Shanghai, Feb. 1.
A fitter employed by the Standard li Co's Alling station at the corner of Soochow and Yuen Ming Yuen Roads, was seriously injured and a coolie' received lacerations in the face yesterday when the—tter Knocked an unexploded Japanese anti-aircraft shell against a wooden pole to dismantle it, The coolie, who was engaged pulling down some hoarding behind the kiosk at the Taylor garage-slond nearby, suddenly found the missile and not knowing what to do with It, took it tothe filler. The flier banged the top of the unex ploded shell against a wooden pole and the explosion occurred. Only the nose cap could be found by detectives from Central station who rushed to the scene and beyond the fact that the missile was of Japanese origin nothing could be learned.
The mechanic lost three fingers of his right hand and. received lacerations in the face. He was rushed to the St. Luke's hospital, "Kiukiang. Rond, where he underwent an opera: tion immediately after being admitted, His condition is rather serious, The cootie was only slightly me Jured In the face and was discharged lier receiving first-aid treatment at the hospital, Persons in the vicinity of the scene at Asst feared that another bomb hed been thrown, presumably the large number of coolies who uly alter there during the noon
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