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BY ELEANOR EARLY.

CHAPTER XXVI.

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THE HONGKONG TELEGRAPH,

VICTIMS BURIED IN RUINS.

(Continued from Page 1)

MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1929.

HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE,

were in Ise The fire escapes of the building most affected and House Street, that being the side the side from which the majority The of hotel residents, jumped. escape only reached up to the third floor, however,

AMAZING ESCAPES.

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HONGKONG AND SHANGHAI BANKING CORPORATION.

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Chinese Barra The accounted for. "boya" tell stories of first run- ning down from the upper floors, only to and that the normal way of escape was blocked by smoke and flames. The majority of them appear to have made their escape by the bridge leading from the Building. None of them saved King Edward Hotel to Alexandra their belongings, however; and three boys are believed to have are stated to be Ng Gor-yin, To Chat and been injured. They Loung Kwan.

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(Continued from Page 1) Edward Hotel, on the Des Voeux Road aide, were well alight and it was obvious that nothing could save Mr. W. Woods,

the upper part of the building. Mr. William Woods, whose body

At this time, three lines of hose indeed was willing, but her intel- was found in the hotel, was the wore being worked, but the flames Far Eastern representative of had got such a force hold that they lect was weak.

Finally it seemed They sat on the gallery and

his the W. E. Woods Company, of had little effect. Flames shot out the verandahs and those watched the bougainvillen climb-daughter that he had rather die Wellington, New Zealand, owners from ing in the moonlight. And Hollis than continue to live with Maizie. of the Great Woods Peppermint standing in the doorway of the brought out his gultar and sang To bear with her cheap extrava- Cure. Ho was found dead in his Bank of East Asia could easily foel ballads of breaking hearts, and gances. Her trivial chatter. And bed by Aromen at 9 o'clock this the heat. lovely ladies, and summer moons. her inconsequential mind. Joe morning, in a room on one of the

about "a beggar with Ashe loved beautiful And one

thinga. upper floors, He has been suffer- knots in her voice."

Maizie had a soul for trash. And ing from a severe chill and had "That's like Monu," sald Ashton Joe-weakly had laid him been, confined to his bed for the reth, "she had knots in her voice." down-and died.. Leaving a tidy greater part of the week. Mr. He took her hand and kissed tie insurance. And a remark Woods, who was an Australlas, had been in Hongkong for the Jable letter to his daughter. "Now don't talk about Mona,"

Ashteroth swallowed the lump past two months on business.

Canton Governor's Escape. ho admonished. "I can't have you in her throat; and went on.

General Chan Ming-shu, the Feeling badly, you know....Tell me, Ashtoreth-are you happy. "After he died," she said, "we

Civil Governor of Kwangtung, and simply didn't know what to do.

Commander of the 11th. Nation- So "Happy" she cried. "I'm sim- Mother was all broken up.

alist Army, who came down from ply thrilled to death! It's dread- Sadie's mother-Mrs. Morton

By 4.30 the top floor of the Savoy Canton on Thursday last en route fully exciting, you know-being she's a wonderfully good-hearted

Hotel was well alight, fierce flames to Shanghai to attend the Third compromised by a famous person soul-sho insisted upon taking us

in. We were so glad to be able M. Paul Etienne Baille, who is shooting out over the verandahs. Kuomintang National Congress, like you."

"I wish you wouldn't talk that to clasp a friendly hand that it amongst those killed, has been Lines of hose littered Chater Road, had a lucky escape. General Chan way," he objected. "You know didn't make a bit of difference who identified by his Consular papers Ice House Street and Des Voeux was staying at the King Edward I'm fearfully concorned about the Montons were or what they be the slago magielan and Road. The full equipment of the Hotel with his wife and his oURRENT ACCOUNTS ő is LOCAL were. Tliey're just as common as ilusionist, who, under the profes- Fire Brigade was soon brought to secretary, Mr. Chung, Mr. Chung | for one year or aborter periode in LOCAL what people may say,"

"Oh please," she besought, on outbreak, a big fire World font being moored at the Star

Ferry pier and

her searchlight "don't begin your profound and And uneducated and everything. cently appeared at the

But they were beautifully kind to Theatre. proper lamentations again."

Lines of hose were also taken up He propped his guitar against mother and me....and I'm a per- The deceased' was to have left playing full into Ice House Street. the rail and leaned toward her, fect little beast to feel superior to for Saigon laat week, but postponed

his departure in order to make a into Princo's Building and from "Young lady," he warned, "Fm Sadie!"

trip to Canton. He only returned the upper ateroys streams of water

my dear?"

à roue and rogue.""

She laughed delightedly.

Ashloreth finished bravely.

An eye-witness of the fire states of the unidentified that опо Chinese, who has been reported killed died when ne jumped from the 3rd floor and fell right through a jumping sheet.

