CO129-567-5 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 11-4-1938 - 19-1-1939 — Page 231

Enclosure 20.1 in Canton /L despatch to abraky,

hanghai of 5th Ko—¥E!

9834

The Managing Director.

Dear bir,

21st April, 1938.

AIR RAIDS: 19th

BL 1988.

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I have to report that the Emilway was raided by

LWYwn

enemy planes on the 19th instant at 15.40 hours between

Tong kei and Sien Teun, and 9 boobs were dropped at the

following places:-

1 at .31/11, damaging the telegraph wires. An old

woman and a boy instantly killed,

#11 telegraph wires and ɔdes damaged.

1 at Km.82/0

4 at Im. 88,

Tong 901 station.

usr

end

frio Foaial Staff Station Latrine entirely demolished. Station Building, Station staff

artera & fo.7

aged.

Gong-hut

I at Km. 48/4, damaging & rails and 17 sleepers.

erater about 10' deep wae međe on the

bankment.

1 at km.44/13 Telegraph wires and poles danegad

1 at .46/

Sien Tran Station,

Gang-hut and Conerete Goods Shelter were entirely demolished and 1 rail damaged.

32.28 hours.

Repairs to the areak at 32.48/4 completed at

Yours faithfully,

All, street,

ngineer-in-chief,

Copy to h.. Elupt, Squire,

Consul-0eneral.

H... Consulate-den@ral,

for favour of nete

(signed) A.R. strest

Engineer-in-chief.