A large number of Chinese and Japanese refugees passed through Shanghai yesterday bound for, in the case of the Chinese, Yangtsze river. and Chekiang. ports, and, in the case of the Japanese, Nagasaki, Kobe and Yokohama. Besides, thousands came into the International Settlement, and the French Concession from.' the northern area, western Chapei and Nantao,, and by rail from points on the Shanghai-Woosung Railway and the Shanghai-Nanking Railway.
Steamers, under British and Chinese flags, which left for Ningpo and Hankow again carried capacity numbers of refugees. The s. Tuck Wo, of the Indo-China Steam Navigation Company, was delayed for several hours at Hunt's Wharf, Hongkew, and left behind hundreds of refugees on the wharf. Matly families spread their bedding on the ground and on piles of stone on the jetty, waiting for bett@r luck on subsequent boats. Food hawkers thronged.the wharf to supply the needs of the hundreds camping. there, yesterday afternoon. On other jetties other hundreds waited, Japanese families left in numbers for their home country, some being refugees from up the Yangtze River and others being from the North Szechuen Road district of Shanghai More Japanese are expected to arrive from. the Yangtze ports to-day, including many Hankow refugees The exodus from Hongkew Chapei, Kashing Road, West Hongkew, Yangtszepoo, Kiangwan, and the western "outside roads" area continued heavily yesterday. It was estimated, that during the morning hours alone more than 1,000 refuge ant ge passed, over the Soochow Creek bridges every hour A steady stream of ' vehicles was observed.in. the afternoon,
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