Shortly after 730 am. the hold was pumped dry and. relays of coolles fore put on the Job of removing the Toose bales of eciton." By 11 am. all danger of <carbon-monoxide tues was believed. to. be over and. both Holds were cleared by 8 o'clock.
"At Mi o'clock' men" west sent down through the engine room Into find along the propeller shaft tunnel the point {ust below the affected told." Backing and other" material Used on Sunday to prevent fumes entering the engine room were then removed. It was in performance of this duty that one of the fireman Was overcome by fumes on Sunday 4nd tad to be removed for treatment.
"The fte was frat norited to the bridge by the Purser, after the ship wag some two hours out of Nanking Saturday. Steps were immediately taken and No. 8 and No. 4 holds were battened down and steam Jets turned into the loosely' packed cotton. This had the effect of keeping the alr from the heart of the fre and pre-ented it from bursting into ames. After firemen boarded the ship from opposite Changwahpang and" com mensed operations, it took five hours inthe sting heat between decks tu the smoke and fumes before the fre. was eventually brought under control. The vessel was moored Slongside Old Ningpo Whart at about 1pm. on Sunday. 'The work of dumping. out water was then started trid continued until early yesterday morning. During operations on Sun-fay. seven men. were overcome with the' fumes and had to receive oxgen treatment. "They returned to their poste Among the passengers who boarded the ship at Nanking. was Henry the Magician, who prior io going up-river had played in Shanghai. The magician Lott when the ship arrived at Shanghat, "His goats and other parapher-alia of magic "were removed for
which he is shortly leaving Shanghai irantehipment tov another vessel, For the Batted States Expert Accepts Place on Council Committee Col. Irving C. Moller, of the Field Artillery Reserve, United States Army, has become a member of the TraMe Committee, Shanghai Municipal Council, "and attended his first meeting of the Commitee on next Tuesday.
Col, Moller, who is a consulting en-wineer and an outstanding authority on trafic problems, is the executive head of the Hosken Trading Ca., 133 Yuen Ming Yuen Road, and is a former traffic expert of the United States Government. In 1929 he was called to Nanking by Mr. Sun Fo as an adviser to the National City ianning Bureau, where he served association with Mr. Ernest P. Gav
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