Chinese soldiers, billetted some distance from the" Soochow Creek, attempted in vain to stop the ames—advancing toward their camp, which lay*nestied in. Chinese huts, "but as they were about cut off, about 100 scampered to a Point further inland, 'Observers pointed' out that they carried with" them our or 'Ave machine guns and geveral A. A. uns, 'Where these next will be mounted matter of conjecture, 4'pm, the flames had spread 4 point within 30 yards of the freak, aided by a strong, wind, Suddenly' the wind veered anda Ave Storey "structure, "above which direct me of within 48° yd, structure 1s fireproof, with only minimum of inflammable furniture, it seemed last evening that no great damage would be done, excepting 10 the windows,
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