French Ilusionist,

Down Ice House Street, the fire spread only on the upper floors and at this time it was obvious that terrible disaster would occur,

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Spreads to Savoy.

missing and is belleved to have been killed.

General Chan Ming-shu was to have left on the es. Khyber yester- He was in the same room with his day but his departure was delayed.

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"After all," she declared, "Mrs. yesterday, waiting for the next were poured into the Kine Edward.wife, in the second floor. The{ducted by the HONGKONG AND BHANGHA) Bills of Exchange and Cable

"Oh, I know," she assured him.Morton was mother's friend." "I've read just columns and col- umns about you, And whole sheets in the Sunday supplements ....That's why it's such fun."

"Tell me, really," he urged, and his voice was lowered confiden- tially. "What do you think about mo 7"

He It a cigarette before replying. "I'll be darned if I know," he

steamer to go southwards. He was a native of Montpelier, France.

The deceased's Chinese boy, who was engaged here and who had a sisted him at stage performances, was also alaying in the Hotel.

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Despite the uge volume of couple awoke to find the building obtained on appliation water poured into the buildings, in flames.

fire continued to spread.

General Chan lost no time to BANKING CORPORATION. On the Des Voeux Rond side the upper floors were quickly gutted, assisting his wife, and dashed falling debris sending up huge out on to the verandah. From At the time of the disaster he was showers of sparks which at one there they were seen by firemen

to jump into a sheet. in a servants" room on the top floor, time threatened Alexandra Build-in the street, who called to them and made a timely escape by crossing. ing the way connecting with Al- exandra Building.

Both Madame and General Chan As a precaution, the sun blinds on the verandahs of Alexandra jumped one after the other from Bulidinga were takon down by the second floor and were saved. office employees in order to remove They were admitted to the Govern- Inflammable material from the ment Civil Hospital at 4 a.m. range of the showera of flying

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Aahtoroth, unfortunately, had no illusions about her mother, She was furtively ashamed of Inizic, and had come to lie about her. Pretending that she was cul- tured and educated, and a fine "Well," she said. "I think lady. Now, for the first time, she Not you're awfully nice and quite was about to tell the truth.

General Chan's Injuries. handsome, and terribly clever. the entire truth. But enough to And you've the nicest moustachel" save her pride, if the great and

To friends who called on him at She reached and touched it famous Hollis dart should ever

mean more to her than million- the Government Civil Hospital, gently.

"Now what do you think aboutires usually mean to their steno- this morning, General Chan Ming-sparks.

graphers.

shu said he was at frat consi- me?" she parried.

Top Floors Fall In. Hollin was patting her handderably worried over the safety of his wife, in consequence of which,

The fire raged most fiercely on sympathetically, and she was en-delaying a trifle too long, he was couraged to continue.

hend, but escaped in the nick of 4.30 the streams of water were said, "I have read that there are end. He climbed down the side beginning, to take effect, but it was three kinds of inheritance."

and Alexandra Building. 800n fell in, sending more showors

Residents in the Savoy Hotel nearly burned out. These floors of sparks high into the air..

Spectacular in the extreme, the last night were Mr. Pearman, Mr. and child, fire was watched by a compara, and Mrs. M. Taquel tively small crowd, due to the early Mrs. Edmondson and two children, T. Geall, Mr. C. Klon, Mr. G. E. Chinese fokis left their quarter Wetton. Mr. and Mrs. Mancini, London Dankwer-Halenal Provincial ma in full force to watch, the fire, Miss M. Manuk, Miss A. Seabrook, and the crowd was soon reinforced

Mr. Mullen Phillips,

(U.S.A. by a number of Europeans, several Mr. T. H. Raydt, Mr. Keller, Mr. of whom were in night attire and Navy), Mrs. O. Peterson, Mr. and

Mrs. H. J. Best. dressing gowns.

admitted.

"Do you think I'm nice?" she prodded,

He nodded solemnly. "Awfully

nico."

"Beautiful," he corrected.

"And pretty 7"

"And clever?" -

He laughed,

"Now that's just it," he pro-

clever, or you're awfully

"Speaking of my father," she burnt rather severely about the the Des Voeux Road side, but by at the moment. The majority

made

fro

their way down the escape; leading down to the alley

"Yes?" Hollis seemed interest-of the building to the lower floors apparent that the top floors were running between the Savoy Hotel!

"

ed, "It's a long time since I've and dropped. the remainder of the studied the laws of inheritance, distance to the ground.

His wife had an equally remark I'm afraid I've forgotten all about

able escape, and both are now at them."

