Two Chinese, a man and a woman, were injured in a fire which broke out at 235 am. yesterday at 346 Yanechow Road. Both were taken to were completely enveloped in flames. It took the fire-fighters about 45 minutes to bring the blaze- under control, but they remained on the scene for more than two hours.
The damage was big and the three houses were gutted. A neighbouring house, No. 40, sustained serious damage, too, the ground and first floors, and the roof, being badly burned. The man is expected to leave the hospital soon. but the woman may be forced to remain there for quite some time. When the firemen came to the the! Yangtszepoo Hospital, the woman suffering from a fracture of the spine, damaged and the woman ey CHINA PORCELAIN CE. scene, the houses already we
sustained when jumping from the from the window to escape death in 169 Yuen Ming Yuen Road. Tel. 12238 floor. The-mán was badly burn- the flames. ed in the face and forehead.
"The fire originated in House 34 in tne lane, occupied by à weaving factory, and it spread to houses 36 and 3& Firemen from the Yangtszepoo station áfiswered the call, but by the time they arrived, the three houses he
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