An eye-witness who watched the bombing of the aerodrome from the roof of a five-storeyed building gave Reuter a graphic account, "As the bombs landed," he said, "I saw showers of orange flame rise irom the ground, followed by columns of smoke and' fire into the sky, "As the raid was drawing to a close, I saw a spectacular fight between a Chinese and a Japanese machine, in which the Chinese plane was shot down, 3 "The Chinese pilot was apparent ly injured, or his plane disabled, for he tried to manceuvre for a landing. As he descended, a Japanese plane dived on him with its machine-guns azing, zoomed up Into the air and attacked again. The Chinese plane was struck, and hurtled to the earth.
"Chinese anti-aircraft gunners opened a terrific blast against the Japanese plane, but, though shells exploded dangerously near, the pilot sped away safel "When the raid was over, I saw a Chinese plane rise from the aerodrome and disappear rapidly in a northerly direction,"
They will remain on the ship to assist salvage workers, it was an nounced.
Company officials said the ship would probably be a total loss with the exception of equipment and fittings—United Press.
The cargo has been removed from the Hoover, but Capt. George Yard-ley and a skeleton crew are still aboard the ship, the company's announcement said. They will remain aboard to assist salvage workers, it was announced. The Presidents Lincoln, Cleveland and Wilson were tied up indefinitely.
This left the Dollar Line to-day with only two first class trans-Pacific liners, Presidents Coolidge Taft—United Press.
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