Struck by Two Bombs During Aerial Activities Shanghai, Aug. 18, 'A huge glow of volcanic proportions loud Company's upper installation, which is in charge of Captain A. W. Sawyer, The fire was the result of yester= day's aerial activities. Two bombs ruck the Asiatic Petroleum Co.'s lation according to a foreign eye= witness who Was In. midstream. at the time. The wharf Is situated between Holts Wharf, Pootung, and the JGM.A. wharf. "The inhabitants the house fortunately managed to get away before the bombardment exon, and it was not thought that there had been any loss of life.
At 5.5 pam. drums and wood in front of the huge tanks were burn ing fiercely, but the main tanks had not caught Are, The typhoon winds, however, were fanning the ames and driving them in the direction of the containers when the witness left the scene. Lying near to the whart were three foreign vessels, the s, Silverteak,. st, Tasman and the s, 'Stentor, but' these were not struck by the' bombs, and the wind was lowing from the ships to the wharf,
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