San Francisco, Sept. 17.
During the later raids incendiary bombs could be seen bursting over Wayside, sending showers of flames and sparks up like Roman candles. A minute after the bursts, flames leaped up over the stricken areas, and a minute or so later whole blocks were seen to be in flames, Numerous casualties were caused in the French Concession and the International Settlement from the hail of shrapnel which was sent into the sky after the raiders. Shells from all angles—from the Japanese warships in the river and from the Landing Party Headquarters and apparently from one of the wharves on which the Japanese have established an anti-aircraft station—burst over the foreign areas, while searchlights swept the skies, The Federal Board of Inquiry today cited Seaman Jack Sutcliffe for "valour under fire" in the bombing of the President Hoover in China waters, Although knocked unconscious by the explosion, he quickly recovered and helped carry victims below, applying tourniquets to broken legs and performing other first aid until doctors arrived.
Captain Yardley told the Board that "There could be no doubt that the aviators involved knew they were shelling an American ship.'—United Press, The belief, reports Reuter, that the bombs which struck the liner President Hoover on August 30 were from Chinese planes was expressed by the First Officer at the opening of the official enquiry into the bombing before the United States Marine Investigating Board.
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