Nanking, Sept. 25. 5176 explosions shook Nanking to-day in the course of raids by Japanese bombers.
After two raids in the morning, the sirens were again sounded at noon, but damage done to the power plant at Hsiakwan in the earlier attacks made the third warning very faint.
A fleet of 21 Japanese planes appeared at 12.50 p.m. from the east, dropping bombs in mass formation. Bombs fell near the broadcasting station, the heavy detonations of which shook the American Embassy buildings. The doors and windows rattled, but the Ambassador, Mr. Nelson Johnson, and his staff kept at their posts.
Six bombs were dropped near the Municipal Centre, and some were said to have fallen near the Customs Administration building, adjoining the Ministry of Finance.
Foreign eye-witnesses saw big craters in the roads, but did not see any damage to the buildings.
Just when people believed it safe to leave the dugouts for lunch, a large
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