At 9.93 am, yesterday a number of houses at Hochien Road near Meichow Road were reported to be alight; a fire in the vicinity of the Civic Centre, and a third fire on Pungchow Road, north of the Settlement Boundary, were also reported.
Between 10 o'clock and noon, new fires were noted at the corner of Range and North Szechuen Roads, and in the vicinity of eight Character Bridge (Pa Tzu Chiao).
Numerous fires were reported in the Northern Chapei, Hongkew and Pootung Areas yesterday and on Friday, Called by Yulin Road Police at 111 p.m. on Friday Yangtszepoo Division turned out under Station Officer L, Heap to Pingliang and Chemulpo Roads end found the main building of the Yoh Zung Electrical Works—a two-storeyed structure of brick—well alight, the frst floor and portion of the roof having a ready collapsed, After about an hour's work, the detachment extinguished the outbreak. The main factory building was gutted but the remainder of the electrical. works was saved.
A call was received from Wayside Police to Kwenming and Paoting od Yangtszepoo Division being. engag-Roads at 1.55 p.m,
ed at the other fire, a Leyland pump Special Squad") turned out from Central. Station, manned by foreign officers and: volunteers and Chinese firemen under Asst, Station Officer J. W. Currie, and found the Lee Ching Wooden Box Factory amass of flames throughout, with numerous stacks of cut timber burning furiously. The fire had already jumped an alleyway on the north and ignited a portion of the Far Eastern Flannel factory, while two blocks of Chinese dwellings on the south had also become slightly involved.
In view of the threat to a large and congested block a call for assistance was turned in and another pump was despatched from Central Station, Spread Checked It was obvious from the outset that the box factory and its contents could not be saved, in view of the strong hold the fire had gained, and consequently efforts were concentrated oñ checking the spread of the flames in the flannel factory and on preventing the fire from spreading to other property. In this the detachment was successful, for after about three and a half hours' stif fight the fire was brought under control; the wooden box factory was gutted, but the damage to other premises was not extensive, The emergency ambulances responded to 15 calls, Friday and 20 patients were conveyed to hospitals. There was only one "war casualty."
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