Shanghai, Nov, 13, Flames suddenly gushed from the Kwang Hwa University, one of the best known and biggest educational institutions in Shanghai, yesterday evening. " Beyond Great " Western, Road and near Chungsan Road, the university lies in the Japanese Con trolled territory just across the Shanghai-Hangchow railway Une. The blaze was reported by the Shanghai Fire Brigade watchtower but as no request was received to quell the conflagration, engines did not turn. out By 6.15 pin, the fire was raging in two blocks of buildings and flames were licking from the top windows of a third structure, "It was not possible last night to ascertain the damage but as the Fire Brigade Jock-out reported. signs of fire at 10.30 'o'clock it is likely that the entire university has been gutted.
Observers in the western district yesterday stated that about twenty. tres broke out beyond the railway line during the afternoon. Most of them, they thought, were Chinese villages or dweltings. "In the evenning'a large building which could not be identified was burning fiercely well beyond St. John's University.
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