for Some Time One of the fiercest fires that the Shanghai Fire Brigade have tackled for some tine broke shortly after] 3 p.m, on October 10 at the corner of Wuchang and Miller Roads, where three Chinese shops were gutted and two others damaged. Police officers essened a child who had been left behind just before the flames spread, which they did rapid The shop in which the fire started, right on the street intersection, contained old motor-car tyres volcanizing material, as well as tity of straw baskets, a1 small quantity of printing ink, and the heat from this was so int that windows on the opposite side of both Miller and Wuchang Roads were cracked.
Blinds in a house on the opposite side of Wuchang Road caught alight, and it was only prompt work fon the part of members of the brigade that stopped the fire from getting going on two sides of the oad at once, and Capt. Dyson and Sub-Officer Pemberton' even got their. hands Dlistered by the heat while rushing a hose up at this int, Tt was found necessary to lay on righ round the block in order to tackle the flames from Wu. hang Road.
Seven machines attended the fire, three from Centyal Division, three from Hongkew Division, and the salvage machine from Foochow Road
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