During the night, several shells exploded West of the v's Station; Hongkew District was sub-} jected to a hea shelling until about 3 am. when the shelling became less frequent; and from Pootoo Road came a report similar to that of the previous night that shells were exploding in the rear of the Central Mint, shrapnel from. which fell in the Pootoo Road district. The North Station area also was under heavy shelling and it was reported that -about 2,000 refuges left the) district around the station by boat) along the Soochow Creek bound for Wusih and Soochow. At 12.30 a.m. yesterday it was reported that armoured train pulled up opposite a flour mill on Ichang Road and fired] several shells in the direction of the} rive!
Early yesterday morning all stations north of the creek reported 1 Well and no casualties," and a message al 8 am. was "Situation on Shanghai Area—quiet.
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