Two French Fathers Called to Bombed. Town Scenes of the utmost desolation were witnessed by two Shanghai Jesuit priests, Fathers Prudhomme and Gaultier, who were called to Sunkiang yesterday morning to help care for the four hundred-odd civilian Chinese wounded in Sunday afternoon's bombing by a squadron of Japanese planes. In addition, some two bugdred men, women and children were killed by the raiders.
The Catholic hospital in Sunkiang was narrowly missed by the bombs, but the four French Sisters there are carrying on, faced with the huge task of nursing the bomb victims. The Catholic preparatory school, which was hit in the previo ese air-raid, escaped this t y a narrow margin. Owing to the fact that both buildings are close to the Sungkiang Omnibus Station, which was one of the main objectives of the Japanese in both bombings, it is contemplated to move the hospital to another part of town for the safety Of the patients. The school, of course, is closed.
The majority of the damage from Sunday's bombing was done in the new" part of Sunkiang, outside the walled town, the two priests reported on returning to Shanghai last night. About 100 houses were burned,
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