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.
Shanghal, Feb, 19. Risking their lives in a leaping mass of flames which gutted three floors of the Klang Nan Hotel, one of the largest Chinese hostelties in Shanghai, firemen of the Settle ment Fire Brigade from Central Fire Station, yesterday battled their way through the Blaze and rescued three persons from certain
death.
· REVENGE.
EUROPEAN MURDERED IN JUNGLE.
·
BURMAH TRAGEDY.
Rangoon, Feb. 2.
News has been received by the Bombay Burmal Trading Corpora tion that Mr. J. A. E. Upton, one of their forest nasistants, Buc- cumbed at Katha Hospital 10 wounds in the head caused with a
heavy knife while he was lying in bed near Kunchoung, in Mongmit State, early on the morning of Jan, 20.
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.
The mystery surrounding his death was solved by the discovery later in a monastery garden, at Kundaw village, of the body of Upton's assailant, his table boy, Muung Kyaw,
CHANGES.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1929.
OFF DISASTROUS FIRE- JUNK RAIDED
CASTLE PEAK.
IN SHANGHAL
MAY NOW BE DIVIDED INTO BOAT MASTER'S SON INJURED NINE HUNDRED PEOPLE MADE BY'SHOT,'
THREE.
SMALLER PRIZES.
Calculta, Feb. 14.
ROBBERS SCARED OFF.
HOMELESS.
POOTUNG BLAZE.
Shanghai, Feb. 20. More than 200 houses were destroyed, 11 junks and sampans burned to the water's edge and more than 900 men, women and children rendered homeless in a spectacular fire 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 kedowns and wharves of Messrs. Butterfield and Swire.
An armed raid on a junk off If present indications materi-Tung Lung Chau island, Castle allee it is probable that the era Peak, was reported at the Castle of huge prizes in the Royal Penk Police Station shortly after Caleutta Turf Club sweep on the 9 o'clock last night.. Derby has come to an end.
From the account given to the The committeo of the club has police by To Yau-kuen, who is reserved the right to decide before master of fishing boat No. 6653A, this year's sweep is drawn whether it would appear that, two men or not it will be divided into three bourded the junk while it was at parts, there being three draws for anchor at the ferry wharf at Tung cach horse. No decision will be Lung Chau island. The Intruders Informed it was noticed that after the two. been issued, but I am
Prompt response and efficient taken until all the tickets have came alongside in a sumpan and 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. draw, on account of the increas One of the men produced a re- prevented. loss of life and a far ingly large sums paid to the win- volver and covered the immates, heavier loss of property. Only ner of the chief prizes in recent who included two fokls, the masone life was lost as the result of 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 Kyaw, who is believed to have of publicity which many members cut the anchor rope, and, on Ree- escape from a burning house, was shot 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 raco it was they intended to sail the boat Officer Caynes, of Central Fire arrested last September in con- freely stated that a change in the away. He raised a protest and at
The fight against the fire was No doubt "Save Lifel" The master then directed by Capt. J. Gordon Dyson, It was after 3.30 o'clock yester- noxian with the theft of a sum of process of making the draw would the same time his wife cried out
of the Shanghal Fire day afternoon when the first alarm money from Upton, but was sub-probably be made. was turned in. The hotel faves onsequently released for want of sum- most of the people who take rushed at the pirates, one of whont Chief
scene until the flames were com- Avenue Edward VII, the nunthera cient evidence. Fresh evidence chances in the sweep would wel-fired, the shot gruzing the nose Brigade, who remained on the being 133 to 137 Avenue Edward came to light recently, however, come the greater opportunity of of the master's son.
3 substantial prizej The master himself jumped into pletely, under control. VII, and the hotel extending to the and Maung Kyaw was on the point obtaining 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 ten yards, he heard his wife shout- Consulat for a half block.
further chance of winning such a ing to tell him that the robbers had fled. The master's son, des- prize na £250,000.
Last year the first prize amount-pite his injury, chased the robbers ed to the record sum of £240,000. 4share, but his efforts proved up
Calcutta Turf Club ticket availing..
The fire caused a less of thou- Hands of dollars in furnishings, personal belongings and other pro- perty. The cause of the fire hud not been definitely determined late
last night.
The First Alarm.
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An employee of the hotel near- ing the establishment noted a red Longue of. flame shooting from a window on the third floor of the building. He raised the alarm and
Fronch the
Concession Brigade responded.
:
Fire Fought. From Rear.
for aid.
