Kunming, Feb. 2.
'ORE than a hundred persons, including about ten foreigners, are learned to have been killed or injured when Japanese aircraft yesterday bombed a bridge, situated about 83 kilometres from the French Indo-China border, on the French railway connecting Haiphong with Kunming.
Twenty-seven Japanese planes participated the raid, which resulted in the destruction of a northbound train Several Frenchmen, either passengers or employees of the railway, are believed to we been among the casualties.
The majority of those who perished were killed either by bombs or by boiling water from the destroyed engines.
Onicers and men of the British gunboats Gannet and Falcon, who left their ships at Chungking some time ago on being recalled home for service, had a narrow escape.
Their train, bound from Kunming to the French Indo-China border, was not very far from the bridge when the Japanese started bombing.
After the raid, officers and sailors worked untiringly for hours in snee Jcouring the wounded and dying. The presence of the naval doctors of the two gunboats proved especially Traffic on the line has been brought to a complete standstill, as the wreck jot ther train is blocking the tunnel. Reuter.
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