Guns blazed furiously from_ both] sides of Avenue Edward "VII the evening of February 24 French and Settlement "police opened fire on a terrorist who had hurled a hand grenade into the otices of the "Hwa Mei Wan Pao," American-owned Chinese daily news-Paper, A bullet from a Settlement policeman finally found its mari, and caused the terrorist to collapse dead in the street. 'This, one of the most dramatic of the many terrorist outrages which have startled Shang: hat in recent months, was the third attack on the offices' of the "Hwa Mei Wan Pao" within a few weeks.
'A Chinese detective constable at-ruched to the SMP., was injured in the leg by flying shrapnel, but nevertheless whipped out. his pistol and fired point-blank at the terrorist who was running for his life over to the Concession side of the street. Nine Chinese who were walking "in the street close to the newspaper office, situated in Avenue Edward VII near Kiangse Road, were also Injured by been received from time to time by various members of the staff, inelud-Ing Mr, Mills himself.
'A. "North-China Herald" porter who visited the scene of the bombing soon afterwards found the offices of the "Hwa Mel Wan Pao" covered in debris, Across the street, a clean hole through the wine dow of Frascat's Restaurant told of the police bullet which had missed mark. Next door, at Victor's Restaurant, an employee told of narrow escape. pointing to a hole {through the window of the establish-iment, Believed to have been caused a bullet, the hole was but a few: feet from' the chair where he had been sitting only a few seconds previously, Mr, Nielsen, the man-Jager, who was injured, was in the Happyland Cafe, opposite Jessfeld Park, on the fateful night when Japanese shells accounted for several men of the Ulster Rifles, and he himself was wounded on that occasion,
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