Shanghai Fire Brigade watd towers reported 27 outbreaks of fre October 5 in the "hostilities" area ind one in. Pootung.
ambulance service attended 21 snd conveyed 22 persons to Of these six were street accident cases, three were accidents within houses, one war casualty and the remainder were sickness, mostly cholera and. dyserte The one war casualty was that of 2 woman, wife of a member of the Brigade, who, while sitting Inthe compound at' Buttling Well" Fire Station, received a slight Injury to ler scalp from a stray bullet, The fire-fighting forees hada quiet day "unfit the evening. During" the early evening hours the OMeer_In oportod to the Chief Ofcer me 10 bombs had been dropped the vicinity of the Teoont "Flow BON, "shunted approve Inmately 750 yards north-west of his station on ie Chapel side of the Soochow "Creek, On arrival ai the station he wae anproaehed by Col. 'Cates, United Slater Marine Corps, who. was very concerned about am of til tu the Vicinity' of the re, ax "there. were Several free oil ian "confining Some thousands of gallons of li of ihe property.
'There were several fires burning in this locality' at the time and "the Chief Omer informed Col. Cates that sampan and the necessary" pers mission could be obtained, he would crout the creek and make Investig Aller some delay a sampan arrived and the necessary permission having been obtained, the. Chief Omtces crossed the creek and found "three Members." of the Chapel Brigade his arvival- on the. other '(the patty proceeded to" the Wielnity of the Note mill where they found that the mill was well alight and the ire was threatening to spread two Forge adowns "(Bank China "and. "Tat" Loong' Sing. Kee) and a tanning works (Mippon Ital Hei Sapanene owned this suxgeation the Chabot Fire
structures thus preventing the spread Bilade' "amoved" erin super of fire in this direction, 3 Another large fo town inthe ietnity'had wire tease windows in ¥eol fromes, but at these had been Jett open there. was danger of fee coring from outside, 30 mellon was imei ike aida windows Sind" Homboo snblinds ere hue after which the matin saved" the" premises from" being These "precautions undoubted
Attacked by the fames, within few minutes the fire." would have eached this point. and "secured "on open windows, ce the fasy means. of ently through
the vicinity HU wae found. thet the On examining other bultaings in
Dress room at 8 Chinese ovined it mill seas well nllgh and several
cotton seed al, were in danger. Inge "kona el, peobabiy be they. were ems affected. "These tanks hed net
rome from" the Bale: building (0 the south, Aree
alight "was "arity" approximately 150 ho" wh Yards from the one about whicl! Col, a expressed concern. the tak from being ceted. og at tha time the tie was juveedyon the ebb and UC the one ruptured owing to the heat, the fre, turning it wound "have twod Tate the creek and thus have beers the. harbour eck aide The tanks protected there any the oil fro should be rupt of burn were not neither were to prevent away ita tank 'd, thus the pos ing Oil spreading Was Fire Brigade had but were unable 10 the iter main Road had been damaged by the bombing and they had iter supply; they could not reach the creek owing to the railway embankment and the nature of the properties in the vicinity.
The 1,000 gallon" Leyland Pump from tehnng Roudl Division respond ced and lines were across the creek from the Settlement side, With the assistance of the Chapet Fire Brigade it was found possible restrict the fire in the oil mill to the main press rooms and to protect the tanks by cooling them down with of water, thus preventing the ion of their contents and the possible destruction of the tanks,
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