HAVOC IN CANTON CITY
TROUBLE IN KOWLOON AREA
TROOPS SENT/FROM HONG KONG.
(OMTBD PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPIRWHT.)
(REUTERS TELEGRAM.)
(Received 21st October, 9 a.m.)'/ PEKIN, 20th October.
The fire at Canton, was confined to portions of the western district, and was extinguished within 24 hours. Less than a twentieth part of the city.-was burned or looted. Many native banks, porcelain and pawnshops, were destroyed, but few homes, and practically no big companies suffered. A conservative estimate of the damage is ten million dollars.
Chen Chiung Ming troops were reported at Shektan, this side of Sheklung. Distant artillery fire was heard in that direction. A detachment of 60 Indian Grenadiers was dispatched' frdm Hong Kong to Shamin as a precautionary measure, / ■;
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 97, 21 October 1924, Page 7
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118HAVOC IN CANTON CITY Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 97, 21 October 1924, Page 7
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