'A. huge projectile. which pierced three storeys of the U.S. naval godown behind the LO. Building in Szeehuien Road in the heart of the administra tive, centre. of the city yesterday at 1 o'clock and fractured harmlessly on the conerete ground floor, was quick-being pieced together by American and British moval offers. Tt assumed. immense proportions. In length {twas almost four feet; lis base meos tured some sixteen inches" and the Bec of His outer shell was of three Guarter inch thickness, After their preliminary examination gunnery expers of both nations were unanimous that it was an neral torpedo about 1,000 1b. whose failure to burst hod averted chaos tar more terrible than the three other explosions suf fered by Shanghai, The projectile. had. fallen almost vertically making 'a hole not very much greater. than its own. girth, From the ground floor the blue of the Skywas visible through the hole which slanted slightly to the east. No one was injured, Few supplies were the godown and the greatest mat-vial damage was done to furniture find goods stored there, by the aufomalle sprinklers which" operated Immediately.
"American officers took charge of the projectile which will be "Exhibit A" in an early meeting of the US. Naval Board. It has been housed in the 'Central Police Station, For a moment the relic' was placed in the category of a treasured possession when, Just after' the British emeers Ind departed, one of the Americans Was overheard to" remark, "Hope hone of those fellows got away with bit; every piece of it belongs to What Might Have Been Had the projectile landed and burst at the Intersection of Foochow Road and Kiangse Road Instead of landing harmlessly just a few. yards away, the implications "would have been {remendous for that immediate vieing iiy'is now the nerve centre of the British and American Governments, ihe administrative headquarters of the welfare of Shanghai, and the Tocation of the Japanese. Embassy—Preas Bureau, ihe Central Paliee Station and the headquarters of the S.V.C.
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