CHINA
OFFICES INTRO 3 (CANTON - THIS PAGE NEW MATERIAL)
THE CROWD THEN BURNED THE OFFICES OF BUTTERFIELD AND SWIRES (SHIPPERS FAMOUS ALL ALONG THE CHINA COAST) IN WHICH THE BRITISH INFORMATION DEPARTMENT, DEACON AND COMPANY AND REUTERS WERE HOUSED.
OTHER BUILDINGS WERE ALSO ATTACKED. AMONG THOSE BURNED AND DESTROYED WERE THE PREMISES OF THE CHARTERED BANK AND JARDINE MATHIESON
ALL THE CONSULAR STAFF WERE REPORTED SAFE BUT THE BRITISH VICE-CONSUL, MR. J. K. BLACKWELL, SUFFERED SLIGHT
INJURIES. MR. L. B. WOOD AND MR. J. H. PARKHOUSE,
ON THE STAFF OF DEACONS, AND MR. V. CURTIS WERE SLIGHTLY HURT.
THREE HOURS LATER, GENDARMES, POLICE AND FIRE BRIGADES ARRIVED AND THE CHINESE LEFT THE ISLAND. EVERYTHING WAS LATER REPORTED TO BE QUIET BUT THE FOREIGN COMMUNITY OF ABOUT 150, MOSTLY BRITISH AND AMERICAN, WERE REMAINING INDOORS. REUTER
CHERE PLEASE PICK UP CHINA OFFICES 3 CANTON PRINTER 0858 BEGINNING "THE CHINESE PRESS CONTINUED TODAY TO CHARGE THAT MUCH BLOODSHED..."
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