CO129-567-5 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 11-4-1938 - 19-1-1939 — Page 175

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Enclosure No.3 in Canton F/I despatch to Embassy, Shanghai

Ko. 125 of 8th July 18,

9886 A/T

To

COLY

5th July, 1956.

The Managing Director.

bear wir,

AIR MAIDS 4th July. 1938,

I have to report the following aerial attacks by

enemy planes and damage sustained by the Railway on the 4th

instanti

*SUTO PIN STATION

Between 8.30 à 3.40 hours, 4 bombs dropped at

heung Ving station by 2 enemy planes.

One Goods Shelter

on platform demolished and telephone cable damaged.

LUN KRUIN AND TIS TU HA.

Between 15.00 a 13.30 hours the Railway was again

raided by 1 enemy plane, and 4 bombe were dropped at the

folloting places:-

1 bomb at Km. 108/8

1 bomb at Em.105/10

without any damage to the track.

1 bomb at Km. 106/0

bomb an main line platform, making a crater of 8' x 4'

Track la front of station covered with earth, the removal of which takes about 14 hours.

deep.

Yours faithfully,

A.H. Street

Copy to A.i. Blunt, squire,

Consul-General,

A.B.M. Consulte-General,

Canton.

for favour of note

(signed) A.H. street

ngineer-in-Chief.

gineer-in-Chief.