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BIG FIRE NEAR SHANGHAI
NEARLY THREE HUNDRED PERSONS KILLED IN VILLAGE FIRE.
SPLENDID WORK OF FIREMEN AND SOLDIERS.
SHANGHAI, May 4th. One of the most devastating fires of recent years broke out in Poo tung shortly after aix"o'clock last night and in spite of the efforts of three fire brigades, including the two floats manned by Settlement firemen burned with undiminish ing vigour for nearly three hours The Chinese military authorities at least 200 estimate
to 300
MAY 9th, 1928.
THE DUFF TRIAL AT SHANGHAI,
PROSECUTOR'S UNPLEASANT
DUTY.
PLEA OF GUILTY BY ACCUSED.
SHANGHAI, May 4th.
Probably the total number of
A climax was reached "in the casualties will never be known, for United States Cours for China yes terday before Judge M. D. Purdy, although the fire swept along in the case United States . D. E. rapidly, the heat in the pit of Duff, who is charged with em Bames was of such intensity as to bezzling ls. 31,497 from the asacte of Cyril MacNear, formerly pro burn anything in its path to aprietor of the Export Oil Co., when cinder. The greatest number of deaths, it is believed, occurred with in the first 20 minutes of the out- break of the flames.
defendant changed his plea of not guilty" to "guilty." Mr. J. B. torney, and Mr. C. S. Franklin, Davica, acting U.S. District At-
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Because of the efficient work and rapid turnout of the two floats the N.K.K. godowns were saved from certain destruction. When the
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Fine Work By Soldiers. A really fine piece of work by
Further testimony was presented during the morning but at the start of the afternoon session, Mr. Schuhl informed the court that the defendant wished to withdraw his former plea of not guilty..
District Attorney's Belief. Brigade arrived the walls of two soldiers and police prevented the Court that the case in question had Mr. Davies, thereupon told the or three of the buildings away destruction of the whole village. been the most disagreeable duty from the river, were scorched. An- Under the direction of their which had fallen to his lot as act- | other five minutes might have spèlt superiors they demolished several ing-District Attorney, in view of
disaster.
scores of houses, and tore down and he hoped that the Court would his acquaintance with defendant, bamboo walls in the path of the exercise leniency in its judgment. fire, in so doing making a Psonal knowledge of defendant, that He did not believe, from his per This, however, the flames did leap. there had been any malicious in- but the new fires broke out in isolat tent to embezzle. In his opinion ed spots in the second area and defendant had been careless in volunteers and Footung firemen handling funds intrusted to his care, and he was inclined to think were able to quench them before that given opportunity, defendant they got firmly established.
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The fire broke out in a tes shop, situated in the centre of the Lupadu Village which is on the Pootung side, more or less in the Tungkadoo district. The village is surrounded by a bamboo, wall, and adjoins the foreign property, the arch being covered with typical At the godowns the Settlement Chinese houses of the lower class, men concentrated, dampening the frame structures with thatched walls and pouring water on the roofs, others with mud walls, and houses immediately adjacent. The Davies, views and told the Court Mr. Franklin concurred with Mr. many bamboo sheds. The materials wind carried the flames directly that he believed accused would re- were of a nature to burn quickly. towards the river. In the com- habilitate himself in the eyes of There was such a high wind that pound there are about eight build-his fellow men after he had served whatever sentence the Court would the feeble efforts of the villagersings, three facing the burning impose. to put out the fire were unavailing village.
Similarly Mr. Schuhl maked the The Pootung Brigade were handi- It is understood that several mil-Court's leniency and hoped that his capped by shortage of adequate lion dollars worth of foreign pre-honour would see fit to apply the
AT THE perty was within 350 yards of law of probation, which, he said, equipment and no water mains, where the men stopped the spread. had been made for such cases. and the Tungkadoo Brigade's Several foreign steamships were machinery could not be transported ia light boats at the shore. The Settlement firemen, about 19 strong, laid on with 'decision, the strong engines on both floats working' under double pressure. Lines had to be run for 500 yards back from the river, before the men could pro- tect the godowas. It was a case of every man putting his back into it, and according to reports, both foreigners and Chinese worked as hard for two hours as they ever had before.
A Sauve Qui-Pant,
tied up at the wharf and precau- tions were taken at once. One of the vessels had left her berth just as the fire float arrived,
Questioned as to whether he had
anything to say, defendant stated that he understood what his change of plea meant, but that be bad not intended to embezzle, any money..
: -The Judge And Thà Law.
The
"A Search For The Missing. After and during the fire the re-
Hia. Honour thereafter gave a fugees made a pitiful spectacle. sentence of one year and one day Families searched for missing them at McNeill's Penitentiary and told bars. Children were without accused that he would be admitted mothers. Fathers peered here and to parole from that institution_in there for those who they could only the event of good conduct. hope bad escaped. Many persons, case in question had beca a sad who were able to get their belong duty to him personally, Judge inga together left for the Shanghai Purdy said, but his duty was to side long before the firemen had administer justice without fear finished. Undescribable scenes of favour, The great difficulty in anxiety were witnessed at the thess cases of embezzlement, he sail jetties, as parts of families moved further, was that if they were con into a long line of boats which car-doned, others in the same situation ried them to Tungkadoo.
got the idea that they could do these things with impunity and the administration of justice became a farce. Finally, Judge Purdy said that he believed accused's friends they could to help him.--North China Daily New
As the flames swept through the light flimsy houses, a mad scramble The fire created no small amount ensued. Mothers picked up their of excitement on this side of the babies; children of tender years river. The Cystoms Jetty was fill rushed away with no sense of directed with persons, who wondered tion; while their elder brethren whether or not the fre would be here and elsewhere would do all and sisters tried to rescue piles of stopped before the wind blew the bedding or hurried off with family fames to the river. A fortunate valuables. There was such conges few had fine views from the roofs tion in the narrow alleyways, that and upper storeys of buildings on many were trampled upon. Shouts the Bund, while many in the and cries filled the air and, accord-western district were amazed at the ing to one who Wis
present, volume of smoke which was over- screams mingled with the cries of head. fear and terror of grown men and
women.
SCENE IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
STRANGER LEAPS OVER GALLERY BENCHES
CARRIED OUT BY THE ATTENDANTS.
One of the floats stood by throughout the night..
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MODERN. METHODS OF DETECTION.
The chemist as crime detector WAS Caught By The Løg.
the subject of Mr. Henry T1. F. Rhodes, general secretary of the The attendant caught his leg and British Association of Chemists, put his weight on him as he lay who spoke at the annual dinner of stretched on the seat, but the man the London section of the associa put up so vigorous, struggle that |tion. he almost broke away,
"How many men's lives," he An onlooker sitting in the public said, "have hung upon the evidence gallery jumped over the back of the of a small piece of cloth, with per- peers bench to the attendant's haps one minute blood stain, upon assistance, and a, second attendant | it." Is it human" or animal blood 1 ran down the gangway to make sure However small the stain, and, with of the captiva, va bag making of in- limits, however old, the chemist The man, still struggling violently, can decide this perhaps crucial was carried up the gangway out of point of evidence without shadow A middle-aged man created a sensight by the two attendants and the of doubt, sation in the House of Commons on third-person, "obe holding his arms *" It is remarkable how frequent- the evening of April 4th, when, in and the other two each holding a ly even clever poisoners still have recouras to arsenic. It is of the middle of a debate, he jumped from his seat in the gallery, and dasbed from one row of benches to another, leaping over the backs, PERFUMES with attendants in hot pursuit on the floor, and craned their necks in its fatalect
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