Hongkong, Nov. 25.
Thousands of Chinese poured over the border. in a wild stampede late this afternoon The border bridge was guarded by Indian constables, but the refugees constructed -improvised - pontoon bridges' from: sampans; and streamed across the Shumchun River, which forms a natural boundary, at that point.
At the height of the- panic, "the Governor of Hongkong. Sir "Geoffrey Northcote, arrived at Shumchurr'and, seeing the pitiful' plight "of the weeping and wailing refugees, ordered the bridge to be opened.
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