Casualties Numbered by Thousands; French Hospital Struck Red Cross Van Attacked Canton, June 6.
THE French-owned Doumer Hospital situated on' the Chinese Bund here suffered a direct hit when Japanese planes tried to blow up the Pearl River bridge in the course of two raids on Canton this morning.
One of the sides of the building was blown out, and Cmdr. Talee, a French military surgeon, was slightly injured.
General Rigenbach, who is in charge of the hospital, escaped without injury, but two Chinese occupants were killed and a number of others wounded.
arrangement with the Chinese Further investigations this evening authorities, 20 French marines were revealed that a large. number of subsequently moved to the scene people were killed inthe public from Shameen, and placed barricades market in the vicinity of the Bund, around the grounds of the hospital, while numerous side streets added to It is Tearned that the Doumer the toll of dead and wounded. Hospital, besides flying a French flag, Some districts resemble a. edme-' kas a Red Cross sign plainly marked tery, with only. a few very poor and on its root. aged people wandering around.
'Buildings surrounding the hospital'
'Crowds are. placing pathetic rust suffered greater damage, with for in larger buildings which are really' more casualties, death traps if a direct hit is scored.
"An official Chinese announcement Thousands today jammed the Great estimates that over 1,500 people were Fastern Hotel and the Oikwan Hotel, killed and wounded' today and that whose only virtue is that they are over 1,000 dwellings were demolished. hear Shameen.
Foreign correspondents claimed Pathelle scenes were witnessed hat they witnessed the remains of tonight as thousands of refugees sat Red Cross ambulance with marks of on sidewalks in the vicinity machine-gun bullets clearly visible fon the roof, They said they under stood that the complement of the ambulance was all. killed, 'The oficial announcement stated that eight bombs were dropped on 'Sun Yat-sen University, three falling inside the campus and' demolishing. practically all school. buildings.
added that the Peicheng Middle eho! at Tungshan was also made a target and that there were many student casualties, Large sections of the city are now almost completely deserted, and crowds are tending to move nearer Shameen, which is the only oasis of safety ina desert of desolation.
Steamships sailing for Hongkong today were two. and a half hours Tate owing to a tremendous rush of refugees, while trains were similarly packed, Corpses, some intact, others dis membered, were strewn along the macadamized road, among the victims being students, boy scouts and Red Cross workers, Forty-five bodies were laid out on! the roadway outside a Chinese Red Cross station next door to the Doumer Hospital, while a number of others were placed outside the ¥.M.C.A, Shameen, clutching their children and the few belongings which they were able to salvage, tremendous numbers are continually being increased by arrivals, and may later constitute a threat to the tiny settlement—Reuter.
American's Narrow Escape Explosions Heard in Colony Mr. Edward H. Lockwood, of Indiana, secretary of the Y.MC.A. escaped injury or death by a hai breadth when a bomb exploded only slight distance away from him.
Bombs also landed in the midst of the boats occupied by _sampan dwellers on the river, causing terrifle havoc.
IL is learned from authoritative sources that the British Consul-General, Mr. A, P. Blunt, telephoned this morning to the Japanese Consul-General at Hongiong and protested against the "continual" Aights of Japanese planes over Shameen, Today was the fourth day on which Japanese planes radiod Canton this month, The main objectives of the Japanese planes were the Pearl River bridge, the old power-house on the bund, "government offers, railroad stations, and buildings near the Central Park and the. Sun Yat-sen University, while the Whampoa Forts algo received attention, The frst alr-raid alarm was sound. ed at 8.10, and was followed, 20 minutes later, by the appearance of Japanese planes, At 9.20 the all-clear was sounded, but the respite was brief, for at 10.09 the alarm was heard again, Twenty-five minutes later the second raid started, and lasted for 49 minutes,
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