At least 42 Chinese wore killed last night in a spectacular fre in Kowoon where two tenements in the conested Chinese quarter burned. Most Jor those killed suffered fatal injuries jumping from verandahs after being. trapped by the flames.
Fire and police reports indicate there were 66 casualties. Forty-two Jace known to be dead and another 24 were removed to hospitals. Police are sti recovering bodies and ft is feared the death toll may exceed Ally. The [ire occurred at Nos. 480-482 Shanghai Chinese Transport Said Crippled Sinyang, Dee. 1, Chinese transportation' into. the inferior suitored' a serious setback When Japanese forees coplurea Non-Ting, observers acquainted with the Mievof the land declared today.
ati the Japanese occupation of Kunming, it was pointed out, the Chungking "Government. had three transport routes open between the Ineror and. seaports: the. Burma Yunnan route;, the French Indo Enina-Yunnan route over the Yunnan fairway: and the French Indo-Chi stated, and more goods were carried over this route than either of the other two, The monthly average of commodi-tes tra over the Kwangsi route totalled about 12,000 tons, compared with about 10.000 over the Burma route and about 8,000 over the 'Trucks, railway materials, bridge construction' materials, arms and ammunitions constituted most of the imports.
Three Routes Possible Before the fall of Nanning," any tone of three routes could be taken: From Langson on the eastern border of French Indo-China to Nanning by highway via Chennankwan; from Tahtke, a border town north-east of Langson, to Lungchow, further along the Left River toward Nanning, and from Keobang, north-cast of Tahtke, to Tsingsl, and along the route river towards Nanning.
Since the Kwangsi routes have been completely cut off, about 25 agents of the South-west Transportation Company were reported to be making efforts to increase the capac-Hy of the Yunnan Railway. This, however, was expected to be a diflcult matier, The railway Jest month was Blocked because of a landslide caused by rainfall, and resulted in the suspension of this means of transportation, " according to reports—Domei, Kulangsu Resident Receives 0.B.E.
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