"Well, there's 'blended' inherithe Government Civil Hospital, General suffering from burna.

cause I memorized it,

That sounds

nounced. "You're either awfully dance. "Ashtoreth told him, "where Chan was severely injured about hour at which it broke out. Mr. and Mrs. 3. C. Larson, Mr. Wi

dumb, the child bears the marks of com- face, most of his hair being my dear. Probably you're cleverposite authorship. Most women are, I think. I'm ake a book," she explained. "be burnt off his head. very stupid fellow myself."

weeks old, the night she dreamed "Oh, no you're not" she pro-i "Prepotent" inheritance, where It.

"I've heard my father tell about "Ask your little friend Sadie," one parent, or remoter ancestor,

is supposd to be most effective in it a hundred times.He was sound ho suggested,

stamping the offspring.

asleep, and mother was lying on la chest. There was moonlight on where the character of the child her back, with her arm flung across is definitely that of one

ances-her face. And her hair was spread

tested.

But Ashtoreth did not want to talk about Sadic.

"She's not really my friend."

she explained.

"But you lived together "be ex- claimed.

-

"And exclusive inheritance,

Such residents of the King Only the two upper floors of the Edward and the Savoy Hotel an

Most of the residents by water. tion at the St. Francis, the Metro- remainder being badly damaged escaped in good time, the majority could get out found accommoda-Savoy Hotel were burned out, the pole and elsewhere.

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She paused well pleased with across the pillow like a golden. The efforts of the Brigade in ice by means of the hotel's fire escape. Capital (fully paid up) ....................X, 108,015,10 | Capital fully paid-u Frs. 50,000,000

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her little bit of erudition.

"And which inheritance,"

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"Carthage,' she said

1:

And Judith of Tyre."

Houso Street, directed from the Mr. M. Manuk, Secretary of the Tea ******...... 181,26. Special working When Upper floors of Prince's Building Dairy Farm Co., who usually re-

That, undoubtedly, required an quired Hollis politely, "is yours Dido was queen.And Cleopatra. soon began to have an effect and sides at the hotel, is away in

"Oh, mine is 'exclusive.'' And now, thought explanation. Ashtoreth, was as good a time as toreth declared. any.

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Shanghai, but his sister occupied Ascandria way to dense volumes of "Daddy woke up, and laughed, give. Then, bending above her, he drew smoke, which filtered through the room in the hotel. As she has away, horrified....For mother's streets of the city. Even Wynd-been sick latterly, the management Boar

speedily got out of the building. of the somnum shortly after 4.30 a.m.

The damage to the Savoy 18 unseeing eyes eyes were staring the dreadful, ham Street was choked with smoke took every care to see that she Besos Arte

fully covered, we are informed, by bulist. And her voice was strange- ly pitched, and foreign.

A detachment of men from the insurance with several foreign "She woke with a dreaful start. And closed her eyes, and passed Royal Navy arrived about five and Chinese firms.

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"I inherited solely from "my father."

her "Indeed?" Hollla stroked "Well, it was like this," she ex-

"You see, plained.

my father hand absently. "You know I had was 16.. I was in an idea you were very like your died when I

(Public mother, I remember of your tell- school at the time." school, of course, but Mr. Harting me how she had named you might think it was boarding for the moon goddess of old Egypt, school). "And poor daddy didn't because of her interest in the rell leave any money to speak of-just gluns of pagan people. 'You told a little insurance. He was a me that she was rather a student tried to laugh, and comfort her. suddenly summoned,

uarrow alleyway between the King She seemed so frightened. But she were equipped with top boots sufficient intensity to jump the newspaper man the most bril-fof antiquities" lant person! He wrote editorials,]

helmete, axea and life-lines. Di talk. and I guess if he had lived he of the dark because the man bo drew away from him, and began to land brought along with them gas Edward block and Alexandra

were issued through Building. "They were coming across the rections

The worst of one of Hongkong's would have been very famous."elde her could not see the tell-

most terrible fires had been seen (No need to tell Mr. Hart what an tale colour flooding her pale desert,' she said 'Great caravans, Naval Officers by Superintendent

cheeks, adorable failure Daddy was).

The naval men were detailed to by the break of dawn. As the dark- and apes and peacocks. 'Broideries,

on the "But mother and we didn't "Well," she admitted, "I don't like ships in moonlight. Elephants Brooks.

ESTABLISHED 1912. realize, of course but we were know that mother is exactly a rungs and precious stones. And Prince's Building, where they let ness was lifted, the exterior of the

A most

Head Office:---Hongkong. - upper floors, with roof and win- men...marchlag...marching...down lines and hauled up further hotel, merely blackened awfully extravagant and we drove jatudent. It was really

"Well, naturally, father was lengths of hose. (Maybe unusual thing-the way I happen-

dows missing, gave little real Authorised Captial ..............BILGERIS Daddy almost frantic."

