Me Decamps When Japanese Planes Roar Overhead Shanghai, Oct. 11
"Where is that station master?," cried 400 or so anxious voices as they. peered through the darkness enveloping the railway ling near Kashing a few days ago. The station master was nowhere to be seen. But for passengers on the train, there wag nota soul in sight, Occupants of houses in the neighbourhood had Naval Guns Roar in Night Hours Shanghai, Oct, 11.
With unceasing rain and tow clouds making yesterday favourable for bombing, inter= mittont shelling of Pootung, by Japanese warships took place from 6 pin, onwards, and soon after 7 o'clock flames' were seen licking from the China Merchants' Wharf in Pootung, opposite the Shanghai Waterworks Yangtszepoo Plant. The fire made dull glow through the drizzle, which me creased in intensity as the night on. At about 10.30 pam. Japanese warships began a heavy shelling. of the Pootung area, evidently aiming at points far inland, Flashes were also. seen fon the Pootung side, and evident-Ty the warships were directing a part of their fire straight into Pootung Point, The reverberations from the guns exploding, could be heard over a wide area in_the Settlement and the Concession, The shelling lasted about fu hour.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.