Stationing the engines on the main road, Russian and Chinese firemen "under their French officers ran with the hoses into the narrow passages at the front and back of the blazing blaze, flames were finally subdued entered the sauce factory the fire originated and, work-it way from the ground floor fourth and top storey of the brick building, they dampened down the smouldering ruins and threw burning materials out of the windows to be*smothered by waiting firemen below.
Searchlights were used to illuminate all during the s the final work proceeded to ensure that the flames were out, a representative of the "North-China Daily News" entered the sauce factory to find that nothing remained of the building except the shell. Inside was a mass of charred and twisted wreckage as if the house had been struck by an explosion, a view which was expressed by several firemen on inspecting the damage.
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