Cotton Blaze at Pootung Quickly Extinguished blaze which destroyed a quantity of cotton on the third floor of "C" godown of Olivier & Cie. in Pootung and resulted in the injury of one foreign officer of the fire brigade, broke out on November 23, about 4 p.m, Sub-Officer L, Blacke burn sustained severe bruises 0 the chest through the slipping of a wire hawser and had to be taken to the General Hospital. His condi tion is' reported not to be serious.
The conflagration was never out of control. The fire installation at the godown coped with the flames until members of the Municipal Fire Brigade on the Fire Dragon and their ince. With these rein: others on the Customs Float came to
forcements, the blaze was quickly extinguished and the Municipat firemen returned to Shanghai short= ly after 5 o'clock, leaving godown installation to seo that cotton did not break' out
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