THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,
SHANGHAI HOTEL SERVANT'S ACT OF CALCUTTA SWEEP
BLAZE.
FIREMEN SAVE THREE FROM DEATH.
THREE FLOORS OF BUILDING COMPLETELY GUTTED.
BIG PROPERTY LOSS.
Shanghai, Fab, 19. Risking their lives in a leaping mass of flames which gutted three floors of the Klang Nau Ilotel, ono of the largest Chinese hostelries in Shanghai firenten of the Settle men. Fire Brigade from Central Fira Station, yesterday, battled their way through the blze and reseued three persons from certain The fire caused a loss of thou sands of dollars in furnishings, personal belongings and other pro perly. The crane of the fire had not been definitely determined Into
death.
REVENGE.
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EUROPEAN MURDERED ́ÍN JUNGLE.
BURMAH TRAGEDY.
CHANGES.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1929.
JUNK RAIDED OFF CASTLE PEAK,
DISASTROUS FIRE IN SHANGHAI.
MAY NOW BE DIVIDED INTO BOAT MASTER'S SON INJURED NINE HUNDRED PEOPLE MADE
THREE.
SMALLER PRIZES..
BY SHOT.
ROBBERS SCARED, OFT,
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HOMELESS:
POOTUNG BLAZE.
An armed raid on a junk off Calcutta, Feb. 14. Rangoon, Feb. 2.. News has been received by the If present indications materi-Tung Lung Chau Island, Castle Bombay Burmah Trading Corpora-alise It is probable that the cra Peak, was reported at the Castlodestroyed, 11 junks and campans tion that Mr. J. A. E. Upton, one of huge prizes in the Royal Peak Police Station shortly after of their forcat assistants, suc- Calcutta Turf Club sweep on the 9 o'clock, last night. cumbed at Katha Hospital to Derby has come to an end. wounds in the head caused with a heavy knife while he was lying in bed near Kunchoang, In Mengmit State, early on the morning of Jan. 26,
The assailant obtained possession of Unton's gun and subsequently shot dead two of his servants be fore making off into the jungle with the weapon..
Shanghai, Feb. 20. More than 200 houses were burned to the water's edge and more than 900 men, women and children rendered homeless in a spectacular firo yesterday after- noon on the Pootung side of the river which caused a property loss of thousands of dollars and which for a time threatened godowns and wharven of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire.
From the account given to the The committee of the club has police by To Yau-kuen, who is reserved the right to decide before master of fishing bont No. 6653A, this year's sweep is drawn whether it would appear that two men or not it will be divided into three boarded the junk while it was at parts, there being three draws for anchor at the ferry wharf at Tung each hurse. No decision will be Lang Chau island. The intruders taken until all the tickets have chine alongalde in a sumpan and been Issued, but I am informed it was noticed that after the two Prompt response and efficient that the majority of members are men had boarded there were two work on the part of fire-fighters of the Settlement Fire Brigade likely to be in favour of a triple more in a waiting boat. The mystery surrounding his draw, on account of the increas One of the men produced a re-prevented loss of life and a for death was solved by the discovery ingly large sums paid to the win- volver and covered the immates, heavier loss of property. Only later in a monastery garden, at Kunda village, of the body of her of the chief prizes in recent who included two fokis, the mas- one life was lost as the result of Upton's assailant, his table bay, years. These huge prizes have ter's wife, a son and a daughter. the fire-that of a cat. The cat, drawn to the sweepstake an amount The second robber proceeded to badly burned while trying to Maung Kyaw.
