Three Thousand Houses Destroyed in Fire Sweeping The strike gf newspapers in Chungking, which began on August 5 following the storming of the offices of the "Shih Chu Wan Pao from Waterfront Uphill Part of Chungking has been swept: by a terrific fire, over 3,000 houses yoing destroyed and damage estimated at Tls. 1,200,000 being done. Chaotic conditions prevail in the city, and martial law has been declared.
This is the third serious fir recent years, At the beginning of 11928 a tremendous conflagration destroyed another section of the city, doing Tis, 600,000 damage, while further big fire broke out a year later. The last fire, Judging from reports received locally, appears to have been bigger than either of those, The Inrge damage, done was due, as usual, to the shortage of water and the lack of fire-fighting] appliances. Chungking is built on a ill, and without powerful _modern pumps it would not be possible to put out a fire that really gets going, and practically all that can be done} la to let it burn itself out.
The fire that has just occurred took_ place on Mo t, breaking out at about 11 a.m. and burning fiercely all day, until 6 p.m, when it burned itself out.
"At this time of the year there is stretch of waterfront between 50] end 100 yards in width that extends wall to the Yangtsze, and. thi ig) built over with huts occupied by beggars and others, Pontoons on this side of the river are not large and are built of wood: the hulks of the shipping companies) are moored on the other side the river, and were not, affected by the fire, 'The fire broke out at the Chow Chi-men, which is situated at the middle of the city's boundary on the, ivor side, Inside the wall along' the river boundary is a fine business
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