The Archive · 1937

Two Men Burned in Shanghai Fire

Two Floors of Photography Shop Badly Damaged Firemen battled a blaze for over an hour yesterday afternoon that, broke out shortly after 4 o'clock in a small photography shop at the corner of Haining and North Kiangse Roads. Two Chinese men on the premises were burned by ether so seriously about the face, arms and legs that they were sent by ambulance to St, Luke's Hospital.

The ground floor and first floor of ihe building were badly damaged by the fire, many fixtures and furnishings going up in flames. Two fire engines from the, Hongkew Station and.an ambulance responded to the alarm which was made by telephone from the scene of the blaze.

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