Hankow, July 5.
Great damage was wrought in Loyang, Honan, yesterday morning when eleven Japanese heavy bombers dropped 135 bombs on the city, according to the Loyang correspondent "i the Central News Agency.
So far as is known, he says, 290 houses were destroyed, and many people killed and wounded.
Four bombs are said to have landed in a prison, killing and wounding over 40 of its inmates.
The Japanese aeroplanes, the correspondent adds, also scattered pamphets warning the populace to evacuate the city.
Normally, Loyang has a population of 90,000 people. After yesterday's inbing, however, nearly 10,009 people have fied the city.—Reuter.
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