Yet another catastrophe overtook Shanghai refugees yesterday, when Japanese aeroplanes bombed a Kashing-bound train, killing 300 persons, mostly women and children, and wounding an even larger number.
The raid was carried out at Sungkiang, first important station west of Shanghai on the Shanghai-Hangchow Railway, shortly after noon. Leisurely circling over the coaches, the bombers rained death On hundreds of refugees.
It was ascertained that five coaches were completely destroyed without a single soldier among the casualties. Chinese authorities in Sungkiang were still checking up on the death toll, and a detailed report was expected.
The train left the Shanghai West Station at Jessfield Road at 1010: am. The time of the bombing was 1220 p.m. when the train had just reached the platform waiting for the right of way to proceed to Hangchow.
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