'Three women and a chili were burned to death on November 1 nace in are which rots oat stable and adjoining buildings, on North Shanse Road, just off Elgin' Road. The report of the fire was received about 11.40 a.m, Hongkew turned out at once and District Officer Watkins took charge.
The flames were shooting from three of the shop fronts occupied by the stable and had spread" to the frst floors of five sections, when China; Acting Consul at Shangh from April 11, 1920, and at Chungking from December 7, 1921, April 6, 1923. He was Vice-Consul at Hankow from April 27, 1923, Acting Consul-General there from February 7 to March 22, 1925, and Officiatine Vice-Consul from Febrary 15, 1926.
On September 8, 1926, Mr. Grant Jones was Acting Consul at! Changsha, and soon promoted to be one of H. i. Consuls in China. He was in charge of the Consulate at} Harbin from May 1, 1927, to April 23, 1929, and from January 22, 1930, was in charge of the Consulate at Amoy. He was made a CE.
Sune 4, 1928. and blaze Judgment was awarded by Alt. onder control, Questions being ask- C. H. Haines, "Judge, in the ed as to whether any persons were H. M. Court in the suit the upper storeys, a litle girl of Mahan Singh against Br. John said that some women were in the Benaviteh for the payment of salary_ badly burned portion, but the fre: amounting to $07.50. oilers and engines. We knew the Japanese vessel must be in a bad way and no one aboard minded the of the Marine Corps, the oldest. military organisation in the United Si s. Similar events are held in discomfort from the high rate of all parts of the world, with the speed in the rough weather. A perhaps of isolated short while later, however, another Samoa, with newman corps." message struggled through from 'The parade at the Race Course was The doomed ship. 'Decks toad more the fourth held in Shanghai. badly slips, Can coming soon maybe, inthe "evening the "French Please tell' the Japanese operator Club was the scene of the annual Marine supper dance hold each your "But apparently it was not on the occasion of the anniversary. ordained by the Powers Above that we should get there in time. We were charterers, Yamashita & Company, still a good 40 milex away when in San Francisco and Kobe, to the last appeal came through, We schoo, already, anxious relatives of sinking are by stern. If can, come those aboard the lost ship had been most quicker. Very bad for us if—. inquiring.
There the call- stopped abruptly.
"Found part of deckload floating [Our radio operator tried again id [but nothing else, Cruised in vicinity again to raise the Japanese ship. Nothing but silence rewarded his efforts, We know too well that she had gone down like a stone in the midst of that last cal make the boats, or life. preserver."
The rest of the tragedy can' be toll briefly by the message which the President: Jefferson sent out Jat the fruitless end of the quest. (This was addecssed to shore-side stations and the officer of the three hours in company with Ayana Maru and Taigen. Maru, but ships "found trace, of' anything except logs from Yonan Maru' Jdeck cargo." this closing radiogram related.
Built 12 years ago for the Pacific trade in' company. with five other similar ships, the Yonan Mara previously dad erossed the ocean many, jos safely on the rane course She curried a cargo of lumber Nanking a few months
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