is a Knight of the Danish Dannebrog Order. He is stud to arrive in Shanghai next week on board the Danish Eust Asiatic Company's m.v. will stay for some time at the Hotel Majestic pending the finishing of the repairs of the Consular pre-
The fire was making rapid headway and for some time little hope jef saving any portion of the building was entertained.
Lines were worked up an inter-lor staircase to the first floor to [chock the fire in ite descent, whilst the blaze was attacked with more powerful jets from positions on the Jesterior on all sides and from the roofs of adjoining sections of the ill on the north and east sides und the godowns and offices on the [south and west, respectively.
The turntable, which had been from central station, us used as a water tower the sending a powerful stream into' the heart of the blaze.
With the fire surrounded, the Di ion, after fight, got it under control and succeeded in saving the ground floor, this being only damaged in the upper portion. Tae men on the first floor were badly Landicapped on account of the smoke and in order to get at close the fire they had to The upper floor, ssachinery and a small quantity of loose grain, was burnt out and the second floor, containing only machinery, was badly damaged.
The fire is believed to have started from a spark from machinery the east section of the upper mises, No. 1 Avenue Dubail foot.
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