All the coffin repositories were regularly inspected, and three badly constructed coffins were removed from one of these establishments and buried by the Shanghai Public Benevolent Cemetery. All the: coffin re-posi tories are being kept under strict] surveillance by the. Department.
Owing to the hot weather, cremations were carried out daily; in the average 169 corpses were cremated per day.
Fifteen passes were obtained from the Japanese military authorities to allow fifteen boats loaded with 412 coffins to proceed up country.
The burial grounds of the Shanghai Public Benevolent Cemetery Association were frequently inspected to ensure proper sanitary conditions. pushed on.
"When we arrived at the beacon," went on" Mr. Scott, "we found that! the heavy door was locked and, armed with only a key and a stone, I worked in total darkness and the bitter cold trying to break the bolts' which held it in position. You can imagine my joy when, after some hours' work, the first bolt was broken, and my greater joy, a little later, when the second one was forced and the door opened. This saved us from certain death," he emphasized.
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