The foreign houses damaged in the bombing are located to the west of the railway line and north of Hongjao Road, One foreign house on the south side of the tracks also received its share of destruction, all its window panes being shattered to pieces.
One of the missiles landed near a British military sandbag emplacement near Keswick Road, At the time of the, explosion, the post was not occupied.
Mr. Meller together with a friend, who inspected the wreckage of his house, told a representative of.this journal' that the roof d been covered with a German g. His two servants were the only pants when the bomb demolished is residence, "They could not be found in the afternoon, end fear was being entertained for their safety.
According to a foreign resident, the train arrived early in the morning and was apparently spotted by Japanese aeroplanes which flew over the vicinity at about 8 em.
"When the raiders came back between 3 and 4 pin, the train had been separated into three sections ith a few coaches each. The bombers formed a line and dived one after another, each dropping a missile. As the first attempt was unsuccessful, three or four of them returned twice, dropping more bombs.
Tragedy Overtook Trio Terrified by the detonations, a group of villagers in Hungjao Road area sought shelter in all directions. One woman, dragging her two children along with her, ran toward a hut. All the three were killed by shrapnel before reaching their destination.
Mr. Close, who was on the scene, assisted in removing the wounded to ambulances. The casualties were reported to be mounting last night, although no official figure was released.
The bombers were reported to have also used machine-guns. One window pane of Mr, Meller's residence showed bullet hole. One of the bombs which landed on the muddy ground in the midst of a group of foreign houses left a crater of about fifteen feet in diameter.
Several high police and British officers visited the scene in the afternoon,
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