Bridge 3 Miles Ahead Of "Capetown LI" Bombed Hankow, Oct. 9.
The Canton-Hankow Railway was again bombed yesterday at points both north and south of the special train "Capetown LI," which is carrying 250 British naval' officers, men and marines from the cruiser Capetown, to Canton, as well as a number of other Britons, 5 Japanese aeroplanes visited Chuchow, 25 miles south of Changsha, yesterday afternoon and dropped several bombs, but doing only slight damage to the railway track, At 4.45 afternoon, although it was raining heavily, the alarm was sounded in Hankow. No planes appeared, however, and the all-clear" was heard less than two hours later.
Meanwhile, a message from the occupants of the "Capetown I," who spent most of yesterday at Yintak, 28 miles north of Canton, states that thirteen Japanese planes flew over and dropped ten bombs a mile ahead of the naval train, The raiders appeared again later and bombed the bridge three miles ahead of the train, ES top of which three large Union cks are prominently displayed. No serious damage was done, however, and the naval train was expected to, leave Vintak at mid-night on Friday.
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