CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938 — Page 182

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

Date of Raid No. of Planes

Times of Raid

involved.

No. of Bomba dropped

Location of Raid

11. 12. 37

2

14.30 hours

5

Kin.

29

1

17.20

M

5

12. 12. 37

10

09.30 hours

31

to 10.30 hrs.

Kus. 110, 119, & 129.

Kas. 64-65, 76, 103, 110

and 113.

183

Damage to Railway property.

2 rails and 8 sleepers damaged. 2 Chinese Section coaches damaged by splinters and 1 Chinese Section engine damaged by machine gun fire

Nil.

5 sleepers and 17 rails damaged, track slightly damaged. Quarter s damaged at Tong Tou a Station, Telegraph wires down.

Station fencing, 2 rails,

3 sleepers.

Remarks

Repairs soon completed.

Repairs completed in a few hours,

LO

13.40 hourS

14

Cheung Muk You Station,

Km. 98.

14. 12. 37

2

10.50 hours

4

Km.

92

Nil.

15. 12. 37

8

13.15 hours

12

Kms. 110

132.

2 pairs of rails and 11 sleepers.

to 14.50 hrs.

17. 12. 37

2

09.50 hours

Kins.

92

-

94

1 pair of rails and 5 sleepers. Telegraph wires damaged,

H

3

14.30

3

18. 12. 37

153

11.10 hours

02

21.15

14

3

*

Kms. 47 and 48

Km. 93

Äms, 104

10 6

19. 12. 37

2

14.00 hours

20. 12. 37

08.45 hours

16

to 10.10 hrs.

21. 12. 37

3

13.45 hours

23. 12. 37

3

09.40 hours

14.40

6

+

3

24. 12. 37

1

10.25 hours

02

25. 12. 37

4

09.30 hours

8

6

12.30

11

Km.

98

Cheung Muk Tou Station at Km. 984. Ims. 102 to

103.

Ems. 103-104.

Km. 119

Cheung Muk Tou, Km. 98.

Km. 110/6

Km. 104.

She ung Ping Station,

Km. 85/4.

25

25

Kms. 51

-

58.

26. 12. 37

6

11.55 to

15

13.25 hours.

Kms. 46, 55, 92, 98, Che mg Muk You Station.

27. 12. 37

3

13.45 hours

6

Kms. 94 to 96

5 pairs of rails, 20 sleepers.

1 pair of rails, cutting slip

2 rails, 10 sleepers, telegraph

wires.

4 rails, 10 sleepers. Tender of Chinese Section Engine No.A-8 of Down Slow train damaged.

Slight damage to station office. Telegraph wires down.

Negligible.

Slight damage to 1 pair of rails.

Concrete goods shelter. Station building slightly damaged.

Te le graph & telephone wires cut. Nil.

2 pairs of rails, 15 sleepers.

5 pairs of rails, 60 sleepers, goods shelter, station building damaged.

Window glass of Shek Tan station building broken. 5 telephone poles damaged.

Sien Tsum station building slightly damaged. Telegraph wires cut. Cheung Muk Tou station building slightly damaged.

Tele graph wires cut.

Repairs soon completed.

Repairs completed in 3 hours.

Repairs completed at 22.30 hours.

Repairs completed at 14.30 hours.

Full moon. Repairs completed at

01.00 hours on 19.12.37.

Repairs completed in a few hours.

Indirect hit.

Direct hit. Repairs so on effected.

Repairs soon effected.

5 bombs did not explode. No damage to track.

Track damage negligible.

No damage to Railway.

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