One of the keen topics of interest these days is bombing. Anyone who cannot relate some experience or bombing is considered much behind the times; Hsinhsianghsien, Taokou, Weihwei, Changte and other centres have been bombed -with more or less destructive results and the Tao-ching train running west from Tao-kou one morning suffered from a low flying bomber, one direct hit was registered on a passenger car and many civilians were either killed or wounded.
Refugee-ing is the order of the day for countless numbers who are abie to leave their homes. Trains going south and west are crowded like double-deckers with men women and children and their hurriedly bundled effects. Many do not know whither they are travelling except that they hope to get away from the danger zone. sue unsettling elec, upon the people as a whole cannot be described. as well as the suffering and hardship involved, and this is increasing as the weather becomes colder.
Motor roads in various directions have been completed, also culverts and bridges, during the past two months, and old roadways have been improved to make motor traffic possible. Specially two new roads have come into use recently, viz, Hwai-king to Hsinhsiang and Hwaiking to "'lincheng to join up witn highways in Shansi. The motor road over mountains to Tsincheng is a splendid piece of engineering. Rocks have been blasted out to make possible a gradual grade upward as well as descent less dangerous.
Recently the traffic has been heavy on this road and there was no serious accident reported until y terday when a loaded bus was making the descent. Perhaps due to brake trouble it failed to take a curve and capsized over the steep embankment, The accident might have been much more serious, but only two were killed and eight i jured altogether. On these mou tain roads the motor drivers often teke great risks because they have insufficient facilities for garage and repair work.
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