A report ' circulating in Shanghai' yesterday that the Nanking - Shanghai express, operated By the Japanese controlled "Central China Railway Cb Wag "nearly wrecked at Wusih on Friday; was denied by a: Japanese: army. spokesman yesterday in Shanghai.:"There is. noi truth in that report," he said, "the train arrived on time here." He added that it was probably' another story from unreliable Chinese information: "The report docs not even state in, which direction the train was going," he concluded.
'According to' the report, a bomb went! off on e rails a few seconds before the express was due to pass, resulting in serious damage to the front part' of the locomotive. ' Although no one was, injured, traffic was said to have been disrupted.
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