CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938 — Page 80

nclosure No. 4 in Canton 2/ despatch to POKÁRE NO. 80 ef

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18th February, 1958.

The unaging Director.

Dear sir,

1 10 14TH FAWUa¡Y 1958.

I beg to report that the kailway was raided at lam

Kong, Che an, Wang Ak, Tong To Me and Tin Tong vai by enemy

Na

planes between 9.00 and 11. 10 hours yesterday. The following

is the number of bombs dropped and damage down to the railway by

the pianos at various places

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9.00 hourE. a bambn by I plans as in 17/3 (sa sen

at

station), without damage to the Railway.

2.20 boɑrz. 4 boube by 4 planos between Xx TOj à 77 (Che

shan- Lung Lik), damaging all the telegraph wires.

9.00 - 9.40 hours 9 boabe by 4 planes between Xu 77/5 A

79/16 (Wang Lik station), damaging 4 pairs of rail and all

telegraph wires at Km 79/18. orter 10* vide by 9' deep

made on the loop.

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10.80 # 11.10 hours. & bomba by plance between Ka109/13

* 109/14 (Tong Tou le station), without damage to the kmilway; &

and 9 bombs by 6 plenes between Km. 117/11 and 117/15 (Tin Tong

Vai atation), asking à eratere in front of the station, 1 being

36' wide and 20' deep and the other 20' wide by 15' deep.

pairs of reil on the main line and 13 pairs on the loop and abou!

80 sleepers vere danɛged. All telephone and telegraph wires

betreun Tong You He and Fing zu were interrup te d.

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kepaira were immediately put in hand in order to enebl

JRSE.

Copy to A.P. Blunt, že

Contal-üɑneral

Yours faithfully,

street. engineer-in-Chief

B. B. X. Consulate

Jeneral,

CANTO.

for favour of note.

(signed) A. E. Street

¡ngineer-

-Chief.

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