B, & S, Godown is Completely Destroyed Atter furiously fighting in a pour Ing volume of smoke and flame which was being belched forth from a But-torfeld & Swire godown at the B. 'S. Wharf, Pootung, for more than nine hour, the firetloat Pooch returned to the Shanghai side at about 330-pan. on Jan,_30 having. extine guished the outbreak. The Areftoat, which was only recently" returned fo the Harbour Fire Brignde after being taken over by the Japanese, was summoned 19 Pootung at about Gam, and found the godown able from one end to the other, roof already having fallen in, The Airemen's diMleulties were In-Jereased by the fact that the godown contained large quantities of chemicals, bean oil and kerosene wax, and when ignited these materials caused clouds of black smoke to blind the firemen who were Oghting the outbreak, the all and wax making a Fiver of grease in which the men slithered and slipped to and fro in Gesperate efforts to cope with the flames. After starting In the carly morning, the Poochi's complement had subdued the fire by eatly after oon, the building being reduced to 4 charred mass of ruins, and all the contents having been destroyed. 'The efforts of the fire-fighters from the Har" © Brigade, who were under the vision of Mr. W. G. German, Chief sire Omer, were instrumental in saving an adjoining. no dow' which was untouched by the flames.
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