Sugpecting foul play, employees put fa call. through {othe Sinza Road police station and detectives were sent to the bank premises, with Det Serg. R. J. Thoemmes in charge. The police officer, sonsinis that, the clock Wasa time bom, ordered the men to run out, The' majority of ployees, however, wore stilt on the: premises when the explosion occur-rod, The whole building shook as the bomb. "went off. People rushed 40 ud fro, some panic-stricken, others calmer, trying to help the injured, 'A call was put through to Police and Fire Brigade Headquasters, and the Reserve Unit. and fire engines wore immediately despatched to the scene of the outrage. -An ambulance, sent to convey the wountled to hospital, was found to be insufleient and a second and third were immediately ordered out, Among those injured, ned later, was C.P.C. 27 later removed from Pavlun Hospit to the Police Hospital in Ward Road, His Injuries were not Believed to be very serious The whole aren cordoned off the police and barricades wore erected "at the intersection Bubbling Well and Chengtu Roads, where vehicles were allowed to proceed only afler searches had been made, The back entrance to the Ching Motors, on Burklit' Rond, was cleared of public and policemen of the Reserve Unit wore' stationed the corner of Burkill and. Tat Roads and Burkill and Carter Roa to keep everybody away.
80 1b. of TNT
'A, reporter, of the "North-China Dally News," who arrived at the scene of the explosion a few minutes after the bomb had jone off, wit~ hhessed scene reminiscent of the ities of 1937, The believed to have contained 301b, of TNT had caused rear damage both to the garage and the: upper premises.
'The damage was the biggest at the rear of the building where the explosion had smashed all windows Even the windows of a house, op: posite the bombed building, lad suffered. Some 20. members' of U.S, Marine were seen on Burkill Road, some of them with cameras. None Jor them were on duly" there, however, although later some were detailed to keep away idlers, Detectives from the Sinza_ police station. headed by DelInsp. A. Read, were conducting investigations on the spot, Several other high police offjelals were present, as well as those fof the Shanghai Fire Brigade, Meanwhile, further calls were put through to ihe Fire Brigade Head-Jquariers and the number of ambul-Janees rose to four. All the wounded vere taken to Paulin Hospital, sutfering from various injuries,' with be very seri to the building could not be estimated yesterday and oftiial of the China Motors stated rear part of the bulldtorbe rebuilt, The back width measures 80 fect. while" the length of the building, from Bubbling Well Road to Burkill Road, is about 300 fect. This may well show the strength of the explosion which has Jeaused the show windows to be smashed into bits, These, it was Tearned, would. cost between $25,000 find $48,000 to replace.
No serious damages had been caused to the vehicles at the garage. It was earned, About twelve cars were slightly' scratched by broken glass, Dut these could be repaired easily.
As soon as the news had got round the city, the office of the China Motors. were bombarded with questions, The Jeasualty list. was first thought to in-elude only 24 wounded persons, but creased to 35 when more were found among the débeis, But for the smashed show windows, the China Motors building looked normal Tater on in the evening, ex-leapt for the fact that U.S. Marines had been detailed to the front and back Jentranees, with orders not to let any-Jone in without a special pass, The ground floor, occupied by Messrs. "China Motors, had all the show windows smashed (0 bits. The strength of the Cxplosion caused further damage oh the floor In the interior and. various departments of the company, separated from the large hall by glass walls, had the partitions blown into thousands of pieees of glass Further down the ground floor, one could see blood an the ceiling, while at another corner of the ground Moor, used for greasing and. oiling ears, the firat floor had been smashed through, with part of it hanging dow!
At that time, police had been ready detailed at the front entrance the building on Bubbling Well Road, keeping the curious crowd away, Firemen were busy carrying the wounded into ambulances, while
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