owing to the upper floors being chiefly constructed of wood, was
off
was made
way
by cutting the communication by pulling d'oron one of the houses, this was attempted at a house five or sixe doors from the nearech one on fire, but before much propees the flames had made their to the back of the house, at this -time, about twenty minutes to eleven, the military with several Engines arrived and ehortly after strong detachments of seamen from H. Ms. Ships in harbor, the woodwork of several houses at the East end of Lower Bayuar was removed and the walls thrown down by gunpowder, this effectually stopped the fire from proceding castward; in a "Westerly direction the fore rapidly extended and
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communicated to the houses on both sides of the Queen's Road, at this period, one velock, it appeared, almost inevitably, that the district Tai-ping-shan would be consumed, it was then decided to blow clown with gimpowder several other houses and at about half past of one hundred pounds of gunpowdler was fired for that purpose, the object wo's accomplished, but unfortunately, owing it is presumed to an accident to the fuse, the explosion took place before the Officers of Artillery and Engineers and two soldiers had left the house,
the smoke
as Loon as
cleared off frompt aid was afforded and Lients Col. Tomkyns. R. A. Liest+
Wilson, R. C. and two soldiers were brought out much injured, another
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