Kynw, who is believed to have of publicity which many members cut the anchor rope, and, on see-escape from a burning house, was aitot himself on the night of the of the club regard as undesirable, ing this, the master realised that mercifully put to death by Station
Station. murder with his victim's gun, was and after last year's race it was they intended to anil the boat Omeer Caynes, of Central Fire The First Alarm,
The fight against the fire was arrested last September in con- freely stated that a change in the away. He raised a protest and at
No doubt "Save Life!" The master then directed by Capt. J. Gordon Dyaon, It was after 3.30 o'clock yester nexion with the theft of a sum of process of making the draw would the same time his wife cried out
of the Shanghai Fire on the day afternoon when the first alarm money from Upton, but was sub probably be made, was turned in. The hotel faces onsequently released for want of auili- most of the people who take rushed at the pirates, one of whom Chief
evidence. Fresh evidence chances in the sweep would wel-fired, the shot grazing the nose Brigade, who remained eient.
scene until the flames were com- Avenue Edward VII, the numbers being 18 to 137 Avenue. Edward came to light recently, however, come the greater opportunity of of the muster's son.
substantial prize The master himself jumped into pletely under control VII, and the hotel exterating to the and Maung Kyaw was on the point obtaining a rear in the direction of the Rue de of being rearrested when the mur- which a triple draw would afford the water, but before he had swum
der was committed.
even though there would be no len yards, he heard his wife shout- Consulat for a half block.
The murders of Upton and his further chance of winning such a ing to tell him that the robbers had fled. The master's son, 'des- twa servants were so carefully and prize na £250,000.
Last year the first prize amount-pite his injury, chased the robbers deliberately planned that it seems probable Maung Kyaw got news of led to the record sum of £240,000, ashore, but his efforts proved un-houses, then a narrow roadway his impending arrest when he went The Calcutta Turf Club ticket availing.
last night.
An employee of the hotel near- Ing the establishment noted a red tongue of flame shooting from a window on the third floor of the building.. He raised the alarm and the French Concession Brigade responded.
Fire
Fire Fought From Rear.
The French Concession firemen
for aid.
to Kunehong, on the night of Jan,which drew the winner, Felstead,
25. He returacil to Upton's camp was held by Mr. W. H. E. Webb,
Fire at Wa Tung. Wharf The fire was at the Wa Tung Wharf, Pootung. Back of the wharf was a row of Chinese bordered by another row of houses nt right angles to the river. the rear of the second row houses is a narrow creck, which
To
of
dining the night, entered his tent, a member of the staff of Turner, THE POLICE RESERVE. was dry owing to low tide. Then and hit Upton, who was in bed, Morrison and Co., of Calcutta, who three times over the head with was in Singapore when he received
The two servants whom he mur dered were fellow villagers of his,
came another narrow roud with another row of houses.
battled the Banes from the rearvy knife. There is evidence the nows, Later it transpired ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT
The Bre broke out in the middle of the building hot finding the he got possession of Upton's that Mr. Webb was not the actual
WEEK.
row of houses between' the creek blaze paining on them and their before murdering him. He apparatus inadeguate to combat then went to the servants Sleeping winner, as he had disposed of the
Hongkong Police Reserve Or- and the godowns. The latter deliberately shot ticket to Mr. Ibrahim Dawood quarters and it, enlled upon Central Fire Station Upton's cook dead, then went to Kazi, a Bombay timber merchant.ders, by the Hon. Mr. I. D. C. structures were threatened and B. and S. officials, realizing that the the Bombay Barnih Truling Cor- The ticket was actually in the Wolfe, C.M.G., Captain Superinten-fre was gafuing and that the Central Fire Station men under petation's bungalow at Kanchong, name of Mr. Kazi's eight-montha-dent of Police, state:
Chinese firemen were unable to Chinese Company. Station Commander King respond-use three miles distant and on the old baby, but quarter shares were
cope with the situation, notified ed and began a fight on the flames back of the verandah shot dead a disposed of to Mr. Charles Murray,
"First Aid to the Injured," the Settlement Fire Brigade and from the front of the burning table hoy employed by Upton. an Irish resident in Bombay, and building. Three fire watrons from Home of the servants saw him run Mr. Anthony Rozario,; a Gonnese, Class for instruction in First Aid asked for assistance.
will be held at the Company's Central were on the scene,
also of Bombay.
