Shell Said to Have Started Fire in Pootung Shanghai, Oct, 2, A slow. which was discernible from high buildings in. -the French. Concession and the Settlement, lit up the Pootung water front, opposite the Nantao Bund, last night shortly after 8 de lock, 3
Information from Chinese sources reported that a coal yard, owned by Chinese cent merchants' association, was on fire, the locality being Chow. kadoo, in the Peilienching—district, No confirmation was obtainable from official quarters last night, The fre began not long after a gun duel between Japanese naval Guns and Chinese batteries in Pootung and thus gave rise to the belief that a shell probably had ignited the coal yard. The bombardment was brief, 0 few shells being—exchanged between 830 p.m, and 9 pan, Tue Catholics in Shanghai held mass on September 1 during which prayers were offered for the success of China's.cause in the present emergency, states a report to the Wen Pa
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