New Year's Day 'The now Cathay Theatre, at the gomer of Avenue Joffre and Rue} Cardinal Mercier, spaned on Jan. 4, the, building embodying "the: designs of Mr. C. H, Gouda, the architect, Distinctive, as far as Shanghai theatres go,' the building is of the American " neighbourhood Rouse style, inasmuch auditorium has mo balcony, but seats
main 1,000" persons' comfortably on the floor. The design is ie, incorporating features Tending themselves to excellent caustic properties, Its exterior apears dignitied and simple in design, The entrance leads into an. lobby. ing the past week alone, 45,000 'Two were burned to, death and a! tons arrived in Shanghai' aboard! third seriously injured in a fire, seven specially chartered. ships, which destroyed five houses on Lynch, the affeer in charge Pakhoi Roed on Jan, ocean shipments, revealed last even-'The fire broke out at 1.45 a.m. ug. Of this amount 30,000 tons sign board shop, 319 Pakhoi Road. were placed" immediately' aboard Owing to the early hours, when the Yangtze steamers for the operating! occupants were asleep, the Settle-zone. Three deep-water freighters, ment Fire Brigade was not informed the Norwegian-steamers Somerville, of the alarm until the flames had 12523 tons registry, and the Brand) gained considerable headway. 2829 tons, and the British steamer Crisington Court, 3083 tons, stil Altogether five engines responded fare unloading, the two former at to the: alarm.
While the firemen the China Merchants Eastern What?} were laying " hoses, encountering at Pootung and the latter in the! dense smoke, a small figure was stream. "Individual parcels of] noticeable on the roof of the she grain and flour also were received The staircase was at once brought during the week via the Brit into play, but before the _firemen freighter Santa Clara Valley, con-reached the top, the girl, seven years signed to Dodwell & Ca., and the old, fell to the ground, She was American steamer Wisconsin of the rushed to hospital.
Her skull was States Line, Mr. Lynch added. fractured, In addition to the grain already] The Aames, in the meanwhile, received in Shanghai, and i spread to the nearby shops, includ. ort, either in its natu ing. @ pawnshop, and_b Jor as flour, 164,500, ton: ough the roofs.
Thirty minutes' for transport to. Chit strenuous efforts on the part of the next three months, firemen brought the flames under figures compiled" by Sir Hope Simpson, head of the the top oer of the sign board shop, control.
Upon their land
National Relief Commission. O2 the firemen found tro badly" burn this amount, 62,000 tons are ex-bodies on the floor of the' adjoin january, 63,500 tons during Feb otod to arrive in Shanghai during Pulled down by force before in shop, the partition having been ar ruary ahd the balance of.47,000 rival of the brigade. fons in March, Sir John estimated.
The origin of the fire could not 'The latest figures from Me, Comyn be ascertained. It. was reported that state that, so far, he has chartered the proprietor of the shop had visit total of' 26 cargo vessels for this ed a relative in Pootung and stayed purpose, providing space for the there overnight, leaving behind the transport of 374, 300 tons of rain, 25-year-old sor 'S-year-old grand. He has until the later part ison and 7-year-old March to fof the U together with sev Jants in the building.
His contract. Supplimenting the purchase, according to the terms a States Farm Board ard the fall' amount]
Brigade's Busy Time spclaly chartered) wesd, regular Before wu yesterday, the trans-Pacific berth Hines plying on Jot Seattle, Tacoma and " Columbia Shanghai Fire Brigade turned out to four calls, each approximately River "ports wil continue to carry one hour after the other.
In one parcel lots' when" the rates are fire a male Chinese was burnt to death, orange and gold colour the walls. Here are located the: ticket booths, and two staircases, Assiduity "Us. lend up to the roof-garden, which certainly will bq well patronized during the summer season. By
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