"Shanghai Mainichi" Utters Partially Destroyed Sharp Criticism of Lawless The Shanghai Fire Brigade had a Acts by Local Residents busy night yesterday, having had to fight three fires, one of which had Sharply criticizing the illegal enveloped nine houses, converted methods adopted by local Japanese into a factory. Only cne person was as evidenced first by the hooting of injured, and this was a Chinese Mr. W. J. Keswick by Mr. Yukichi woman who jumped off the verandah Hayashi and subsequently by the in the North Chekiang Road blaze. attempt of two Japanese to sei fire She was removed to the S.RRAA to the ma'shed erected especially for No. 1 Hospital. the Special Meeting of Ratepayers, The first fire broke out at a flower the "Shanghai Mainichi," local Japan-nursery at 594 Keswick Road at 12.08 ese vernacular paper, boldly warned am. and the call was answered by in an editorial yesterday morning the Ichang Road fire station. The that the Japanese people here blaze was put under control within "should beware of any action which 27 minutes of the firemen's arrival. may invite disgust and contempt, and completely extinguished at 1.30} upon them." am. Appraximately a quarter of Although subjectively "deserving the nursery was destroyed. sympathy." the action taken by The second blaze was reported at Matsunosuke Morinaga and Moriaki 184 am. and the firemen from Kuba in attempting to burn down Hongkew station responded. The fire the matshed was objectively "worthy broke out in Lane 320 North Che-of toughs," the paper asserted, kiang Road and enveloped nine The "Mainichi" did not bar the houses, used as a factory. The fire. possibility of further developments fighters were able to control the regarding the international Settle-flames after 22 minutes. The first ment "inciting our nerves and stir-floors and roofs of houses 7, 9 and ring our sense of justice," but clearly 1] were very badly damaged. Four warned that the Japanese "should other houses sustained only slight beware of any action which may damage to their roofs. invite disgust and contempt upon Hongkew station answered another us." call at 710 am. when a match
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