Grasping two electric cables carrying a current of 5,000 volts, an eighteen-years old Chinese on Sunday afternoon cuffered ghastly injuries Jand yet was not killed.
'A sheet of flame from the short-Jcircult which his action caused surrounded his body, and he fell from height of several feet to the ground. Prior to this he hed held on to the Jeables for several seconds, crying out aloud in agony.
He is now lying in Ste. Marie's Bos pital, suffering from a fractured skull, two broken legs, hands burnt to the one and the skin of his face and neck burned, in addition to injury to the body. and serves as helpful material for students of administrative "urlepru-
Fe guson shortly before noon, at th corner of ne Maresca, when the ushing to the corner Ferguson, The Ave for which the given was actually off Avenue Haig, Spposite Avenue Joffre, and a wrong telephone call to Avenue Haig and Route Ferguson, was responsible for the damaged machine being, taken long Route Ferguson.
"the machine came from Chateau chay Station off the French Bund, fand was one of the fast first turn-Out engines of the brigade.
The fire itself was tackled by machines from Poste Bassail, on Rue Pottier, and by gear from Bubbling Well Station of the Shanghai Fire Brigade, three rooms on che ground foot of Chinese houses receiving fire damage before the flames were brought under control.
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