Short-circuited wires added to the spectacular effects of the fire and the Brigade had to use their gas torches to make their way about. The fire finally reached that portion of the attic above Williams' Cafe, in which the dancing partners. and musicians were unaware of the dan-rer Det-Sgt. Gash warned them to leave at once, With their attention called to the flames, two fof the girls became hysterical and had to be conducted outside.
Tt was found necessary to cut holes in the ceiling to get at the flames and the water did considerable damage to the furniture and fitting of the newly-decorated place.
Trams were held up on Nanking! Road for an hour and a half, others. being switched off at Chekiang Roa and the Bund. Shortly after midnight, the fire was completely under control and traffic was permitted to proceed as usual.
The temporary address _of the Upson Paine Ca. will be Sanzetti Studio, 1905 Bubbling Well Road, telephone west 791, Tue strike at the Yuh Hwa Silk Filature No. 2, in which 200 of 800 took part on Monday, was broken on Thursday morning on the return of the lot, Firreen unemployed workers of he Japanese cotton mills met in Capel on Thursday to commemorate the death of Tan Ching-hsien, an agitator. who is alleged to have been executed last Tuesday by the Chinese authorities. Te man is said to have been arrested when he out telephcce wires in Pootung belonging to the military, In his speech the chair-of/the meeting denounced: the imperialists and the militarists.
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