Shortly before one o'clock on Monday afternoon a fire broke out in a Chinese shop at No, 248 Chekiang Road. The Brigade was promptly in attendance, bat the building wax burning so fiercely mhen the firemen began their work, that they were anabls to save it from total destraction, They were alan unable to prevent the spread of the flames to the adjviaing shops (Nos. 249, 250, 251 and 252), which were severely damaged by fire and water. The fire is supposed to have been caused by the upsetting of a lamp.
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