HUGE DEATH ROLL

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 177, 22 February 1933, Page 5

HUGE DEATH ROLL

FIRE IK CHINESE FACTORY Victims Trapped in Burning Building I BOILER~EXPLOSION 1 yress Association.—Copyrights. I Shanghai,' Feb- 21.—A ghastly' ' Industrial tragedy occurred this u morning when a Chinese rub'ber'"' •hoe 'actory. in the Yangsepoo district was ing a boiler explosion.'This death v rollJis estima^«d s a¥ v ßVe'r f, YO&. The victimjPwere t, In4tt£ burn** - "' ing building, which wa^tw&stoKi ' eyed. w*H *r abiT hq

' . '. m,f t &s,§ .'.m-ts '•■'' We*n o nj . The main boiler exploded, blasting the. walls and causing- a huge blaze '0 which severed the upstairs communication. A second explosion precipitated the majority of the 300 Chinese employees, male and female, and mostly children, into the .raging" furnace below, Seventy were taken to hospital in" a terrible condition.'" A police riot followed when a huge ■crowd of excited Chinese friends and relatives gathered following the news <Qf the disaster, resulting in : incred-,1 ibln scenes. The local authorities are making inquiries, since the lack of any factory legislation in Shanghai prevents the proper inspection of industrial establishmojjj",.