It was also understood that a number of pistol shots had been fired by the fleeing Koreans in order to discourage pursuit, but police investigations ave hot as" yet established whether this is. tue, The licence number of the car Which the group dashed away was 7882 and was understood to be censed in the name of a Korean living In the French Concession.
Concession and Settlement de-tactives ce-operated in investigating the case and members of the Japanese Consular police were also called in to make investigations, it being presumed that the owner' of the car may be able to give the Police valuable details regarding the identity of the party which made use of his ear, It was indicated that of all members of the party' were Koreans and the possibility "that some of them were Japanese being investigated, Motor Cars Involved In Fires Shanghai, Apr, 5, A tailoring establishment at 260 Thorburn Road was gutted and three adjoining houses slightly damaged when a fire broke out at 11,50 a.m, yesterday, machines from Yangtze: oe and Hongkew attending, No-one Was injured and the prompt intervention on the part of the fre. fighters prevented the spread of the Mames. The blaze was put under control after nearly one hour and thirty minutes of hard work on the part of the brigade, 'A Vauxhall Saloon motor-car, bear ing licence number 514, was' saved from destruction by fire by the presence of mind of the driver, who, on finding that the battery wiring was defective, switched off the current. This occurred in the Central police station compound, shortly after 2.30 pin. yesterday afternoon and the engines from Central fire station which had been summoned left four minutes after they had arrived at the scene finding that their services were not required, 'A private motor-ear, bearing licence No. 20474, was not saved from the flames however when it caught fire whilst parked at the corner of North Szechuen and Jukong Roads at 2 O'clock yesterday afternoon. Engines from Hongkew fre station, which answered the alarm) eventually put the flames under control, although the vehicle was damaged, beyond repair. bottle containing traces of an inflammable liquid were found on the premises, indicating that the blaze was of incendiary origin, according to the
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