Japanese Planes Over City Flying Field Bombed Soochow, Ku. Aug. 16, Soochow witnessed a cloud burst yesterday afternoon and until a late hour last night streets -were still flooded. All canals. are up two and three feet as the result of the down pour. Many roofs to buildings could not withstand the down pour and leaks were many. Some streets were reported to be waist deep in flood water. To-day all drains a gushing water into the cana We have just had our second visit from Japanese planes, The first group came over this morning but dropped no bombs. After circling for some time they returned towards Shanghai About three o'clock twenty two put in appearance and several bombs were dropped. The damage as yet is unknown. People were panic; but the local defence corp and the boy scouts were on the job and kept every one under cover. The antiaircraft guns fired four shots but cannot be ascertained if there was a hit. One bomb was dropped out near the Chang Mun and others at the flying field.
The city generally is keeping very calm over the situation and there are still some who are going to the country for safety. As yet no wounded have been received the preparations have been made for several days
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