The Customs and Brigade floats Headquarters on Wednesday, responded at once and attacked Freach firemen ran up an exten-ping away with a gun.
February 27th, at 5.30 p.m. sharp. the flames from each end. By sión ladder at the rear of the
Signalling. The Signalling that time the Chinese houses were building and turned two ineffective
Squad will attend at the Com-re and the flames had spread to streams of water in the burning
pany's Headquarters for practice the helpless sampans and Junka struckare. The flames gained more headway und
in Morse and Semaphore under lying in the dry creek. As each sum spread to a
Crown Sergeant R16 Ow Young craft caught fire those on board (Continued from Page: 1.), Kin Hang on Wednesday, February jumped into the soft mud and
27th. at 6,30 p.m. sharp. were brought away in aeroplanes on Examination in Part 2.-There gained the shore, no lives being Sunday, As, however, some Ger-will be no examination in Part 2 man nationals were either unable, of Training Course, on Thursday, or unwilling, to wind up their February 28th, owing to Head- affairs in timo to leave by aero-quarters being occupied for a plane, the German. charge, special function, D'affairs, Baron Von Plessen, wash taken in a British machine to
amall building directly at the rear of the hotel. The French firemen then mounted to the roof of the small building and from that Vantage
several point poured streams of water into the flaning mary.
FURTHER. MUTINY IN SHANTUNG,
(Cântinued from Page 1)
Vilinged Razed.
Traffic Suspended.
Chefoo, Feb. 25. Meanwhile all trallid on Avenue
The military situation is un- Edward VI was completely changed, but the Japanese are pended and the street was lined evidently alting every precaution, with thousands of foreigners and in additions to the three destro window in the vicinity of the recruiser Kiso arrived yesterday Chinese watching the fight. Every yers already here the Arst-class and many rooftops held their with an Admiral aboard. In ad quota of onlookers.
Dirceted by foreign offers ofdition, severni destroyers are re-
maining at Lungkow. Central Suition, firemen ran up an
The US. cruiser Trenton ar- extension ladder at the front of the rived this morning. ' building and mounted to the roof It is reported that fifty villages of the hotel. They also penetrated south of Chno Yuen, nehr Lang through the thick, black smoke kow, have been razed by Lui into the building and to the very Kai-tal in revenge for Ute death heart of the flames, In a smoke of a Lieutenant. Ying Tsang, who Alled roun
floor on the second
was killed by village guards. Central Station firemen heard a cry.
Looting Rife,
Later. The loss of life in the razed villages is unknown.
Crashing their way through the door the firemen rescued amin and a woman, both nearly overcome by smoke. From another room un the same floor a cry was heard. In The vernacular papers state that this room the firemen found an 11- Chang Chung-chang went to Lai- year-old girl. Flames were al-yang yesterday, rendy darting about the
room,
Refugees from Kangyu, stute which was filled with smoke. The that Iluang Feng-chi'n soldiery girl was carried to the street while thousands cheered,
Rescued Persons Revived. The three rescued persons were revived, the man and woman slat- ing that they were awakened in a smoke-filled room and had been unable to locate the door, having lost all sense of direction. The young girl had been left alone by her parents and was asleep at the time the fire broke out. The girl to the hospital, given was taken
her treatment and returned to parents.
When the alarm was first sound- ed scores of frightened Chinese rushed to the street, the majority carrying their personal belongings, but more ambitious ones returning and carrying out trunks, boxes and other property.
Nearby structures were threa! tened for a time and this resulted in considerable furnishings being moved to the street while the fire. raged.
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Spectators Drenched.
At one stage of the fire a hun- dred or mare of curfous Chinese surged within a few inches of the Jabouring firemen on the street. A hose burst and the on-lookera were drenched as they made a mad rush to escape the water..
Late last night a hysterical woman complained that her hus-i band, with whom the occupied a
had been promised, as an induce- ment, three hours' looting; conse- quently many villages in the vicinity of last week's fighting This in were thoroughly looted. confirmed by Liu Chen-nion's soldiery returning from the front with much money extracted from Huang Feng-chi's captured soldi-
cra.
