A fire which threatened probably) the most populous part of the Central district, which is bounded by Nanking, Kiangse, Ningpo and Szechuen Roads, broke out on, Thursday evening just before 11 o'clock. It grew to such size that the entire equipment of the auxiliary fire station adjacent to the American Club was brought into Acting Chief Officer Dyson took immediate charge of the situation and directed his men at the Upson Paint Cos establishment, which it inside the block directly behind 'Messrs, MacBeth, Gray & Ca, The flames appear to' have broken out above the first floor and spread with alarming rapidity, the contents of ithe premises adding fuel to the braze.
Numerous jets from two of the large pumps, the one being stationed on Nanking Road and the other on Szechuen Road, did effective wor and it seemed to the firemen they had the situation well in han 'This was not the case, however. Flames had got into the attic above the first floor and, with the strong' current of air which is found under these conditions, swept forward in an easterly direction, to break out the ceiling of rooms unconnected with the painting place.
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