Damaged; Second Fire Starts in Vicinity A godown in which a large cargo of cork had been stored, a dye-shop and a rain-coat factory were completely destroyed and five Chinese houses seriously damaged by a fire which broke out in the Tsang Djaloong alleyway on Rue Chapsal near Rue Conti shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Five machines from Poste Joffre answered the alarm and working feverishly, with seven large hoses and one fixed to a tri-pot, Concession fire-fighters not only managed to bring the fire under control in less than two hours, but also prevented near-by buildings from becoming endangered.
A large number of Concession firemen were still busy soaking the damaged cargo when another alarm was received from a pawn-shop at 52z Rue Conti, but when a few men arrived there, they found that the fire, which had started on the drying stage, had been extinguished by the inmates of the shop.
Crews of firemen were still at the scene of the first fire at the time of going to press, soaking the debris in order to prevent the re-ignition of the cork.
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