Liu's men state that in the event! of defeat they would loot. before their departure, hence the chants are very nervous and busi- ness is at a standstill-Reuter.
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BOMBAY OUTLOOK.
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SITUATION STILL REMAINS NORMAL.
London, Feb. 25. Earl Winterton, Under-Secretary for India, stated in the House of Commons to-day that the situation in Bombay was now and had been for days, normal,-British Wire less."
THE PEKING TROUBLE.
Peking, Feb. 25,
In connexion. with the strike of
room on the 1st floor, had perished. Legation Quarter poilce, special In the blaze. The husband, it was police and soldiery maintained a later learned, was located and stated vigil round the Quarter all night that he had not been in the hotel at long, and the situation today is the time-Shanghai Times,
normal-Reuter.
BRILLIANT WORK BY R.A.F.
lost.
Thousands Watch Blaze,
The flamea and the huge column of smoke were visible for miles around and drew thousands of Flying Sqund.
persons to the scene. The two The next instructional patrol offre floats poured heavy streama Kabul at the end of last week to the Hongkong Section will take of water on the names from each place on Thursday, March 7th. end, meeting in the centre when of the German minister, who is in Fall in at the Central Police the binze had been extinguished. watch over their interests in place. ill-health.
Station at 5.15 p.m., sharp. Dress The Settlement Fire Brigade was As an indication of the strict!
notified of the fire at about 1.10 p.m. and returned to the Settle. neutrality which the British Gov--Winter Uniform.
Sharpshooters' Company. crament are maintaining, towards Afkhan affairs, arrangements have Revolver practice will be carried ment about 4 p.m. after gaining been made for the British consular out at Kennedy Road Range on complete control over the blaze. representatives in Jellalabad and Sunday, March 3rd. at 10.00 a.m. Kandahar also, to withdraw to Members will assemble at the Peshawar whither they are pro-Range at that time, with belts and holsters with revolver. Uniform ceeding by train and motorcar.
By'n curious coincidence, the de- loptional. parture of the British minister "Defendu" Class. This will be from Kabul to-day coincides with held as usual on Monday, March the seventh anniversary of the date 4th. at Police Headquarters at on which the British Legation 5.30 p.m., under Sergeant R. J. crossed the Afghan border.lunt, Dress-Mufti. British Wircleta,
(Sgd) D. L. KING, D. S. P. (R)
BY MEA ZERVICE, ING.
"The boss wouldn't daro talk to me like that, if he didn't
know my wife was ou t'of a job just now."
Authorities of Pootung late last night were providing shelter for the night for the 900 homeless persons whose places of residence were destroyed.
In addition to the 200 homes, 11 junks and sampans, the fire destroyed a considerable quantity of wood oil and cotton on the wharf and in the godowns. Several of the godowns were damaged by the flames,
FOR. THE S.P.C.A.
FANCY DRESS AND MASKED BALL,
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It is some timas, since a fancy dress and masked ball organised by the Society for Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, but a large number of local residente will remember the highly success- ful functions held in the past. It nowa will therefore be welcome that another such event is to bo held at the Peninsula Hotel on March 8th.
There is no necessity, to stresa ho excellent work performed in Hongkong by the S.P.C.A., but in order to ensure an uninterrupted continuance of the Society's activi- ties, It is imperative that the limit ed financial resources be augment- ed from time to time. The idea of holding a masked ball is a happy one, for, as we mention above, similar events held in years gone by proved extremely popular and enjoyable.
No efforts are being spared to make the night of March 8th, a memorable one, and it is expected that there will be a great demand for tickets. Dancing will continue until 2 a.m., and with the Peninsula Hotel as the venue of revelry, as- Burance is given that the catering, music and environment will leave nothing to be desired..
The function is. under the patron- Age of His Excellency the Governor, Sir Cecli Clementi, K. C. M. G.
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