Peiping, May 22.
Fifty-eight families have been rendered homeless as the result of a fire which broke out last evening in a Chinese tenement house at Pao Tzu Ho, inside the Hatamen, The fire originated in the shop of a malting and screen maker and soon Spread to the whole compound, The City Fire Brigade arrived on the scene promptly, but, owing to. the high wind prevailing at the time, were unable to make much headway against the blaze, which was not brought under con four hours Iater.—Reuler,
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