A serious fire broke out in Chief Officer Pett, confined their efforts to preventing a spread the fire to closely adjoining buildings, a sufficiently difficult matter in the circumstances. Jets were placed in every advantageous position to damp down godowns ing initial expeditionary trips as long ago as the beginning of May. the early hours of Saturday morning at Messrs. Butterfield No. 10 and 16, together with those on Rue Colbert, and the office buildings. Apart from having to watch having hoped at one time to attend Swire's premises on the French the May meeting of the Shanghai Bund. The fire originated on the the surrounding buildings, the utmost care had to be exercised Race Club by this means, but he ground floor of No. 13 godown, has been delayed in the material-immediately at the rear of the with regard to the great quantity ization of these plans. His ideas company's large block of office of oil flowing from the burning at that time were known to be that buildings which face the Bund, godown into the streets, There a direct service could very easily and as other buildings closely ad-was a deep stream of oil along the be run for mails, ete., while, if joined on all sides, the firemen Bund as far as the Rue clu Confound more convenient, passenger-had. an. extraordinarily difficult sulat, and in Rue Colbert, and had carrying machines could make Foo-task in preventing the fire from this been allowed to carry flame, ye chow a stopping-place. spreading. Godown No, 13 was sults must have been disastrous, His opening exhibition at Re-gutted, damage done being esti-particularly as the whole block would have been surrounded by pulse Bay was. an enormous mated at about Tls. 200,000. success, among those participate 'The alarm was first given to the the fanies and the work of the ing in' the fights being BLE. the French brigade by telephone at brigades seriously handicapped: Governor, Sir R. E, Stubbs, while 12.17, and the call was promptly Both brigades to be con-scores of residents paid the $25 answered. It was at once evident gratulated on having confined the charge made for. five minute ex-that they had a difficult task befire to its place of origin. The on is managing fore them, the fire burning fiercely Shanghai Brigade float rendered director of the Macao Electric in the lower part of the godown, excellent service, supplying seven Lighting Ca., Ld. which contained some 7,000 barrels streams, while one motor pump of wood oil, whilst the upper assisted the three French engines. storeys were "packed with hemp, working from mains or the river. Valuable assistance was also _ren-
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