During this period 9 prisoners were killed in their cells and 00 others in the Hospital were wounded. One Foreign officer was lightly wounded by a. splinter.
On August 20, between 4 and 5 9 prisoners, were wounded by splinters. from what were believed be Trench Mortar bombs which penetrated the wall. On the same day at 6 pim. a Japanese seaplane, trying to dislodge snipers, dropped a bomb which struck the Wayside Market in Chusan Road and caused considerable damage to the Foreign Section. There were no casualties.
On August 22 at 7 am. a convict was hit by a piece of shrapnel and seriously injured. ing the South boundary wall, Slight damage was caused, At approximately 4 am. on August '21 a shell struck the comer of the Police Hospital and burst in the Indian Warders Quarters wounding 8 Indian Warders, 3 seriously. After treatment in the Gaol Hospital they were transferred to the temporary Police Hospital'in the Central Dis-'Three Chinese Warders were slightly wounded on the night of September 8 when a number of shells fell near the Gaol, one of which struck the Chinese' Warders Quarters.
On the night of September 19, during an air raid, a shell fell the Gaol Married Quarters, 117 Ward Road.
During the whole of this time, Dr. Vio, Assistant Superintendent of Hospitals was on duty and rendered valuable service attending the wounded and performing operations under shell fire. Later, when Chinese with passes were permitted to enter the Wayside District, Dr. S. 1. Min returned and assisted Dr. Vio.
For great bravery and devotion to, duty during the period August 15 to 30, Wardress A.D, Harlamoff was awarded the Police Distinguished Conduct Medal, Class I and 12 months' seniority, Throughout the whole period of hostilities the conduct of the Staff, Foreign, Indian and Chinese, was most satisfactory. In this confection mention should also be made regarding the conduct of the prisoners. At all times, even when shells struck the blocks, they behaved in a most orderly mariner and no trouble was experienced in handling them, Evacuation of Prisone Chinese Section The evacuation of certain prisoners was commenced on August 22 and the sentences of the following number of prisoners were cancelied:—
Reformatory Boys 1 Bhort sentence prisoners 20 ign prisoners st The Gaol was hit again on August! 23, a Trench Mortar bomb penetrate to-day where the very opposite has. been the case."
One final word of epitome _remained: War produced good effects rousing people, in producing a better physique in a limited number jand in improving discipline and morale, But it also'brought in its] trains evils which outlived the good. And the saddest part of Jcludes Dr. Paterson, was that it produced which might be Jeood could be attained without ahd the evils It entailed, On January 1 there were 5,820 prisoners in this Section of the Gaol and this figure gradually increased until on July 9 it stood at 6212 which figure remained fairly steady until August 1 when it commenced to decline, On August 22, when certain prisoners were evacuated from the Gaol and released due to. the Sino-Japanese hostilities, the Agure stood at 6,064. On December 31, there were: 5202 prisoners, The highest number recorded during the year was 6212 on July 9 end the lowest 4,674 on October 25, '67 prisoners were transferred from the Municipal Goal to the Chinese prison at Pao Shing Ching during the course of the year and seven to 1982, continued, 42 prisoners being released, making a total of 2,957. Of
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