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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 4, 1939.
THIRTY-ONE DEAD, EIGHTEEN INJURED, IN DISASTROUS SHANGHAI STREET FIRE
VERY SIMILAR TO THE disastrous fire at West Point last Monday, in which nine persons, in- cluding women and children perished, a serious outbreak occurred last night in Shanghai Street, Kowloon.
TWO-WAY BLOCKADE
IN FORCE
London, To-day.
Dramatic scenes were witnessed when the inmates of the burning buildings rushed to verandahs and windows shouting for help, being cut off from es-upon its fourth month and cape down the staircases.
Several, in agony, resulting burns, took flying leaps from
buildings.
Others walted until
from
the
Aire
BALTIC
STATES
brigades arrived with canvas sheets,
Two women and two girls were killed Instantly when they crash- ed to the road below, and 21 others were injured and taken to hospital,
Later in the evening when the fire was under control, firemen unearthed ten charred bodies, in- aluding those of three children, burnt beyond recognition. Some 15 persons were still miss- ing last night.
TWO HOUSES GUTTED
The fire broke out on the first floor of No. 482, Shanghai Street, occupied. by cotton-wool dealers and fanned by a strong wind rapidly spread to No. 480.
Thrilling rescues were made by the fremen, who climbed jad- ders and rescued several children and bables from the blazing houses. Mr. C. W. Brand, of the Kowloon Fire Brigade, ran up the ladder to a burning verandah and with the aid of his assistants re- scued three adults and a baby.
The overcoat of Mr. Johnson Kong,
Scout master of the 8th Kowloon
Troop, was converted into a jump- ing sheet which was extended for several persons to jump into. Several
escaped injuries this way.
DEATHROLL NOW 31
The deathroll resulting from the disasterous fire in Shanghai Street last night is increasing and is be- lieved will rise to over 50 casualties. The latest police report reads: "Removed to the mortuary, "4 female bodies, aged between 1 and 4 years;
"7 females bodies, aged between 4 and 12 years;
"17 female bodies, aged between 20 and 50 years;
"male bodies, aged between 20 fnd 50 years and
"1 body, sex unknown."
Ettora Pellagatti, thé, noted", "get. Hist, who la faking part in- u. Callo and'. Planó recital in'" the Rose, Room of the Peninsula Hotel on Thursday at 9.30 p.m..
TO CONFER
Tallinn, To-day.
The Foreign Ministers of Lat- via, Lithuanla and Esthonia are meeting here on Thursday and Friday,
It is stated that the principal topic of conversation will be the economic situation, especially foreign trade in connection with economic warfare.-Reuter.
GREAT-AUNT OF KING PASSES AT AGE OF 91
London, To-day.
To-day, the
war
enters
there comes into operation the Order-in-Council signed by the King last Monday which, as a reprisal for Ger- man violations of the laws and customs of war, provides for further restraint of her commerce by making liable to seizure German exports in neutral ships.
The doctrine of 'ancient.
reprisals is very
forbid
The celebrated example of its ap- plication occurred during the Napo- leonic Wars when Bonaparte illegal- ly made Berlin, decrees to neutral trade with England.
England replied by Orders-in- Council which had the object of cut- ting off all enemy commerce. ·
WAR EXAMPLE
A more recent example occurred in the last war when a situation very similar to the present one arose by reason of the illegal German sub- marine and mine action, which was answered by an Order-in-Counell on March 11th, 1915, and again to-day seeks to prevent enemy commerce without danger to life at sea and without involving loss to neutral in- terests by confiscation.
German action taken against Bri-
neutral cargoes but neutral life.
British Wireless.
The death is announc-tish commerce on the contrary threa- tens not only neutral shipping and ed of the great-aunt of His Majesty the King, Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll.
Princess Louise died at her Ken- sington Palace home at the age of 91, after an illness of many months.
The Princess was the first English princess to marry a commoner.
Her husband, the ninth Duke Argyll, died on May 2, 1914. Reuter. No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. Princess Louise was the fourth daughter of Queen Victoria.
of
She accompanied her husband, the Duke of Argyll, when he went to Canada as Governor-General.
The surviving children of Queen Victoria are Duke of Connaught and Princess Beatrice.-British Wireless,
CLEANING UP DEBRIS IN HELSINKI
Helsinki, To-day. While fighting continues on the eastern front, the capital of Finland passed a relatively quiet day and the people were engaged yester- day in cleaning up the debris.
A German steamer which is in harbour, with 600 · Germans ́ ́, aboard for evacuation is likely to leave to- day and its presence may have been partly responsible yesterday for the inactivity of Soviet airman.
It is revealed, that a woman pilot was found among the crew of a Russian plane which was brought down after machine-gunning streets of Helsinki, Reuter.
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