(Continued from page 7) and it is a matter of much difficulty for the foreign merchants to get sufficient men for the working of their cargoes and lighters.
Total casualties for the first day' bombings is said to be thirteen, mostly women, but these figures have, so far, not yet been verified. After two days interval, Foochow was again the victim of severe bombings, the first siren giving the alarm of 7 a.m., followed almost immediately by the noise of the explosions and machinegunning which lasted fully for half an hour.
An immense amount of damage and several destructive fires with much Joss of life resulted from this first raid which, among other things, totally destroyed a big Chinese hotel, overcrowded at the time with re-lugees on their way out of the city., A bath house and complete block of adjacent buildings were also hit, and completely burnt out, and it is estimated that over'70 people were the victims of this bomb. Five other bombs started fires in different parts of the city, but the major damage was all done in the vicinity of the bridge.
The second alarm was given at 9.50 a.m., and followed by the same three planes which made straight for their former objective and dropped five bombs in rapid succession and on this occasion also machine-guns added to the horror of the visitation.
The last raid of the day was less destructive, the planes flying in wider circles to find troops and munition dumps, total casualties amounting to 30 odd. The last bomb fell on the paper mill, wrecking it completely.
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