Many Houses Destroyed and Towns Almost Wiped Out Frost Out Own Contesrossent Harbin, May 15.
News' has Just come to hand of two Railway and Hsisocheng being practically wiped out. "In the frst [about 250 houses Were reduced to ashes, these bein owned by Japanese, Manchus and Koreans, The loss is estimated at one half miftion deltars, "Over 1,500 peonte are homeless and food is benny, hur-Fiedlly despatched "to them, Hsinocheng about 300 houses were @estroyed, the fire raging for several hours and jumping" rapidly. from building to building, swept along by the strong' yale, The lots sustained there has not yet been ascertained, nor is it known whether there has been any toss of Hire, The authorities are inclined to think that these fires were nol accidental and are in connection with the Antt~ Japanese raids which have occurred Ju several parts of the country lately
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