Shanghai, Sept, 90.
Buildings in the Ceniral district were shaken to their foundations a terrify detonation about 443, @'elock yesterday morning when another sttompt was made to sink the Japanese cruiser Tdzumo, flag ship" of Vice-Admiral_ Hasegawa, Commander-in-Chief of the Japanese Third Fleet.
The blast which broke the carly morning quiet and turned many people out' of their beds, shattered many windows along the waterfront, trid was followed by a duel between Japanese warships and Chinese artillery in Pootung. For nearly an hour and a half firing continued os the Japanese warships poured heavy fire Into Pootung in answer to the somewhat feeble. Chinese shelling, fand some of the warships used broadside effects which put shell afler shell as far as four miles into the district although the objectives seemed to be obscure, It was the most Intense hour and a half that the Whangpoo district has experienced since the outbreak of has Mystery vells the attack on the Tdzumo, and "even the Japanese authorities last night were puzzled as to the precise nature of the attack. Suggestions swung between a mine oated down river or a torpedo fired {rom the Pootung side of the river, Opinion was in favour of a min which struck the protective nets. 1 hundred yards from the Idzumo but did no serious damage, although the vessel's starboard side yesterday appeared to have been scorched as it by some tremendous explosion, "Yes terday afternoon, boats were out with nets apparently trying to drag the Pootung side of the river nearest to the cruiser,
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