Shanghai, Oct. 9
The reason for the bombing of These pictures give a fair idea of the havoc wrought by the Japanese tombers in Weanesday's air raid on a village near the Rubicon Rubicon "Village given by the Road, in the Hunglao crea; Chinese authorities assert that there were no military emplacements in the vicinity. Pictures. show. left Fon eeggnab Segarra toy to right (lop), u casualty being placed on a stretcher; part of the village, with another casually in the foreground: (bottom). two ews of a foreign-siyle house which was badly hit. Note the Union Jack.
Ghineie""prent" had erected. de: fences and had) mounted guns at FOREIGN PARTY INSPECTS WHANGPOO BOOM cxines: s gont'who hed erosed the [avon Moslem was therefore SNOB ST ide of Soochow river by means best known him-|"
The Customs examination shed in} Creek, These military establish-Can the Redgate Be Towed Through Adventurous] cise tthe isp ws be. made, Lis whi per cou poelated bs Seveal Japanese ae leat targets for Climb Over Junks to No Purpose irecting was characteristic hundred persons. "There, were heir bombers.
"Why you want climb over these number.of camp beds erected in Unless the Chinese drected de-UG over er of j Shanghai, Oct. 8. ye Junks?" ple climb over junks, Chinese Nan-he said.
"Last time peo- the sheds, and there were signs fences, continued the spokesman, LIMBING over a number of junks which have been tied up a cereal of really ordered near Hungjao Road, this area tie order tee ce ge a coe beside the bank on the further side of the Whangpoo, a party side, open, fre machine-funs. tig Nor" ye teamed, but these genera there are $0, many, for of foreigners yesterday attempted to make a survey of the boom "very bad joss! seemed to be an effective whart bombed by Japanese planes who which is now blocking the river between the Nantao*Bund and One gifted member of the party Police who, however. had not the at all times tried to protect the the China Navigation Co.'s wharf on the Pootung side. The pur-made a reply endorsed by all: confreres on this side of the river same dislike of works that their property of third-party nationals. pose Was-to find out whether it was possible to remove part of "If that's so, why the blankety-invariably dispel Wonks were the boom, with the consent of the Chinese authorities, to enable blank didn't you tell us that before." everywhere, many: la the moat pinitol {number of huts were destroyed. The the s. Redgate, a British ship which was trapped by the laying The guide made it worse by [stator of "emaciationteking up nine occupants of one hut had lucy of the boom, (0 come down river. The trapping of the Redgate in there excusing himself wat a perfectly" safe {had spilled from sacks which had shorn all nine were injured, but none by pointing out j tray grains of rice and corn which [escape when a bomb dropped nea is costing her owners an enormous sum of money each month and easy landing not fifty yards been handled earlier in the day by ily. and her release before long is imperative. down the stream, by which all the wharf coolies.
Engineers' who have expert know-the labour and excitement of the tedge of the tavaning of vestals ledge he salvaging of vessels
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