New York, Oct. 31.
Mr. H. S. "Newsreel" Wong, China's most famous newsreel cameraman, was seriously wounded when his car was bombed by Japanese planes while he was crossing the Yangtze River en the Wuchang ferry, officials of "Hearst's News of the Day," his employers, announced today.
Mr. Wong, who has filmed every important event, in China and who has dodged shot and shell in a score of "little wars" in China during the last fifteen years, was reported to have been severely hit by bomb fragments.
The Chinese cameraman, well-known for his daring and excellent photographing ability, was engaged in filming the retreat from at the time of the bombing. He was crossing the river on the ferry together with a large number of troops and military trucks when Japanese planes swooped down and hurled bombs on the ferry, reports said. Mr. "Wong was seriously wounded when a bomb exploded near his car the New York office said. He was reported to have been hit by bits of the bomb and also "by flying debris, Leading American néwsreelmen who worked with Mr. Wong in the earlier stages of the Sino-Japanese hostilities were greatly shocked by the reports of his wounding.—United Press.
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