Driver, Canidrome Dogs and Bystanders Blown Up Forty two valuable greyhounds, a Chinese driver, and six bystanders were blown up when the leading truck of a convoy of four bringing in the 160 Canidrome racing dogs from Yangtszepoo was struck by Mon the Hongkew creek Bridge at noon yesterday. The shell, it was thought, had fallen short from Chinese artillery firing at the Japanese Flagship Idgumo from Chapei, A Premonition The rescue of the greyhounds was undertaken by Sgt. B. Hodgeman, of the Shanghai Light Horse, and his brother, both of whom are connected with the Canidrome, and Major Keylock, retired British army officer and prominent veterinary surgeon of Shanghai. They hired four trucks and Chinese drivers, Going through the Settlement the drivers got wind of their destination; three stopped their motors and fled. The Englishmen enlisted a Russian driver ana the Hodgeman brothers took the wheels of the other vehicles.
The journey to the Yangtszepoo kennels was uneventful. The 160 dogs—each valued at many hundreds of dollars—were loaded and the return trip commenced. A salvo of shells ug somewhere—ahead hastened the driving. The Chinese drove the leading truck and Sgt. Hodgeman and Major K: next in the little convoy across the Hongkew Creek bridge on Broadway a shell burst clean on top of the first truck, the driver and six Chinese Who we crossing the bridge to pieces, The remnant of the chassis careered into a shop front. The other—true the "Chinese Government marched its troops _north-ward, threater the Japanese forces in China. In addition, it assem-cops at Hankow, Shanghai and other localities, as further evidence of its challenging attitude.
"Finally, in Shanghai fire was opened by the Chinese on Japanese forces. while attempts were made to bombard Japanese war vessels.
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