THE CHINA MAIL, SEPTEMBER 27, 1937.
WONGSHA STATION
IN
FLAMES
Only Few Hundred Yards From Shameen
JAPANESE RAIDERS FIND
TARGET
AMERICANS' NARROW
ESCAPE
Canton, 10.35 a.m., To-day.
NEW CHINESE C.-IN-C. APPOINTED
Shanghai, T
General Chn- Shao Jiang, form- er Governor of Kansu, and teran of all the major Bepublican revolutionary campaigns, has been appointed Commander-in-Chief of Chinese forces.
While the full damage done in this morning's air raid cannot yet be ascertained, one of the raid- ers swooped low three times over Wongsha Sta- tion, the terminus of the Hankow-Canton Railway, transferred to General Headquar- and dropped three bombs.
All the missiles evidently found their mark and the station, which is only a few hundred yards from Shameen, is blazing fiercely, with billows of black smoke ascending to the skies.
HEAVY CASUALTIES FEARED
General Cha sueceeds. General Chang Chi-chung, who has been
ters at Nanking-Reuter.
Forthcoming Weddings
HK. RESIDENTS ARRESTED IN CANTON
TWO HONG KONG FOR
ANT
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HAD ENCE OV THE WEEKEND WHEN THEY WERE ARREST BY MILITIA MEN IN CANTON AND INTERN ED UNDER THE BELIEF THAT THEY WERE JAPANESE SPIES.
It appears that the two Portuguese residents, both of whom are well-known swimmers, were on a few days leave.
They left the Colony for Canton on Friday morning with the aim of tak ing pictures in the areas devastated by Japanese aircraft
While visiting the area they were mistaken by militismen for Japanese, and were placed under open arrest.
The forthcoming wedding of Mr. Mr. Alexander Ivanovich, of King's
A search of their clothing, it is re- ported, revealed a passport on one of Hydro-Therapeutic Institute, King's them visaed for Japan, as one of them Building, and Miss Maria Nígnich had made a trip to Japan some years It is feared the casualties may be consider-Lazota, of No. 13, Rue Carvelle, ago as a member of a Hong Kong swim-
Eming team." Shanghai, has been announced to able, as the station is usually crowded, but it is hop-take place shortly. ed the week-end warning had effect and that the Mr. Charles Adelin Batein, of No were detained in gaol, together with a crowd there was sparse at the time of the bombing. 89, Foochow Road, Shanghai, also
Despite protestations that they were British subjects, the two brothers
Japanese agents.
number of Chinese suspected as being announces his coming marriage to The brothers had a terrifying exper- Miss Celine Marie Lewnillion, of ience for 26 hours, as they watched
out into the yard and executed.
Their release was fually effected by the British Consular authorities in
Three Japanese bombers, their silver wings the same address, which will take glistening in the sunlight, flew over Shameen at place in the Colony. 10.25 at a height of 2,000 feet.
They were evidently returning to their base and it is not yet known what damage they have ac- complished.
AMERICANS' NARROW ESCAPE
A lone Japanese plane which bombed the rail- way station gave a daring exhibition of flying, sweeping within a couple of hundred feet of the ground on three occasions, in spite of A.A. and ma- chine-gun fire.
The plane dropped a single bomb each time and then roared up into the clouds.
Three fires are raging in the vicinity of Wong- sha Station, and meanwhile ambulances are clang- ing along the Shakee Bund, on the edge of Sha- meen, to collect the dead and wounded.
A large party of thirty Americans evacuating the Yangtse districts, arrived at Wongsha Station late last night, fortunately missing the bombing by only a few hours-Reuter.
CHINESE KILLED
ON TALAMBA
Chan and Lin Pin, members of
U.S. Politician Dead
rty working on the Hillsborough (California), To-day.
tside Lyemun 20- The death occurred here yester into the oil tank of the day of William Henry Crocker, banker and Republican Party lead- er-Reuter.
suffocated by the "was removed to
while Lo Chan
The Rev. A. J. Bennift has re-
the Queen Mary ported the loss of 2 string of
tumes.
the eff
valued at $40, frm his roomi
Paul's Colleg
several batches of Chinese being taken
REGISTRY WEDDING Canton, and they arrived back in the
Colony yesterday.
The wedding of Mr. Lam Cho-Sap Yee Po Sun Street, Canton, took yung, attached to the staff of the place at the Registry this morning, Lingnam University, Canton, and Mr. W. A. Jones, Deputy Regis Miss Wong Yeuk-wai, of- 5 of Marriages officiating
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