Blown Up by Chinese Troops Before Withdrawal Hangchow, Dec. 29 Chinese soldiers blew up the Hangchow Municipal Power Plant on December 22 after giving the occupy ants of the building only seventeen minutes to get off the premises. according to information obtained today from Mr. J. C. Terry. American manager of the plant.
A group of Chinese officers and men carrying a supply of dynamite took possession of the plant, he said, and ordered him and his assistants ie leave at once.
Hurriedly gathering their belongings, the plant employees left the building; immediately after they were out the Chinese set off the explosion.
Built four years ago at a cost of $3,500,000, the power plant was regarded as a model for such structures in China.—Domei. with the Empire.
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