The police and Fire Brigade crews con. {fom Ichang Road Station rushed to the scene after the bombing and sent the dead and wounded to Paulun Hospital. A group of foreigners, including Fire Brigade Volunteers, crossed the creek and succeeded in Pass, removing two seriously wounded Chinese civilians by sampan to the Settlement side, whence they were despatched to hospital.
The bombs struck between two creekside posts of the Fourth United States Marines and the men were showered with bomb fragments, glass and other debris, Private E. C. Lynn was struck in one eye by a steel splinter and had to be taken to the Marine Hospital. Four other Marines were cut by pieces of glass. The commanding officer of the Regiment, Col.
Charles F. B., visited the posts and interviewed his men immediately after the bombing.
What was almost panic was started in the Wing On Mill, which was operating at the time of the bombing. The explosions sent men and women workers running for safety, but none.|was injured inside the walls. operation of the mill had to be suspended.
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