8 shopkeeper, Tsea shopkeeper. and charged at the Mixed Court yester morning with having through careless allowed a fire to bronk out on premises 337 Hupeh Road at 6 p.m. on Febroary 13, thereby endangering life and property.
Detective-nrpector McDowell stated that the fire was an extremely destructive one. The police were unable to produce any proof regarding the origin of the fire. A whole block of buildings had been destroyed by the outbreak.
The evidence of the accused was to the effect that the fire must have been onused by someone thowing " lighted cigarette end between the cracks of the floor. The accused were fined $200.
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