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Show 1 Firrproor Japauwe IIouc. ' The combuslllile nature of-"Jap-lancse houses renders largoflre-sa .fngueut- and disastrous ealamity; heuce, alnce-a long time ago the more wealthy Japanese, merdijnts as well as farmery Jiy;hetai i tier liabitof building a kura or Ilrcj root mud Iiouk; contiguous to their shops aud dwellings, yet generally entirely entire-ly isoLited- into these are burledatj ttie first alarm which indicates a fire approaching the premises, ttie portable rroi.rty, litrusetfuM stufls, merchanilif, etc.-aud tlie kura is tbeuelosed, aud ff time innib) ttie Joints of windows aud doors are scaled wltli fresh, -mud. A l!nrpas-in- around and over such struetdre wjll lea f it contents unlianued, iJttriAi free JJrut. |
