of Gallantry Shanghai, Aug. 22.
was the dreadful moment, on August 14, when two Chinese serial bombs' had just fallen at Avenue Edward Vit and Vu Ya 'Ching Road. A call had reached Central Fire Station, and the engines turned out under Assist fant Station OMleer Somers, who had only a vague idea of' what had happened. "When he arrived fon the scene he jumped off his engine and ran to a shop on the Setilement side of Avenue Edward to telephone the Chief Ofeer and ask for as many am-Dulances and other vehicles as were available, The "phone was a slot affair and Somers did not have a S-cent piece on him. Several. men and women lay dead in the shop but he asked some survivors for the necessary col. There was a man on the floor with both. legs cut off and tone arm hanging in shreds, This man reached Into a pocket with hiis other hand, produced a S-cent piece and handed it to the Fire Ofcer. He smiled a last, faint smile. Soon afterwards he was the mime time, everything fs being one fo ensure that the convenience of {hose within: the: Boundaries Is not Interrupted: more than is absolutely umdfim details of this characte may not provide an excling' bread tack, but it is not the intention of fhe'Counel to provide the public with SGerler of betstime stories, exciting otherwise." Tt regards i, howeve fs a duly io keep. the community formed of all tats Seing' done in this grave emergency, and: it ro-counts that the community have ffaht to such Information. Commit {ees of exports dealing withthe ulutade of problems which arise ein tosan almost, hourly, and ffraduaily their plana forthe ame-migration of various stresses "and sMraing are taking effect "The: Council meets daily to super-re, eoxordinate and to give neces {ary sanctions. 'The. commmitess are concerned. with masses "of deta Sninteresting' to. the. public: but extremely Important to the "smooth fuming ofthe machine, Tt woul impossible to report. these eel Ings rely, but frequent communes fare issued to the press outlining sdministrative' developments in one Airection and "smother. end these broadcasts were nsltuted. in order to give a general summary of setivie tes, The Counelt's Task War news is probably discussed to the exclusion of almost every other topic. but, as we have previously ox-plained, the collection and dissemina tion of war nows is not the Council's ask. Ils one great aim now is to ighien, og far as possible, the effects of wat. That means concentration upon routine tasks rendered inered-Ibly more dimeult by conditions 'Shanghai for which scarcely any par-alld could be found In the world' history. Hardships there must _undoubledly be, but the community, we trust. will believe that the Council exploring every avenue which offers the slightest hope of bringing alleviation "of the burdens.
To-day has been comparatively quiet as far as military operations around the Settlement are concerned. At any rate, there had been no new developments on a large scale by late afternoon and police reports were concerned. mainly with fices caused by bombardments. Shortly afler 9 am. a new fire broke out in the vieinily of Broadway and Kung- ho ping Road intersection. Between 10 and 11 am. fires were burning near Kwenming and Paoting Roads. The fire In the vicinity of the North East, wing of the Lester Institute was' stated' to be increasing in volume and there was a fire immediately behind "the China Merchants Lower Wharf involving at Toast three blocks. Just before noon a big
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