At one time grave fears wore entertained for the life of a young girl at one of the houses. She was; thought to have been trained. Panic-stricken she had by mischance contrived to lock herself in her room, from which she was eventually reseed by one of the vol-untoer firemen. In being brought} to safety she had the misfortune! to break her arm.
There were numerous visitors to the scene yesterday, when property the lower floors which escaped the flames and water was salvaged. Very little could be got out of the upper rooms, whose occupants in some cases had no time to put on any but the scantiest of clothing. Many ran into the street in their night attire.
"Lost Everything"
"The Whole block went up like a "sheet of papers" said' one eyewitness, Detachments of the French volunteer and Settlement fire brigades, French and International police, and members of the Frenen Municipal Council attended the funeral on Tuesday of M. Jean Joseph Francois Bassail, the member of Lo Torrent who lost his in the Route Vallon fire early on Sunday morning.
At 8.30 am. a requiem high mass for the deceased was celebrated by two Catholic Fathers at St. Joseph's Church, after which an immense procession followed the coffin to Lokawei Cemetery, where the inter~ ment took place. The _cortége, headed by a band, consisted of 3 uniformed detachment of 10 members of Lo Torrent (five from No. 1 and five from No, 2 Cos.), and detachrfents of 2 like number from the International Brigade, the Chinese City and Chapei Brigades, the Chinese and foreign Volunteers of the French Concession, French Special Constables and. International!
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