CO129-567-4 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 3-1-1938 - 3-5-1938 — Page 99

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ŝnclosure äe. X in Canton P/L denna tak

9126

A/T

CO-Y

No.88 of V/3/38

94th February, 1986.

TO

The Kanaging Direstor.

·r šir,

AIN KALDS: 850 TARAUALY 1938

I have to report the bombing of the sailway by

enems planes on 33rd February as follower

7.80 -7.80 hours. 4 bombe by 2 planes aimed at the

Ballast Train at Em.116/12 (near Tin Tong sei); no damage done

to the train or treex, but telegraph viren between Tin Tong

anu Tong Tou

*.30-9.10 bours.

srrupted.

7 bombe by 2 planes aimed at Up Goods

Special at Ea. 36/12 (cun Tong - Tang sei) damaging the windows

of 3rd Class Passenger Coach ne.73, 1 rail smá 4 sleepers.

18.00 18.40 hours. & bombs by 2 planes aimed at Up

Goode special at ka, 36/18 (sua long - Tong Mei); no damage

done to the train or treck, but 8 graph poles were blown

down through the explosion of boabe.

Repairs were inuediately esrried out for trains

to pase and completed t 1.00 P. K.

Youre faithfully,

Copy to A.P. Blunt, Require,

Coneul-üɛneral,

A. fi.

treet. vineer-in-Chief.

Ho Ba

Consula

jeneral,

GAJTON.

for favour of nott.

(Signed)

*.B. Street

@ngineer-in-Chief

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