'A. succession of sub-terranean gas explosions which started at 6 o'clock en Monday morning in Lane $59, /Szechuien Road, north of Peking Road, culminated shortly before noon when 2 loud blast occurred and the pavement immediately inside the alley entrance was ruptured, allowing flames to shoot from the ground, The ames recurred at short intervals with Fepeated minor explosions and for awhile threatened the entire lane. The force of some of the blasts was plainly felt in Szechiuen Road, The explosions were apparently due to 0 Jeak in an old gas main supplying the lane. The Fire Brigade, the Police and representatives of the Gas Company went to the scone and the lane was cleared while engineers attempted to find the leak. Shortly after 2 o'clock the gas in°the main! was shut off to facilitate the work and minimize the danger, and the broken pavement repaired." The Fire Brigade stood by the while, passing altogether more than three hours at the scene,
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