'The explosion rocked the row of wooden structure which stands in between the consulate building end the piece of vacant ground, and in which a group of Italian' soldiers were quartered. The loud detona tion was not only heard in the Ascot building and inside the—Chengtu. Road station, opposite the consulate, ut also some" distance from the scene.
At the time of the incident, a Chinese policeman was on trafic duty at the Chengtu Road crossing, fon the north side of Bubbling Well Road, while two Tlalian sentries guarded the Chenglu Road entrance to the consulate. Although a group of pedestrians were passing by, no witness was forthcoming to ye ay Aeseription of the culprit who tosse the bomb, Detective Sub-Inspector Wilkinson of the Chongtt Road 'Station was the frst to rush to the spot immediately after the explosion, 'The investigation was being con tinued' last night.
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