Flames darted skywards in unchecked fury on the river front on Thareday afternoon when a fre of undetermined origin swept the two-storey godown of the China Produce. Ca... 38 Whangpoo Road, temporarily threatening the immedi= ate river front.
The blaze was one of the most violent experienced in Shanghai this year and was especially dangerous because it released a large voluzne of ammonia through the rupture of re-Javerted by the prompt work of the frigerating pipes. Casualties were Fire Brigade, who fought the blaze from all sides. The damage, while difficult to determine, was unofficially estimated at upwards of $50,000.
The fire spread to two adjoining structures, tut damage to these wat tear not considerable. "There was, largely confined to the roofs an
Jeertain amount of water the two buildings as, lof Chinese dwelling houses immediately north of the godown.
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