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HUGE BOMBS WHISTLE RIGHT OVER SHAMEEN Alarming Experience: Wongsha Heavily Bombed JAPANESE HOLD Concession Shakes CHOLERA

H.K. SHIP FOR TEN HOURS

The s.s. Anjou, flying the Por- tuguese flag, was placed under "arrest" by two Japanese des troyers and a Japanese armed trawler yesterday when she was close to Hong Kong.

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The incident took place near Lantau while the vessel was on her voyage from Macau to Hong Kong, having left the former port at about 6 8.m.

The ship was detained for over 10 hours..

According to information: ro

ceived by the. "China Mail," the

Under Terrific Concussion

(From Our Staff Representative)

Canton, To-day.

GROWS WORSE IN SHANGHAI

Shanghai, To-day.

The cholera death rate in Shang-

Shameen watchers of the most intensive aerial hai doubled during the past week bombardment of Canton since the early days when 67 victims were claimed, of June were given a most uncomfortable thrill according to figures released by when from fifteen to twenty enormous bombs, the Public Health Department of dropped through the clouds on an objective in the Shanghai Municipal Council. visible to the airmen, sailed alarmingly right The report also showed 366 over Shameen and crashed with terrific de-new cases, which is an increase tonations “almost simultaneously round the Wongsha Station.

vessel, which until a month ago First flew the British flag, was regis- tered with the Portuguese au- thorities at Macau.

For the past month the boat has been plying as a cargo-boat between the Colony-and-Macau, leaving the Portuguese port daily at 6 a.m. and the Colony, at 4

of 38 over the week preceding.

Despite the discouraging, fig-

ures of the rising state of the epidemic, there has been no let-

or the French Concession with

A

warning Shameen had was an eerie whistling up on the part of the health au- noise which grew in intensity to a shriek, fad-thorities in either the Settlement ing momentarily before tremendous explosions regard, to preventative work in at Wongsha, shaking every building in the combating the malady. British Concession, brought realisation that Hongkew district was transfer- Japanese woman in the

Shameen had escaped the feared direct hit. red to the Isolation Hospital yes- It was extremely dangerous 45 miles north of Canton and blew terday after doctors had bombing for the heavy clouds a 60-feet girder off the piers. It diagnosed her way to Hong Kong the Anjou was met by Japanese destroyers at and the bombs must have been men apparently expected to find a ese airmen to see their objective, out of action for days, and the air- about 9 a.m. She was signalled to released "in the general direc-big concentration of arms and am- stop and the Captain obeyed.

tion" of Wongsha.

HAVOC IN RIVER

p.m.

Yesterday morning, while on her made it impossible for the Japan-was thought that the line would be cholera. This

MÁSTER "DETAINED" Motor-boats, with Japanese blue- Ten minutes before, planes Jackets on board, were to examine had power-dived out of the clouds the vessel's papers. Some docu-to pick up the whereabouts of ments relating to the registration the station, and had released two of the vessel at Macao, were, how great bombs which wreaked ever, not on board.

havoc among boatpeople in the The Captain was then taken in a river some five to six hundred motor-boat to a Japanese destroy-yards from Shameen.

er, where he was held while the Japanese naval official communicat- ed by wireless with the Hong Kong and Macao Harbour departments concerning the registration of the ship.

These two great explo- sions sent water shooting 250 feet into the air, huge "waterspouts" in which were intermingled the bodies of boatpeople and the shatter- ed remnants of sampans and junks.

From fifteen

DELAYED TWELVE HOURS It was not until after 6 p.m. that the Captain was allowed to return

The concentrated attack on to his ship and continue the voyage the station which followed was to the Colony arriving here at 9.45 unprecedented. p.m., nearly 12 hours behind to twenty bombs fell so closely schedule.

one after the other that it was It is learned that vessel has a impossible to separate, the explo- tonnage of 290 tons did not sions. The concussion was terri- carry passenger. There was fic, the series of explosions large cargo of fire-wood, fish and sounding like a feu de joie fired pigs on board.

by the heavy guns of a squadron of battleships.

The first news of the was obtained

· Chow arrived

rnoon

day

8.8.

Jät

Chuen JAPANESE HOPES FAIL

ester Explanation for the merciless that the bombing of Wongsha was appar- three ontly the fact that during, an air- raid on the Canton-Hankow railway belongs to the Yiu yesterday, the Japanese bombers Company.

scored a direct hit on a bridge some

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to be

Hong-

anese cholera case kew district to be reported.

Three cases of typhoid were also reported from Hongkew. Reuter.

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