Fire
row
Fire at Wa Tung Wharf. The fire was at the Wa Tung Wharf, Pootung. Back of the of Chinese wharf was a bordered by another row of houses houses, then a narrow roadway at right angles to the river. To the rear of the second row
The murders of Upion and his two'sorvants were so carefully and deliberately planned that it seems probable Maung Kyaw got news of his impending arrest when he went The to Kunehong on the night of Jan.which drew the winner, Felstead. 25. He returned to Upton's camp was held by Mr. W. H. E. Webb, during the night, entered his tent, a member of the staff of Turner, THE POLICE RESERVE. houses is a narrow creek, which
was in bed, Morrison and Co., of Calcutta, who and hit Union, who three times over the head with.a
was in Singapore when he received
The French Concession fremenavy knife. There is evidence the nowa. Later it transpired ORDERS FOR THE CURRENT battled the flames from the rear that he get possession of Upton's that Mr. Webb was not the actual
WEEK. of the building but #inding the blaze amning on them and their before murdering him. He winner, as he had disposed of the
then went to the servants aleeping ticket to Mr. Ibrahim Dawood Hongkong Polleo Reserve Or- apparatus inadequate to combat
deliberately shot quarters and it, called upon Central Fire Station Upton's cook dead, then went to Kazi, a Bombay timber merchant ders, by the Hon. Mr. E. 1). C. the Bombay Burnal Trading Car The ticket was actually In the Central Fire Station mest underporation's bungalow at Kunchong name of Mr. Kazi's eight-montha Wolfe, C.M.G., Captain Superinten Station Commander King respond-some three miles distant and on the ed and began a fight on the limes back of the verandab shot dead a from the Front of the burning table hoy employed by Upton, Building. Three fire warons from Some of the servants saw him run- Central were on the scene.
French firemen ran up an exten-ning away with a gan. sion ladder
rear of the
The two servants whom he mur- building and turned two ineffective dered werg fellow villagers of his.
streams of water on the burning structure. The flames gained more hendway and ROON Aprend
to a
small building directly at the rear of the hotel, The French firemen then mounted to the roof of the that snl building and from vantage
several point poured streams of water into the flaming mass.
FURTHER MUTINY
IN SHANTUNG.
(Continued from Paŋc 1.) *
Vilinged Razed.
Traffic Suspended,
Chefoo, Feb. 26. Meanwhile all trulle on Avenge
in un-, The military situation Edward VII was completely sus changed, but the Japanese are evidently taking every precaution, pended and the street was lined with thousands of foreigners and as in addition to the three destro Chinese watching the fight. Every window in the vicinity of the fireyers already here the first-class cruiser Kiso arrived yesterday and many rooftops held their with an Admiral aboard. In ad quola of onlookers.
dition, several destroyers are re- maining at Lungkow.
The US. cruiser Trenton ar- rived this morning.
Directed by foreign officers of Central Station, firemen ran up an extension ladder at the front of the building and mausted to the roof
It is reported that fifty villages of the hotel. They also penetrated south of Chao Yuen, near Lung- through the thick, black smoke kow, have been razed by Lai into the building and to the very Kai-tai in revenge for the death heart of the flames. In a smoke-
on the second floor of a Lieutenant. Ying Tsang, who filled room
was killed by village guards. Central Station firemen heard a cry.
Crashing their way through the door the firemen rescued a man and a woman, both nearly overcome by amoke. From another room on the same for a cry was heurd. In this room the firemen found an 11- year-old girl. Flames were al ready darting about the room which was filled with smoke. The girl was carried to the street while thousands cheered.
Loofing Rife.
Later. The loss of life in the razed villages is unknown.
The vernacular papers state that Chang Chung-chang went to Lai- yang yesterday.
Refugees from Kangyu state that Huang Feng-chi's 'soldiery' and been promised, as an induce- ment, three hours' looting; conac- quently many villages in the vicinity of last week's fighting were thoroughly lanted. This Is
Tuang Feng-chi's captured soldi-
Rescued Persons Revived. The three rescued persons were revived, the man and woman stat-confirmed by Llu Chen-nien's ing that they were awakened in soldiery returning from the front a smoke-filled room and had been with much money extracted from 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 'treatment and returned to her 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 trunku, boxes and other property,
Nearby structures were thren- tened for a time and this resulted in considerable furnishings being moved to the street while the fire raged.
Spectators Drenched.
