Once the flames had started, however, they spread rapidly because of the construction of the huts—sfraw and flimsy wood; bamboo fences; and materials kept by various small industrial establishments. Eigat or ten lard-rendering shops, with their stored product, apparently did much to feed the flames, and when the fire benched a hat-making factory on the edge of the colony this establishment was quickly destroyed.
One of the important fire hazards in settlements like the one which was razed on Sunday, ít, is pointed out, is the electrical installation, which generally is not properly safeguarded. Open cooking constitutes another danger.
A number of Shanghai Municipal Council officials visited the burnt-our village yesterday, The investigation Three Chinese country houses in Tsing Ka Leong, off Gordon Road, were swept by fire shortly after Sunday midnight. One of them, a brick structure, was destroyed and two houses were slightly damaged. Firemen from tke Ichang Road Station extinguished the flames.
Marine Godown Severely Damaged
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