Shanghai, Aug, 23 Three small high explosive shells fell in the International Settlement: yesterday morning, fortunately with
detonations ended an dndury only to four people, The uneasy' night for people in the residential area in the vicinity of the British Consulate who hiad listened since the carly hours to the drone of rifle" bullets passing overhead or rattling on roof-tops.
At 545 am. two explosions sounded near the Honan Road bridge and big Duis of smoke rose above the Capitol Theatre. A third " shell screamed overhead and burst in the top floor of a Chinese dwelling at 293 Hankow Road, between Honan Toad and Shantung Road—injuring four people.
One of the shells hit clean in the contre of the bridge gouging a hole six inches deep and about two fect Tong in the soft tar about three yards fon the International Settlement sid of the barbed wire barrier, The amoge at the actual impact "point Was negligible bit the power of the high explosive charge was terrific for a shell thought only to be a pom-pom type.
The concrete balustrades of the bridge were deeply pitted and the sides of buildings fly yards away were pockmarked. Thanks to the emptiness of the sireers due to good policing no one was injured,. The explosion wrecked the street wiring fund a few hours later P.W.D. coolies—who are now getting double pay as danger money—were repairing. that damage and also Alling in an flagstoning the hole left in the lett slope of the bridge by the heavy calibre shell which fell earlier in the Week. The third shell must have fallen in the Soochow Creek for ott no trace.
Many spent rifle bullets were picked up in the district yesterday morning. All were flattened on one side, giving rise to the supposition that' they were ricochets from Chi-nose sniping rifles that had struck the hulls of Japanese war boats and anced off and upward. The shell hole on Honan Road bridge pointed due south,
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