lüustrating the excellent morale &mong the Chinese troops he saw en route, Mr, Newman said he observed once soldiers playing British military airs on a mouth organ.
The train was held up several times on its way down to Shanghai through air raid alarms. It was stopped for 10% hours at Wusih owing to an air raid at Soochow. The only damage Mr. Newman noticed on arrival at Soochow was to a train lying in the station, six of the coaches having been wrecked by a bomb. He saw 30 bodies of those killed in the raid; altogether there were 80 killed and injured, On arrival at Kashing, passengers left the train to take cover following another air raid alárm. They later learnt that a tea house had been destroyed, and 15 people killed. They were detained for about 11 hours before the all clear signal was given. Hardly had the train got under way once more when word came through that part of the railway line ahead had been wrecked. This necessitated another stop of four hours while repairs were being effected.
The journey to Sungkiang was accomplished without further incident. On arrival at Sungkiang Mr. Newman noticed that the railway bridge had been completely wrecked, the station having been bombed no less than three times. Passengers were using a wooden plank to cross the railway line. The train arrived in Shanghai soon after midnight on Wednesday, but the passengers could not leave until 530 am. on Thursday, owing to "curfew" in Chapel.
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