THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER
17,
TEN DIE IN YAUMATI
HOLOCAUST: CHILDREN
TRAPPED, SUFFOCATED
THE SCENE OF THE TRAGEDY.-The building in Shanghai Street, Kowloon, in which ten people this morning lost their lives. Seven children and their parents were trapped on the top floor,
Japanese In Retreat In South China
CHUNGKING, Nov. 16.
Many, Injured In Jump, Not Expected To Live
A
T LEAST TEN PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND TEN ARE IN HOSPITAL CRITICALLY INJURED AS THE RESULT OF ONE OF THE MOST TRAGIC FIRES IN HONGKONG IN RECENT YEARS.
The outbreak commenced on the ground floor of 227,)
Shanghai Street, shortly after midnight.
Within two hours it had completely gutted the entire
OPERATION
building, in which resided, it is estimated, at least seventy ON QUEEN
or eighty people.
CHINESE
the OF NORWAY
A tragie feature of disaster is that seven of the dead are children whose ages range from two to twelve years. They were members of a refugee
CONVERGE family which was completely wiped
ON CANTON
Japanese Retreat Into The City
CHUNGKING, Nov. 17. SHATTERING THE JAPAN- ESE outer defences, Chinese forces are closing in on Canton and are ready to storm the city! itself, according to military ad- vices.
The main body of the Japanese tops which fell back from various
directions is reported to have PP-| treated into the city waiting for re- inforcements." Over forty Japanest
out by the fire.
Eleven people were critically ir- jured when they were foreed to jump thirty feet from the first floor into an alleyway, thirty feet below.
One of the injured died en route to the Kowloon Hospital, and several of the remaining ten are not expected to survive.
The seven children and thetr parents were, it is now indicated, suffocated to death before the flamts reached them.
They were living on the secund floor and when the only stairway be- como a raging inferno sought escape through the cominusai kitelien at the back of the building.
QUEEN MAUD
FOUGHT THROUGH FLAMES They fought their way through the warships and transports are now flames and reached the kitchen, only busily transporting reinforcements to to find that the only window was Canton for the defence of the city. barred and locked on the outske.
LONDON, Nov. 16. They could not return the way
QUEEN MAUD of Norway After clearing up the Japanese i
underwent on alxiuminal operation remnants al Fatshan, about 10 miles they came and, one by one, tell un- conscious on the poison-laden smoke, southwest of Canton, the Chinese choked off all oxygen from the ill-in London a bulletin states. column advancing along the Canton- ventilated room. Samshui Rollway has reached Shek- wallong, the eastern terminus of the Railway, which lies on the south bank of the Pearl River opposite! Wungsha. It is ready to strike Canton imminently.
at
the Chinese The spearhead of
the columa driving down along Canton-Hankow Railway is now at from iniles Sluping, about seven Canton.
Meanwhile, the Canton-Kowloon at several
Railway has been cut places by the Chinese.
Pokio, Walchow, Tsengshing. Tamshui
re-
She came through the operation The nine bodies were found hud- well, but the next few days cannot led in a comer in the room, burnt pass without some anxiety.-Reuter almost beyond recognition.
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So far as can be uscertained at pre- sent, no other people were on the top floor of the building, although a
examination of ihe thorough debris has not yet been made.
The fire started at 12.20 a.m. In the medicine store on
the ground Geneva. floor of the building.
Berlin.
Two fokis living in the store Paris were the first to raise the alarm. Athens
When they rushed out on to the Brussels street, they left the door leading to
Milan.... the stairway ajar.
Oslo.
In the East River area Trungfa,
been and Lungmoon have all
by the Chinese
of all the people on the first aud harassing attacks
upper floors was almost Immediate-Prague ly cut off,
The draught quickly Bent the Amsterdam
flames shooting up the narrow and..
only passage-way, and the retreat
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AT A PRESS CONFERENCE to-day the Chinese military spokesman reviewed the recent military situation and said that, in Kiangsi the opposing forces were facing each other on the Hsiu River, while sanguinary fighting had taken portedly recaptured
after a series of
Helsingfors. place in the mountainous regions north of Ping-aunched by the regular and guerilla
forces in close co-operation.
New York.. In view of the disruption of their;
The people living on the first floor Bucharest kiang.
Chinese forces had re- | At West Hupeh, he said, the Japan-communication between Dias Buy were driven to the rear of the tene
Lisbon... As were doing their utmost to ad-and inland as a result of the Chinese ment, and their only way of escaping
recapture of treated from Yochow only vance to Sasitih.
Hongkong The polesman refused to reveal have made shui, the Japanese was to leap to the ground below.
Only one or two escaped without Shanghai attempts to re- after inflicting heavy the names of the commanders in the take the town during the last few broken limbs and they quickly dis-had
Bombay Their assaults, however, have appeared in the crowd. casualties on the Japanese Canton counter-offensive but said days.
