A big explosion took place at the Distillery Works. of Borodin and ted in three deaths and 12 men being severely injured. One of the high pressure tanks blew up without warning, there being at the' time five tons of partly fermented grain in the cistern at the tim The force of the explosion blew out windows and those present in the, building were hurled everywhere and covered with heated grain, all being badly scalded and burnt. It stated that the cistern is a very, old one and should not have been, use any longer. A. technical investigation is now taking place. The distillery in question in jointly owned by Russians and Japanese and has been in operation for a number of years, Scarlatina is still rampant Harbin and in the Isolation Hospital which belongs to the railways there are some in-patients undergoing. treatment. The Chine: e workmen of the Railway Shops have at last modern living quarters and the huts and shacks they have been for four years, which were insanitary to a degree, are to be pulled. down. The new rows of buildings form' a little settlement of their own at no great distance from the workshops and close to the Sungari, Each building in divided up into living quarters for the workmen and their families and consists of one Foam and kitchen, and look very neat. So far 200 such quarters are ready for occupation, the buildings, being officially opened by the higher. officials, both Chinese and Russian of the Railway, A new town is being now laid out the Heilungkiang side of the Sungari and opposite to the Chin-town Fuchiatien, which is an integral part of Harbin, This nev town which is known as Sun-pu is ikely in time to become a most important one in the future because it will be the terminus of the Haybin-Aigun railway which will link up. the Amur River with the C. E.R. system. Ground lots are' being quickly bought up) and quite big, prices are being paid for the tots, practically all the buyers being: Chinese with interests in Fuchiatien or Harbin,
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