First to Come Up-River Singe Mostilities Broke Out The first American ship to call, this port since the bombing of the Dollar luxury liner President Hoover, as well as being the frst ocean-sains ship to enter the inner _haebs over ten weeks. the tore The Whangpon 9 20 and. bethed Hongkew Wharf Co.'s shell-damaged and bulleteridden Pootuny Wharf. "On board her was a small naval escort, and. while she remains in port a detachment of U.S. Mari will be kept on beard, The Steel the to meet her, had a thirly quiet Journey from Japan, although" the Sound of unafire was heard when she was two days onl "of Oraka. Yesterday morning, "ax she came around the bend towards the whnth, a Japanese transport came down Fiver, and the crew of the American vessel had their baptism of fire at Japanese destroyers below her com menced to lay shells into the Poo: tung waterfront {0 keep down snipers while the transport passed.
'The Steel' Traveller, incidentally, had "quite a royal welcome, for sooner had she tied up to the whart than six Japanese fighting " planes started to dive over her, disappear-Ing from view for a moment behind the godowns and as suddenly. ape pearing again, to skim the roof Occasionally, one of them would fire few rounds, at nothing ae fora feould be seen,
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