From this stage, the fire was Indication of the utter destruction Pals-Up Fand that sounded like trips to Europe, ed to be christened.Would you like scared to death. You see if you know mother--you simply couldn't and fur coats, and foreign cara-me to tell you about it?

trol. With the additional lines verandahs, was seen the sheet how allly it would be to let him He shifted comfortably in the imagine her talking like that like gradually got under effective con- inside. Hanging from one of the Fund know that Maizie's worst extrava-long, tropical chair that held his a book, I mean. Then she began from the top of Prince's Building, by which Chief Petty Officer kances were trashy what-nots for outstretched legs along its arms. raving about reincarnation. She the Fire Brigade and naval men Philips, of the U.S.S. Asheville,

"I certainly would," he asserted. said she had lived before-in were able to concentrate on to the made a sensational escape.

Firemen broke down the side Egypt. And that he had wor-top floor of the Savoy Hotel and shipped the aun, and the moon. soon the fierce glare died down. door of the King Edward about And lived in a temple, and danced Further up Ice House Street, other

of debris lines of hose directed from Prince's six o'clock in order to get at the before strange gods. So my She loved his small attentions. "Of course daddy told her it was Building also effectively quelled smouldering masses

"Then you must let me got some all a dream-tho funniest kind of the fire in the top floors of the inside. The lines of hose were kept working at full pressure, how- cigarettes," he said, "I'm

a nightmare. But mother kopt on King Edward.

ever, and it seemed likely that never a good listener unless I can insisting the strangest things. She

With the arrival of the naval pumping would go on for the best

were detachment, Bremen said she had been a princess, And

re part of the day. An. the hour Ashtareth dabbed her own eyes smoke."

the Prince of race wooed her in leved from duty at other points to grew later the crowd of specta hastily. She haul loved her father

on the Des Voeux tors Increased, but by this time! wholeheartedly and passionately.

He went into the drawing-room, her marble palaće. Infinitely more than she had ever

"While she was talking like that, concentrate loved her dear,, foolish mother and was back in a moment. As

Hines of hose to the top, and, pour. The official Fire Brigade report There had been a mental compan-he stood reflected in the dooway I woke up, and began to cry. And Read side, where one of the fire there was little to see and gradual- ionship between them that she he struck a match and bent his daddy took me out of my crib and son was placed. Firemen took ly the streets cleared again. could never approach with Maizia head to the flame, She reflected-heated my bottle, and brought me ing streams of water into the top is not available at the moment. Howeve.

"And all of a sudèn, she said. Ithroo storeys, saw the worst part The first call was put through to

of the outbreak gradually die Central headquarters at 8.00, four my down.

engines being sent. Later two dalema "Well, father sald you could In her secret heart Ashtareth quite so handsome as when his face I shall call her Ashtoreth."

more were despatched from the Canton Goods Removed. is half-lighted in the flare of a

out stations. Five motor pumpe Honelaim - attributed her father's death match, Hollis Hart, considering have knocked him over with a

*her mother's . wasteful

This age (he must have been all of fenther, because-though he knew expenditures. Joe

50), wee an extraordinarily hand- a lot about antiquity he had Fears that Alexandra Building were used and both fire flosta. By be a brilliant

dispelled, but ladies were noticed

It is understood that the King Corrapondante. În al principal cities of the Burying as she had said,

·SHAD OPTION (m writer. But he had made the some person. Ashtoreth liked, par never imagined that mother knew might also be involved were now 6.40 am. the fire had been mastered. Kowloon

tieularly, the grey hair at his tem- anything about it.

"Ashtoreth! he cried. What in the premises of Au Petit Louvre Edward Hotel is owned by Mr. Lan werkda

Loane granted: an ag+|| the princip Dusiang transacted:" removing the stock as a precaution Tick-chuck and mortgaged to the very Ameription of Bank and Tukangsarischen, nesek NA mistake-common among men-of

BAYK DEPOSIT, BOXES against possible spread. Fortunate Land Investment Co. for $600,000. price. marrying solely because he had plea. It was quite distingue, she

told herself. As, indeed, it was. found a woman physically attracWell," she said, "once upon ́s

aty, the efforts of the fire-fighters The management of the Hotel was were successful in stemming the under a Chinese syndicate who took tive. Eventually, of course, he time a lady had a dream.. The lady

spread of the flames which were of up the concern In July, 1928. and realized that Malzie's flesh

was my mother. And I was three!

"Ife had a nervous breakdown "But let me get you a pillow frat -poor dear. And the doctors I want to be sure you're quite com Baid it seemed as if he was simply fortalile."

"Oh, but I am," she assured him.

tired of life. It was easier to die than to get better. father just closed his eyes 'one night...and never opened them more again."

·

A spiritual and intellectual intins a hundred thousand women had in to mother.

done before her--that no man is macy.

to

Ashe

1

for?'

For the moon,' said mother, calmly as anything.

(To Be Continued.)

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THE HO HONG BANE, LTD.

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