CO129-126 - Sir MacDonnell - 1867 [11-12] — Page 71

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I thoupon had the hoses fixed ready for Service at the nearest available point in the direction the wind

was

and awaitos the arrival

In the mean

blowing of fire engines, while despatching troopers tho notify His Exacllong the

aus

Govenor

Authorities.

the Military

aunived

Before the engines the fire had taken so great a hold of the building,

fillen f

as it was

with bales

raw Coston, this all hopes

of saving

the purperty

at mend; whilst the

aus

intricate passages

were

Manow)

in the

neighboorhood coupled with the height of the buildings,

it impossible to

nen dere

employ

the

lu gine

hoses

with effect. Consequently

the

the fire gained grounds

steadily to the South West until it became apparent that the Chinese houses

in that direction. imminent danger-

were in

to the non- arrival

Owing to the

of gun powder it was not practicable the blow down the

nearest

range

of these houses;

i

the

before the fore reaches them; and frum

this

moment

Conflagration spread to the West and South West with

a rapidity that baffid

all attempts

to

ită

stay It is unquestimalle

progress. It is that this

Construction

as

they

vevan

مسلمة

owing

the the

of the houses, built

with wooden

are with

daks, dried at this time of year

Consistency of

to the

Finder

whilst