CO129-567-5 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 11-4-1938 - 19-1-1939 — Page 109

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

Frelazure 42.8 in Canton i despatch

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1938.

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The Managing Streetor.

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10th August. 1938.

110

I have to report the following sarial atteoka by

enemy planes, and damage sustained by the milway on the 8th

and 9th instant)-

8TH JUGJ

Am. 21 and $1. žetween 18.30 and 16.25 houre the Railway

was raided by 9 enemy planes, when 80 bombs were dropped at

the following places 1-

1 bomb at No.4 siding at Ham Teng utation - 4 rails and 50 sleepers damaged. Prog of No.1 point olightly demongoos

1 boab at est end of 30.88 aridge (4-20' \eck 31rder)

rubble wing well damaged.

I boiab at s 8.1/10

17 bomba between K, 21 à 27. without any damage to the track,

and 10.00

幻 11 raided by toneny planom and 12 b

ware dropped at the rolloving pl0001-

1 bomb at To.3 siding of heung Kak Tou Station -

1 bomb an

? reils damaged.

neung zou flatrora, making orator of

20 x 10. deep.

5 bombs at Ex. 30/17

bombe at 21/2

without any damage to the silway.

Yours faithfully,

street

Engineer-in-hief.

to As Blu

Consul-General,

H... Consulate-General,

Centon.

for favour or

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