'A dozen fire engines, from three brigades, turned out Just after midnight toa fire off the Hungjao Road which destroyed four Chinese houses fand whose glare could be seen for a Tong distance.
The destroyed houses were of light construction, and flared up quickly. Situated 50 yards from Avenue Haig, they were opposite Chiaotung University and a short distance from the Mercury radio broadcasting station.
French fire engines were first on the scene, on the report of a fire the Concession. Subsequently machines from Bubbling Well Station arrived, on receipt of fre on a Municipal Road, as did Chinese Brigade machines (including an ambulance.
'There was Little hope of saving the houses, so the firemen prevented the flames' from spreading and subsequently damped down,
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