Shibata, Sept, 13.
More than 6,000 persons were rendered homeless this morning when fire holocaust swept through this tittle town, reducing almost 1,160 of its 4,000 buildings to ashes, The material damages were estimated at Detachments of Shibata Regiment were mobilized to ald the fre [brigades and the volunteers, but their efforts were hampered by poor access {to water.—Rengo. eral of Railways, which manages all of Manchoukuo's railroads except the South Manchuria Railway, Is considered by the S.M.R, which established it, Rengo learned to-day.
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