The Archive · 1937

First Cargo Gets Past Boom

S.S. Wuhu Carries Products Sent from Hankow Valuable native products to be exported were carried from Hankow to Shanghai in the B. & S. s, Wuhu yesterday. This is the first shipment which has been sent from up river to Shanghai by water since the establishment of the boom at Kiangyin by the Chinese military authorities.

The cargo left Hankow in the s. Wuchang on October 19, and after having been carried past the boom via an inland route, which was recently organized, it was transshipped at Tungchow to the s. Wuhu.

It is interesting to note that s Wuhu which is under the command of Capt, A. V. Winckler was also the last ship to navigate the Kiangyin barrier at the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese hostilities.

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