Shanghai, Aug. 24. WWE the blood scarcely dry froth the horrors of the Great, World and Bund corner slaughters, the terror of massed killing again shuddered through Shanghai-yesterday when a high explosive struck the first of. Sincere's, caved in the side of Wing On's and again turned Nanking Road into a charnel house.
Caught in the hail of shell fragments, between 150 and 170 died in the streets, on the balconies and in the shops where assistants and customers were tangled in death. More than 470 wounded were taken to city hospitals and dozens of others received field dressing and fled in rickshaws or on foot.
One foreigner was killed outright in the catastrophe and another died hospital several hours later, 'Klaus Eckert, aged 16 years, German, died Ju abus when struck by a fragment of the missile, 'The other fatality was Mr. Alfred Brunner, aged 30, Swiss, who was on his way' home from work in a car with his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. E, Staudt. He was struck through one lung by steel and expired in the Country Hospital at about 10 p.m., a blood transfusion having failed to' save his life. Mr. and Mrs, Staudt escaped injury, as id the Chinese driver of the ear. Mr, Brunner, the representative of a chemical firm in Basle, had been married only about, three months. ago. He was a well-liked member of the Swiss community, whose Consul General, Mr. E. Lardy, last night expressed deep regrets al his passing Injured foreigners were Anthony Billingham, American, a re presentative of the "New ' York 'Times," who was "seriously injured but' Is expected to recover; a Mr. Zimmerman, Miss V. Glasser, Polish, and Miss Blanche Tenney, American, all of whom were slightly injured.
Killed was Sikh Constable 54, who was directing trae from the crow's nest at the intersection when the: missile struck, A Sikh havildar was ferjously injured and two Chinese constables were killed outright, Eekert was the son of Mr. W. Eckert of the German Library in Bubbling Well Road, and of "Mrs. Bekert a teacher at the German School in Tsingtao, "He was booked to leave for Germany to-day in the Gneisenau. If that steamer's. sailing had not been delayed he would have been safely away when the explosion happened," His father was terribly, distressed for he was with his son in the bus when the tragedy happened. He retired to his house and could not be approached by any of his friends Inst evening.
Only. the intervention of misfire prevented a duplication of the slaughter in even more terrible form when A projectiie—believed to be a 1,000] Ib. aerial bomb by foreign observers—struck the US, Navy godown in the heart of the city beside the LEI. building, crashed through thres storeys and fractured on the con Grete ground floor. Had it exploded, experts considered that an acre ulldings would have been destroyed. Naval' officers reconstructed the fragments Into a projectile nearly four feet in length and the elrel® of medium sized man's arms in diameter.
believed that an aeroplane, fying go high as 10 be almost indi cernable, was responsible for the bombing, 'A few minutes before one o'clock, a sickening detonation and a black spout of smoke and debris to the full height of the Wing On Tower sprung all the services of the city. into action, Within five minutes the Fire Brigade, ambulances, police, S.V.C. and the P.W.D, coolies were plunging nto the fume laden air, aghast at! the awful spectacle disclosed as the smoke lifted.
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