Pour persons were killed and leven others injured in an accldent at the Tsinan railway station at 2.15 p.m. yesterday when two Waggons loaded with ammunition were set on fire by an explosion.
Tt appears that a large quantity of ammunition from Com-was being transported northward to Yendhow for units of the 22nd division under General Ku Liang-min. The ammunition was loaded in two waggons. Carelessness of two railway porters engaged in handling one of the cases is believ-Jed to have been responsible for the porters as well as a military officer were killed instantaneously. A little child was. also among the dead. The "waggons were completely wrecked while Wi dows and doors of the station also suffered from the explosion, One of the eleven persons injur-Jed, succumbed later to his injuries fatter being taken to hospital.
An investigation to ascertain the exact cause of the accident is being] conducted by representatives of the [Commander-in-Chief's Headquarters [the Shantung Provincial font and other oficial organi Reo atin
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