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I thoupon had the hoses fixed ready for Service at the nearest available point in the direction the wind
was
and awaitos the arrival
In the mean
blowing of fire engines, while despatching troopers tho notify His Exacllong the
aus
Govenor
Authorities.
the Military
aunived
Before the engines the fire had taken so great a hold of the building,
fillen f
as it was
with bales
raw Coston, this all hopes
of saving
the purperty
at mend; whilst the
aus
intricate passages
were
Manow)
in the
neighboorhood coupled with the height of the buildings,
it impossible to
nen dere
employ
the
lu gine
hoses
with effect. Consequently
the
the fire gained grounds
steadily to the South West until it became apparent that the Chinese houses
in that direction. imminent danger-
were in
to the non- arrival
Owing to the
of gun powder it was not practicable the blow down the
nearest
range
of these houses;
i
the
before the fore reaches them; and frum
this
moment
Conflagration spread to the West and South West with
a rapidity that baffid
all attempts
to
ită
stay It is unquestimalle
progress. It is that this
Construction
as
they
vevan
مسلمة
owing
the the
of the houses, built
with wooden
are with
daks, dried at this time of year
Consistency of
to the
Finder
whilst