In company with "ten or twelve foreigners," who had gone ashore on the wharf, together with a "large number" of Chinese. Mr. Marshall said, he began walking along the railway tracks in the direction of Wun, having assortedly been motioned to-do 20 by Japanese soldiers there, Among the foreigners was Mr.
4, V, Pickering, acting manager the Standard-Vacuum branch In Pe-King. The captains of the Mel Hsin and Mei Ping also accompanied the "Hodge had bandages and medicine and he fixed up my wounds." Mr, Marshall went on. "They poured lysol into them, that's what saved me.
"The bunch of us gradually separated, Some of us felt it was a situation of every man for himself' Vines, Hodge and 1 stayed together.
'We spend that night in farmhouse' and were treated royally, But the farmer's family was taking to the hills and we were left alone Describing their experiences, Mr Marshall told a Domei special cor~ respondent at Wuhu yesterday that hho and the other two wounded survivors of the Panay sinking walked from the Kaiyuon coal wharf, in the: immediate vicinity of which the Panay and three" Standard-Vaewum vessels were bombed, to Tangtu, a distance of twenty sites.
hey spent one-night in o Chinese farmhouse, where they were "royally treated," according to Mr. Marshall The second night they spent in the lodgings of Capt, Yone Masuda, Japanese mountain artillery affeer at "this officer," Mr, Marshall said, "took us to his home, fed us, ave Us brandy and finally made us steep in his bed. He algo obtained a nek to transport us from Tangle to Mr. Marshall, it was revealed, was not wounded on the USS. Panay When she was bombed at 130 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. The American welter was, injured in a subsequent bombing of the s. Mei An, Standard-'Vacuum vessel.
'A. direct hit was scored on the bridge of he "American gunboat Panay. According to Mr, Marshall, the Standard-Vacuum steamers were lying in midstream in the Yangtze together with the USS, Panay. The vessels Tay In the following order: s. Mel Ping, USS. Panay. sx. Mei An and s. Mei Hsia, Dressed in a borrowed bathrobe with his left arm in splints, Mr. Marshall told the story of the disas= for to the Domei special correspond ent, He spoke haltingly in a hoarse Mr, Sande Death, was on the stern of the when the bomb hit the bridge,' he Said," "Sandro: Sandsi, who was in the upper wardroom, the non-commis sioned officers' mess, got it. He war hit in the chest "phe explain of the Met An motioned to me to come aboard his ship to help oat with the anchor. T also by @ straw fire,"
Here, Mr, Vines Inter revealed. he acquired a brownish, nondescript piece of felt which lie has been wearing since as a hat.
Tanglu Reached "We decided there wasn't any sense in hiding," Mr. Marshall con tinued, "It was plain to be seen that we were foreigners. unwarmed and wounded, We decided to go down the middle of the road, even if it meant getting shot at from both sides, "We walked all day to reach Tanglu, Tt probably was about ten miles, but in our condition it was Just "about all we could. mak There Japanese "soldiers found them on the road and took them "Capt. Masuda, "This Sapanese officer was described by the ma-azine writer as being "most helpful."
"That man deserves all the credit we can give him," Mr, Marshall and Mr, Vines agreed.
After spending the night with Capt. Masuda, the trio was brought to the Wuhu General Hospital in a Japanese military truck, the offly available vehicle in Tangtu.
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