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American Property

Hit In Savage Hankow Raids

Hankow, To-day.

The heaviest Japanese air attack yet made on the Wuhan area occurred yesterday afternoon 680 Chinese being killed and injured and 437 houses destroyed. A fleet of more than 100 Japanese bombing planes appeared over 13 towns in the Wuhan area dropping altogether 200 bombs most of which fell in thickly populated dis- tricts.

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Particularly serious was the damage in Wuchang and Hanyang, close to Hankow. Altogether 63 Japanese airplanes were counted over these two towns alone.

In the bombardment of the, CENTRAL CHINA UNIVERSITY

BOMBED munition depots of Hanyang which had but shortly before

Hankow, To-day. been evacuated a great number

Another American missionary in- of bombs were dropped in the densely populated poorer districts stitute, the Central China Univer- on the Han River. Most of these sity at Wuchang, was bombed by bombs caused deaths.

Japanese aircraft during the raid A fleet of 30 junks was com- on the Wuhan cities yesterday. pletely destroyed and the crews killed.

REFUGEES SLAIN

Three heavy explosives were streaked on the campus of the Uni- versity, wrecking three classrooms On the railway station of Wu-land an office and a part of the dor- chang, 50 refugees who were mitory. The exact casualty figures waiting for the train were killed are yet unknown, but so far three by bombs. An official count of persons have been found killed and the number of dead is not yet more than 60 wounded. complete so that the number Several of the foreign faculty mentioned hitherto will probably members are said, to have suffer- prove to be too low.

ed slight wounds. The entire Red Cross sprang A huge American flag was con- into activity immediately after spicuously hoisted on one of the the bombardment began and is buildings of the University... now engaged in clearing away the Besides the Central China Uni- dead and wounded and looking versity, a girls' middle school estab- for injured beneath the collapsed lished by American missionaries and houses.

a church outside Pingyangmen Gate

In view of the suddenness and in Wuchang were also bombed, re- the violence of the attack, Chin-sulting in more than 16 casualties.

THE CENTRAL ELECTRICAL SERVICE CO. ese anti-aircraft could not act Hanyang suffered worse than

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U.S. PROPERTY DAMAGED · Hankow, To-day..

At least 600 persons were killed and wounded in the devastating raid in the Wuhan area yesterday.

Boone College, of the Church Mission, was damaged when six bombs landed in the vicinity of the compound and four in the com- pound, destroying the boy scouts headquarters and the students' dor- mitory.

With his rifle a Chinese soldier Bombs also landed only fifty shot down a Japanese naval plane yards from the residence of Bishop which had ventured low at Matou- A. Gilman, of the American Church chen, in South Hupeh, on August Mission, who was in the house when 9, it is now revealed, the missiles exploded, sending bomb The machine was conducting a splinters into his living room-Reu- reconnaissance flight. Central ter.

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PLANE SHOT DOWN WITH RIFLE

Hankow, To-day.

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