Some of the bombs dropped during the air raid fell into the Wayside Park, a spokesman of the Japanese Embassy said yesterday. A shel fired from Chapel, he added, made a hole Jin the root of the Freheh-owned St, Francis Xaxier's Schoo}, Boone Road, While engaged in. extinguishing burning debris at the Shanghai Teo jand Cold Storage Co's Plant, Thorne Road, on Monday, members of the Shanghai Fire Brigade observed a fire which had broken out in the Bell Lumber Ca, It was found that the fire had been caused by incendiary bombs dropped during one of the air raids, This area had been liberally sprinkled with incendiary bombs, several landing in the Ice and Cold Storage Ca, two landing on Thorne Road and one or more on the Boll Lumber Yard. Fragments of the bomb were collected and taken 10
Fire Brigade headquarters, The Shanghai Fire Brigade wore summoned by the Japanese Naval Landing Party about 6.20 am, yester~ day to deal with a fire which had broken out in the vicinity of Kashing, Road Bridge, A special. squad wis Jsent. out consisting of Chinese, and foreign regulars and volunteers, found a huge blaze at the corn' East' Kashing and Mukden Roads, where about $0 houses and three coal yards were blazing furiously. Over {four hours were spent in fighting the blaze, the engine returning to Central Station shortly before 11 a.m. The fire was seen {o be spreading towards block of houses and shops fronting East Kashing Road, but it was cul
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