CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938 — Page 117

Enclosure No. 1 in Canton P/L despatch to Peking No. 18 of 10/8/1938.

9068 AST

FE MAN 19th January, 1956.

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The Managing Director.

Dear

AIR BALDE: 1571 AMD 16%

I beg to report the following aerial attacks and

sachine gunning of our trains

and 16th instant: »

1878 JANUARY.

onany planes on the 16th

4080. At about 9.80 houre ko. 4 Loesl trein

(hoklung - Tai na Tou) was machine-gunned by # enemy planes,

with the result

that the engine of this train was damaged

and disabled but without any casualty.

4UT PRAL. At about 13.00 hours 7 bombs aimed at the

Am

Up Special Train lying at Km. 18, were dropped by 3 ensay

es vaich aito sachim

inned the epocie).

age was done to the train or tãe track.

16TH JANUASY,

20 CHU-K LUNG.

Mowever, no

tween 14.30 and 1b.

hours the

sallway w** reided by 8 enaay

following placent-

ines drapping 31

1 bomb at No. 4

V. dut et ru Chung, without any

damage.

12 boubs near Tong koi mtation, one of which was

- 16' Dea* Girder) at

neur fo.l poist and Bridge No.

*m. 87.66: the roof, doors and windows of the station building and staff quarters were damaged through explosion of the

bombe: all telegraph wires

tween Nan song and Tom. Nei vero

interrupted.

4 boɑba near the Up Outer-home Signal of

#tation, without any damage

Shek Tan

bombs at Bridge

60.

100' Truss

wirder) at 2m, 85, 25, without any damage.