Missionary Lady Tells of Japanese Bombing Hankow, Feb. 18.
A graphic story was told to Reuter to-day by Miss Elsie Daddow, an Australian, who, together with Miss Helen Bailey, an American from North Carolina, was involved in the Japanese bombing of the Yellow River and the Independent Gospel Boat Mission "yesterday.
Miss Daddow said: "We were taken completely by surprise when five Japanese planes went over our heads to the town of Tsaokangkiou.
After bombing the ferries there, two Japanese planes came back and bombed our boats which belong to the Independent Gospel Boat Mission. hey missed their mark by only three yards, the bombs falling on the bank of the Yellow River. Our milk goats, which were killed, were tied there and Miss Bailey was standing quite near where the bombs fell.
"It was a miracle that she escaped death. She received six wounds from flying shrapnel.
"Two or three of our Chinese helpers ran to neighbouring trenches for protection and the Japanese planes followed them with machinegun fire. Fortunately, all escaped, "The Japanese planes flew very high until they reached where they wanted to bomb, Then they swooped down on us without warning, exactly like a hawk swooping on its prey. It was a terrifying experience."
Miss Daddow was formerly with the Salvation Army in Tsinanfu, capital of Shantung.—Reuter.
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