Top Floor and Roof Badly Damaged: Shop Suffers An investigation has been started determine the cause of the dis-Jastrous fire at 205-15 Nanking Road. carly on Monday morning. 'The top floor and root of approximately half [the building, an old Hardoon prorer, were badly damaged and other verts' particularly the jewellery shop Wess, Boyes, Bassett at 216 ard \Nanising Road, were affected by 'The' root was virtually The origin of the fire had not been deilultely determine? at a late hour on Monday. The flames started at 209 Nanking Rov, which is occupied [by the dosetio Photo S'velo, and alarm. vag Fecelved ty the Fico Brigade at 1258 midnight. Owing the wielent ant wenk construction at the top part of the Pullding, the fire spread rapi iv tet residenta. of the structure hid to flee for safety twitnout talking time to save most. {heir belongings. The corrugated iron. root only server ty make. tire. "mushroom® ute the building.
Capt. J. Gaston Dyson; Chief otiicer of the Fire Rrigade, took personal charge of the fire-fighting which, was made élfticult" bythe harrow space between the building fand surrounding structures, The building of the "Shanghai Power Company, at the corer of Kiangse Road, was threatened for " while and fdvemen took advantepe of the ho equipment of this building to play ter on the burning structure from Burns Stubbornly was approximately an hour and a half before the fire was. brought tinder control bythe firemen" work: ing under Capt, Dyson and "Capt 'G." Reed, Deputy Chet. Altogether the engines, were at. the Scone for (we hours and. a" halt Was gutted by the flames early on Monday morning, and what is left of one of the Tooms is shown Wwe. Timber construct made it easy prey to the fire and not much "was Toft of root over Residents were forced fice quickly before the advance of he flames, and many of their belongings were destroyed or damaged. contributed donations to the social service fund and to those who assisted in other ways. Altogether fa total sum of $15,043.80 was dis-
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