A
At one stage of the fire a hun- dred or more of curious Chinese surged within a few inches of the labouring fremen on the street. hose burst and the on-lookers were drenched as they mada a mad rush to escape the water.
Late last night a hysterical woman complained that her hus- band, with whom she occupled a room on the 1st floor, had perished
ers.
Liu's men state that in the event of defeat they would loot before their departure, hence the mer- chanta are very nervous and busi- ness is at a standstill.-Reuter.
BOMBAY OUTLOOK.
SITUATION STILL REMAINS NORMAL
Londom, Feb. 25. Earl Winterton, Under-Secretary for Indin, stated in the House of Commons to-day that the situation in Bombay was now, and had been for days, normal,-British Wire- fear..
THE PEKING TROUBLE.
Peking, Feb. 25.
In connexion with the strike of Legation Quarter police, special
in the blaze. The husband, it was police and soldlory 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, to-day is the time. Shanghai Times,
normal-Reuter.
old baby, but quarter shares were disposed of to Mr. Charles Murray, an Irish resident in Bombay, and Mr.. Anthony, Rozario, a Coanese, also of Bombay.
BRILLIANT WORK BY R.A.F.
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dent of Police, state;
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Chinese Company.
of
was dry owing to low tide. Then came another narrow road with another row of houses..
The fire broke out in the middle row of houses between the creek
and the godowns. The at structures wore threatened and B. al S. officials, realizing that the
fire was gaining and that the Chinese firemen were unable to cope with the situation, notified the Settlement Fire Brigade and asked for assistance.
"First Aid to the Injured." Class for instruction in First: Aid |will be held at the Company's
The Customs and Brigade floats Headquarters 011 Wednesday,
responded at once and attacked February 27th. at 5.30 p.m. sharp. the flames from each end. By Signalling. The Signalling that time the Chinese houses were Squad will attend at the Com-afire and the flames hand spread to pany's Headquarters for practice the helpless sampans and junks! in Morse and Semaphore underlying in the dry ereck. An cach Crown Sergeant R16 Ow Yeungeraft caught fire those on board Kin Ileng on Wednesday, February jumped into the soft mud and 27th. at 6.30 p.m, sharp.
Flying Squad,
-Winter Uniform.
lost.
Thousands Watch Blaze.
The flames and the huge column of smoke were visible for miles around and drew thousands of persons to the scene. The two fire floats poured heavy streams
end, meeting in the centre when of water on the flames from each the blazo had been extinguished: The Settlement Fire Brigade was notified of the fire at about 1.10 p.m. and returned to the Settle. ment about 4 pm. after gaining complete control over the blaze.
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 time, to leave by nero-quartera being occupied for a
the plane,
German charge, special function. D'affairs, Baron Von Plessen; was taken in a British machine to
The next instructional patrol of Kabul at the end of last week to
place an Thursday, March 7th. watch over their interests in place the Hongkong Section will take of the German minister, who is in Fall in at the Central Police ill-health.
As an indication of the strict Station at 5.15 p.m., sharp. Dress neutrality which the British Gov- ernment are maintaining towards Afghan affairs arrangements have Revolver practice will be carried been made for the British consular out at Kennedy Road Range on representatives in Jellalabad and Sunday, March 3rd. at 10.0o a.m. Kandahar also, to withdraw to Members will assemble at the Peshawar whither they are pro-Range at that time, with boles and holsters with revolver. Uniform By a eurious coincidence, the de- | optional. ceeding by train and motorcar. parture of the British minister "Defendu" Cluas-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 ut on which the British Legation 5.30 p.m., under Sergeant R. J. | crossed the Afghan border. Hunt. Dress-Mufti,
British Wireless,
(Sgd) D. L KING, D. S. P. (R).
OES BY NA NOHVICE, INC.
U.S. PAY, OFTE
Sharpshooters' Company.
"The boss wouldn't dare talk to me liko that if he didn't
know my wife was out of a job just now."
Authorities of Pootung Inte 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 junka and sampans, the fire destroyed a considerable quantity the of wood oil and cotton on 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.
was
It is some time since a fancy dress and masked ball organised by the Society for Pre- vention of Cruelty to Animals, but a large number of local residents will remember the highly success- ful functions held in the past. It will therefore be welcome nowa that another such event is to be held at the Poninsula Hotel on March 8th.
There is no necessity to stress the 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 bull 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 mako 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- surance le given that the catering, music and environment will leave nothing to be dealred.
The function is under the patron- age of His Excellency the Governor, Sir Cecil Clement!, K. C. M. G.
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