A slight outbreak of fire occurred in Range Road on Monday morning, a Chinese house of the better class at No. 55 being slightly damaged thereby. In the course of the night the occupants had been burning joss-paper, and it is thought that some candles in the upper storey, which had remained alight, the cause of the outbreak. alarm was given at 235 am., and a rapid turn-out ensued, the fire being quickly extinguished with comparatively little damage to the house, this being fully covered by ies in the Wah Hsing Insurance
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