TPBRRORISM rocked the ci Shanghai, Mar. 25. yesterday, resulting in the wounding of,35 persons, one dying later, when a time bomb exploded on the first floor of the El 1a Motors building at 702 Bubbling Well Road (Burkill Road entrance), occupied by the Central Bank of China, at 3.55 pa Another bombing outrage was reported in the French Concession, where another branch of the Central Bank of China was chosen by terrorists.
Yet another Chungking bank nearly became the scene of gory spectacle, this time the Farmers' Bank at 984 Avenue Road at 3.30 p.m.
The explosion was averted when police had been informed and the bomb had been made safe.
At noon as the bomb had exploded, U. S. Mari es, who were at their club, rushed to the scene and brought ladders. They climbed to the first floor and carried the wounded down and to the club where first aid treatment was given them.
Fire Brigade ambulances came at 4,05 p.m. and took them to hospital.
'This was believed to be another act of. rotal jon st Chungling banks in Shanghai, following close on the heels of the mass assassination of employees of the Farmers' Bank in the French Concession and the arrest of 128 clerks of the Bank of China in their dormitory in Jessfield Road.
Yesterday's explosion was probably the biggest to occur since the 1937 hostilities and damage caused to the building was tremendous, both en~ trances to the building, from Bubbling Well and Burkill Roads being literal-Jy filled with broken glass.
The circumstances teading to the explosion were as follow:
At about 330 p.m. a Chinese, avessed In the green uniform of a postman came to the first floor of the Dullding, occupied by the Central] Bank of China, and handed a box to clerk. Me then Jeff without asking for a receipt, An employee. then opened the box and sav a clock in it several coolies were sweeping the Pavement of the broken glass, Inside the building. more ffemen were jeleaning up the debris. A picture, Tike the one at the front entrance, was seen on Burkill Road where the Police had Kept the road clear of all spectators, Here members of the Reserve Unit were posted at various corners and buildings, with two Red Marias in' the background, near' the corner of Burkill and Carter Roads, At an opposite corner of the street, the intersection of Burkill and Tatung Roads, a fire engine from the [Sinza station was. parked,
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