The Archive · 1937

Chinese Shells Wound Four Japanese

Four Japanese civilians were wounded near the Hongkew Market, Boone Road, at 6.50 o'clock last night, when Chinese trench mortar batteries at the North Station opened fire. The wounded men were: Mr, Taro Fujii, 25, correspondent of the "Osaka Mainichi," leading Japanese newspaper, head injuries; Mr. Yasutake Tajima, 23, of 220 Minghong Rd., wounded on the thigh and leg; Mr Toshio Kai, 27, of the Dairen Soy Company, hand and shoulder wounds end Mr. Seiichi Narumiya, 27, of 199 Boone Rd., wounded on the shoulder, hand and arm. All will recover.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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