Three Others Injured As They Jump to Safety Five were burned to death and three others were injured in a fire in the French Concession early on January 18. Those who lost their lives were members, of a family of five, consisting of a father, a mother, and three children, aged 12, 10 and 3 years respectively. The fire broke out in a back room, occupied by a Chinese tailor and his wife, at about 320 am. on the frst floor of a house 119 Rue Eugene Bard.
'The flames spread so rapidly that those in neighbouring rooms found the stairs cut off, and were forced to shin down the drain-pipes to safety. 'Three men, however, elected to jump from their window' Into the street, and were badly injured, They were rushed to the St. Mario Hospital, where their injuries were found to be bad but not seriously so, "The family of five was subsequently found. in 'a loft comprising the second floor of the building, the charred bodles being dragged out from under a pile of debris; they were taken toa benevolent organiza~ tion for burial, "The fire spread to two neighbouring houses, (Nos, 115, and 117; "both buildings, which were Very old and in need of repair, were entirely destroyed, Tt was not null after two hours of strenuous efforts that the French ire Brigade was able to master the fames and confine it to the three nouses affected, "An. enquiry has been opened with a view to esiablishing the cause of the fre.
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