Shop Premises Badly Damaged Fire broke out yesterday at 2.17 Jat j222 East Seward Road, a dry jeleaning shop. A late call had evidently been given for when Hongkew Division arrived both floors were a mass of flames and the roof was collapsing. The fire had spread rapidly and the roofs of 'a piece goods ship on the east and 'a wine shop on the west were already involved. The monitor was used on the front of the blaze, whilst lines were run to the upper floors of the shop on either side, the latter checking the spread of the flames before any great Jdamage had been done.
The dry cleaning premises were badly damaged on the ground and upper floors, portion of the root having collapsed, but the damage to the shop on either side was coz-fined to a small section of the root
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