Among the seriously injured are
Jotchning. in a three-day battle on the that there were capable men," been repulsed by the Chinese.
A squadron of Chinese planes yes an expectant mother and five children. Delgrade Montreat terday morning heavily bombed the The condition of the children is be-
Montevideo Yochow sector.
Japanese at Samshui, and Sainan on lieved to be critical.
Buenos Aires....20.53 the West River, which are still held
| Rio de Janeiro....3 by the Japanese. Heavy damage to
Silver (spot)....19 (3 The Japanese advance on Changsha thele defence works is believed to
Silver (forward).10 is continuing, with two columns have been done by the Chinese ex-
War Loan.. Chinese had recaptured most of striking southward, the first of which plosive dumped. the cities around Canton, includis following the railway from Yachow, Fighting continues to rage between ing Tsinghsing, Waichow, Poklo, while the second is progressing along the Chinese and Japanese around
Regarding South China, the spokesman said that in the f course of a counter-offensive the
He said that the Japanese counter- attacks on Tumshul, cast of Canton had so far been repulsed.
Canton-Kowloon
The
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CHANGSHA
ADVANCE
CONTINUING
Shanghai, Nov. 18.
cast of the rallway,
The
next
Chinese are making determined at
LIST OF INJURED
Of those injured in the fire nine were removed to hospital. One woman was in a grave condition and dled shortly after admission.
The injured included: Chan Po
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MANILA SHARES
The following quotations were re- ceived after the close of the morning session through Reuters:
cast of Canton, and Tsunghus the Tungcheng-Changsha highway. Samshul, Salnum and Malow. The Pung, 13, female: Sit See, 35, female; north-east of Canton.
objectives of these tempts to dislodge the Japanese and Chan Nan, 8, female; Ho Yu, 5, mate; columns Is Sinshih, about seven remove the enemy's menace on the No Kwok Lan, 10, male; Leung Yuk, 30, female: Chan Hing, 20, female; miles east of the railway line which West River. Central News,
Ying. Wong Chan
12, female; Chan will be attacked by the first column,
mnale;
ale; Lai Fang Fat, Leung Chi while the second column will attack
6, male; and an unknown wornan. Pingklang, about 32 miles cust of
The Kowloon Fire Brigade, which the railway.
received the call to the are at 12.48 a.m. and had the outbreak under Antamok
Bogulo Geld Station Ofeer W. Woolard, and Mr. Benguet Cons, C. W. Brain.
This morning the Coco Grove
Consolidated Mines Commissioner of Police, the Hon. T. Demonstrallon H. King, was on the scene of the X.L. accident.
had been cut in several plaers by Lise Chinese troops, and at present all of the Japanese troops from north of Canton had been with Mil River, and are abuut halfway
Both towns are situated on the
Burma-Yunnan
drawn to inside Canton city, die Chungsha from Yochow and Tung-Highway Nears
sperately defending Canton, while clieng respectively, the remaining anxiously awaiting reinforcementa distance in each case being about 44 He said that over 40 Japanese warmlica, ships were reported to be sailing
Fires are still raging Changsha
northward up the Pearl River to Can-and are now spreading to the north gtate where foreign missionary pro-
ton.
Japanese unit holding Samshut
Completion
London, Nov. 10. "It is hoped that an all-weather
control by 1.40, was In charge of Atok
CHILD'S BODY IN DEBRIS Besides the bodies of two adults had suffered heavy losses as result of fatty is situated. There are still road from Loshio to Yunnanfu will Chinese counter-attacks, and he said Include of foreigners in Chungshu, be open to regular traffic shortly.
including 30 Germans, mostly
"The practicability of constructing and seven children found on the that despite the Japanese intention missionaries, and aiso several railway is. I understand, being second floor of the gutted house, the cross the Yellow liver from Shunst businessmen.—Trans-Oṛton,
examined by financial interesta con- body of a child was found among
the debris on the first door. and north Honan, the Chinese, de-
cerned." fence around the loop of the Yellow
This reply was given by Mr. R. A. Alver bad tightened, and it was be-
Butler, Under-Secretary for Foreign lieved that the Yellow River defence was unpenetrable.
The spokesman, riving a bird's-eyc view of all the fronts said that-in North China the Japancte were anxious to occupy the entire Pelping- Hankow railway by attacking Cheng- chow, and also to cut the Lunghai railway at Tungkwan by crossing the
Stock Market Affairs, to a question by Mr. Hamilton
Brighter
W. Kerr in the House of Commons
to-day.
Mr. Kerr asked the Prime Minister wheller, in view of Japan's action in "hampering foreign trade carried on
London, Nov. 16. by sea on the east coast of China,
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The Manila market was slightly canler. Prices were unchanged to down 20 points, Benguet Consolidated having lost 20 points, while San Mauricio was the next heavy loser, having lost points. Demonstration and Suyoc were the only two which did not lose..
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