The Archive · 1937

HANKOW RAILWAY

More Raids by Japanese On Vital Link Canton, Oct, 9.

Continuing their intended destruction of the Canton-Hankow Railway, 12 Japanese aeroplanes raided various Points on the line near Lienkiangkou, about 200 li north of Canton, yesterday at noon, They dropped over ten bombs, attempting to destroy the bridges and tunnels along the line, but most of the missiles missed their targets, and landed on houses near the railway, killing and wi Scores of ounding Whampoa was also bombed yesterday at noon by two Japanese planes which dropped four bombs, Four seven others In a subsequent tour to the scenes of the bombings, a Central News representative saw that the houses apparently hit by incendiary bombs "were still burning. He saw a number of dead farmers, whose bodies were blasted to pieces—Central News,

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