The Archive · 1938

Injured Belgian Priest Arrives in Shanghai

Shanghai, Dee. 10 — The Rev. Father Robert Willichs

4 member of the Belgian Mission of Scheut who is stationed at Haimen, Kiangsu, arrived in Shanghai at 630 O'clock yesterday evening aboard the s, Tejo with injuries on both legs.

He was immediately rushed to the St, Marie Hospital on Route Pere Robert where his injuries were diagnosed as not being very serious.

According to Father Willichs, Japanese warships bombarded Haimen at 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon damaging various buildings and. injuring many. One of the shells also hit the mission's compound and his injuries were said to be from shrapnel.

Enquiries made at the hospital, at! a late hour last night, "indicated that the priest was making fine progress and that there was no cause' for anxiety.

Haimen is one of the first small ports in the Yangtze Bstuary from Shanghai and supplies this city with Targe quantities of eggs and vewetables,

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

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