On August 17 the danger point was. so high north of the Creole from Shelling and bombing that the city's supply of gas was temporarily cut ff ay an essential precautionary measure, Only minor damage wis suffered by the compressor house and. conlgodown at the Yangtszepoo works despite the fact that the, buildings were centred in the thick" of the trouble, Later, the workshops in Vu Ya Ching' Road came into the line of fire—they stilt have seats to prove it—during the siege of the last Chinese citadel in Chapel, The gasholders narrowly escaped being hit on two occasion Careful investigations in _connestion with the loss of appliances. in the districts north of the Soochow Creek are still being conducted. Owing to the restricted movements allowed the employees of what Gas Company int the full extent of the losses has not yet been fully ascertained.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.