Spectacular Night Blaze: Building Much Damaged but Fire Stopped from Spreading There was a spectacular but} fortunately not very damaging fire about 1 a.m, on Saturday on Mr. 8. A. Hardoon's Bubbling Well estate. In addition to Hardoon's residence there are many other} buildings in the grounds, including old Chinese temples, theatres, ete, It was the largest " temple which cuuget fire ard within a few minutes of the alarm 1g given flames were leaping high into the air, for the tire had taken a hold on very inflammable material and there was strong wind blowing.
reman from the Bubbling Well Station soon were on the scene and were re-infareed by men and equipment from the Central Station, the firemen being considerably relieved on fi its valuable contents was not volved. Fortunately' also, the i men for once were able to work tirely unhampered. To attack the flames from the best strategic point, they had to scale the Bubbling Well Road wall and lead here lines over! it, but they were free from crowds of the curious and did not have to grope about in narrow alleys.
From the nature of the building and the fact that the fire had secured a firm hold om the roof, it was difficult to do more than attempt to confine it, but although the place was burning so fiercely, in little more than half-an-hour the flames were under control and soon were beaten down. The building] was considerably damaged ard most, of the contents were destroyed. of members of the Kuomintang will pay a special visit to Nanking next week to observe the first anniversary of the death bf their leader, the late Dr. Sun Yat-sen, Gex. Yen Chun-yang, Commissioner of Shanghai and Woosung, Police and Martial Law Forces, has} issued an order forbidding" the merchants to employ personal bodyguards and to supply them with arms without permission first having been obtained from the authori ies: There has been too much this in the past, he says, 2 Practice must be done away with,
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