CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938 — Page 181

CO129 Colonial Office Hong Kong Records 理藩院香港檔案 All

Date of Raid No. of

Times of Raid

Planes involved.

No. of Bombs dropped

Location of Raid

1. 12. 37

08.40 hours

6

Tong Tou Ha Station, Km. 110.

2. 12. 37

02

13.45

09.00 hours

13.20

3. 12. 37

4

08.40 hours

1&

13.00

#

Kms. 123

-

135

Kins. 112

-

114

Krus 116 118

Kus. 64/1, 95/4, 113-115,

and 126.

Sheklung Yard & Ku. 80.

Damage to Railway property.

No. 2 pier of Bridge No.172 slightly damaged. 1 Chine se Section passenger coach & 1 wagon damaged, and 1 British Section wagon No.74 destroyed.

2 rails and 8 sleepers

dam aged.

Nil

6 rails am 16 sleepers

damaged.

Turntable at Sheklung damaged. 4 rails and 20 sleepers damaged also tele graph wires.

Loco. running shed and store burnt to ground and turntable damaged.

2 pairs of rails, 9 sleepers & telegraph wires damaged.

Nil

Remarks

Indirect hits.

No direct hits.

Traffic quickly resumed.

4. 12.37

2

13.00 hours

Km. 120

5. 12. 37

2

08.40 hours

4

Kin. 120

2

15.20

H

3

Km. 103

6. 12. 37

2

09.00 hours

7

Km. 103

14.00

11

5

Kms

120 122

7. 12. 37

09.00 ho ur s

10

Kus. 102 104

#

13.40

8. 12. 37

08.40 hours

5

Kms. 103 104

Km. 120

-

3

13.40

Tin Tong Wai Station,

Kan. 117.

9. 12. 37

5

08.50 hours

15

Ku.

901/

A

13.30 11

Km. 117

5

14.30 to

15

17.15 hours.

Km. 84/17 and Sheung Fing

Station.

11. 12. 37

5

08.50 hours

16

Kms. 110 to 118.

Nil

11 rails and 20 sleepers

damaged.

A 4-ft. culvert damage à

Track slightly damaged.

Two rails damaged.

Repairs soon effected.

Do.

Nil

182

7 pairs of rails and 60 sleepers damaged.

Track damaged at Tu Tong station and window glasses of coaches broken.

3 rails damaged & Chine se Section engine of Down Slow damaged by splinters.

2 rails and rolling stock of Down Mixed train damaged.

Chinese Section Breakdown Van damaged, also station build- ings at Tin Tong Wai and Tong Tou Ha.

Repairs soon effected.

One direct hit. effected.

No direct hits.

No direct hits.

Repairs soon

One British Section engine & one Chinese Section engine pierced by machine-gun bullets, also 4 B.S. wagons and 3 C.S. wagons.

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