Flames carly_on April 5 in the Columbia and Great Western Riding School ended the lives of four China ponies, although the material carnage caused the stable was small.
The fre, which broke out sharily afler 1.30'am. off Great Western Road, burnt one end of a row of stalls, where the four ponies were. Kept." Awakened by an alarm, Chie nese assistants at the school led a number of other ponies (0. safety, Several machines from the Bubbling Well Fire Station responded, and the Gre was' prevented from spreading. With the exception of a portion of the stable, no other buildings were touched by the flames, Shortly after 10.0 a.m, the Bubbling Well firemen responded to a second alarm at the corner of Ferry and Avenue Roads, where a quantity 9 wood, bamboo, brushes, brooms and straw matting piled: up in a Chinese contractor's yard went up In flames.
The inflammable nature of the materials rendered the fire-lighting aimeult, and it took more than three and half "hours before the lames were finally extinguished, "Although the yard was surrounded by houses fon all sides, efforts by the Sremen succeeded in' keeping them from being ignited, According to an occupant, no less than 3,000 brooms were destroyed in the blaze. These brooms were purchased following the award of a contract by the Health Department of the Shanghai Municipal Council to the owner. The goods were not Insured, however.
'The fire was the third reported in the same yard, two previous out breaks recently' having been success fully extinguished by the occupants.
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