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Show MONGOLIAN INCINERATED. Celebration of Chinese New Year in San Francisco Results In Tragedy. San Francisco, Feb. 14. The celebration celebra-tion of the Chinese New Year in this city resulted in a tragedy. While fireworks fire-works were being exploded from a window of the employment agency of Jue Bun at 724 Commercial street, a lot of fire crakers inside the house were accidentally lighted and the room was soon in flames. A number of Chinese were smoking opium in the place at the time. Five who were rescued told of others remaining re-maining in a stupor and a vigorous search by the police resulted in the discovery of the drugged Mongolians, Quong Duck was burned to death and his charred remains were taken to the morgue. Tu Mew, Jih Shu and Chan Wo were all badly burned and their recovery is doubtful. Very little damage dam-age was done to the building. |
