Canton, Oct. 2, Japanese warships continue their destruction of Chinese fishing boats n South China waters, it is revealed here to-day.
Four more fleets of Chinese fishing vessels, according to a report published in a foreign newspaper in Hongkong, have been sunk by enemy cruisers and submarines.
The first fleet of ten fishing boats were said to have been sunk at Huanglang, with more than 300 of their crew being killed.
As a result of shelling by Japanese naval guns, the second fleet of nine were sunk near Chiafukwan with the resultant death of over 150 fishermen.
Only 30 of their crew made good their escape.
Only two out of a crew of thirteen on the third fleet which were destroyed at Swamoi by Japanese war craft were reported to have survived, while the exact casualties of the fourth group sunk at Hsiashih have not yet been ascertained.
These ill-fated boats were registered with the Hongkong authorities, who are reported to be making a careful investigation into the matter.—Central News. s. NANKING STOPS
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