Soon the huve blaze had burnt itself out and the firemen, were able, nder the. direction of Capt Chietofleer of Brigide, to make their way into the neniee the" work of down the smouldering Here an_utte, scene of desolation met te eye, Fred, blackened and twisted machin Careases of animals, mostly pigs, and relies of what fence' had been beds, household implumer and. other articles ivin About in utter confusion, Adding a gruesome note to the desolate pie were hundreds of partially: burnt collins which had been unearthed during the height of the fire. These were everywhere, the whole village having been constructed over a Chie nese burial ground.
With the flames having disappeared, hundreds. of Chinese, who. had fled before the rapid advance of the fire returned to the sites of their former homes and some pitiful scenes Were witnessed as half frantic with grief, men and women Gel their bodies as they failed to discover some missing relative, One particularly gruesome sight was a partially burned human body over which an old Chinese stood helpless with
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