During last week end two large industrial premises, one a_ silk filature and the other a cotton mill, were in danger through fire, but with fine work on the part of the Fire Brigade the main buildings in each case were saved and the actual damage done was only The first of these outbreaks occurred at 11.39 p.m. on Saturday, when Sinza watch tower reported a fire between Chengtu and Sinza Roads. Sinza Division were rapidly upon the scene, and found that the premises involved were a silk filature at No, 81 Chengtu Road. Above the boiler-house was a dry-fig-room in which were a number of cocoons, and these had caught fire, the flame in turn communicating to a considerable portion of the roof. Things were well alight, and there was a considerable danger of the fire reaching the filature, but thanks to the early arrival of the firemen and a lot of hard work this was averted. The damage was comparatively small.
The second of the fires was notifi-
11.32 a.m. on Sunday. the Brigade being summoned to the Sung Zee Mill at No, 2 Ichang Road. Here the fire was blazing in a galvanized iron structure lying between the mill and the Electri-
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