CO129-567-5 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 11-4-1938 - 19-1-1939 — Page 184

Enclosure Ks. 3 in Canton 7/1 despatch to Faksay. Shanghai No.97

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7th June, 1938.

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The Managing Director.

ir,

14 BADR 4th & 5th June, 1938

I have to report the following aerial attacks by

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

and 5th instantı-

4th JUK.

At about 18.00 hours 3 enemy planes raided the

Bailway and dropped 4 bombs at Che i tation, damaging 1

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rail in main line in front of the station, 2 craters on

station platform and 1 big tree on platform uprooted.

heklung

Between 16.20 and 18.30 hours the Railway was again

raided by 6 enemy planes dropping 12 bomba betreen

and Cheung Muk "au -

1 bomb at Fm.65/0 - 2 pairs of rails and 6 sleepers

damaged. Repairs to track was completed for traffic at 20.18 hours.

1

* North end of main line platform at heklung * gheklung City

#heklung Highway

Station)"

* Back of Wang Li, Station)without damage to the

Tu Tong saction

Railway property.

17

Sth June.

Between 9.45 and 10.00 hours $ enemy planes attacked

the Railway and dropped 5 bomba at hek Lung tation, without

any damage to the Hallway.

Yours faithfully,

A. H. atreet.

Engineer-in-Chief.