Japanese Planes Wreck Club Craft: Laodah Killed Three motor house-boats. owned by a Briton, Frenchman and German, respectively, were sunk at Minghong st 6 a.m. yesterday when five Japanese aeroplanes dropped no fewer than eight bombs in the vicinity. The raid also did great damage to others moored near the Minghong Yacht Club. There were a number of casualties among the Chinese laodah and their families One laodah and the son of another being killed.
The British house-boat, which was either badly damaged or sunk, was reported to be named Handsome Ray. It was, however. definite! ascertained that the one owned by Frenchman, M. Amsalei, was sunk.
It was called the Dove. The other one sunk belonged to a German and was called the Land-clem. The laodah on the Dove was killed. The son of the laodah of the Seagull, of the LSS. was the other Chinese killed.
M. Amsalei, who went to the scene himself on being informed of the bombings, assured himself there was no Chinese soldiery in the neighbourhood and no entrenchments, gun emplacements or other causes for the air raid.
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