CO129-567-5 Traffic of arms to China and Japanese air-raids on Kowloon-Canton railway 11-4-1938 - 19-1-1939 — Page 265

NCLUSJER NO. in Center P/ despatek ie.

9197 NI

To

COPY

The Managing Director,

No. 56 of 7 AUSSS.

88th arch, 1938.

266

Dear Sir,

BIR KATNI 86th à 27th MARCH, 1958.

I have to report the following aerial attacks by

enowy planes and damn ge tained by the Railway on the 26th

and 27th instanti -

BOIM HAKEM.

at 10. 10 hours, 1 bomb dropped by an enemy plane at

Am. 97/8, and at 13.00 neurs, 4 bombe were dropped by 2 enemy

planes at £#.81/9

11, at No.119 Bridge (8–20' Deek Girder)

but without damage to bridge or track.

PTTC ARCH

Between 18.00 a 13.80 keurs

enemy planes raided

the hallway when 10 baabs were dropped at the following places ; -

1 bomb at m. 21/7, making a cruter of about 30' in dia: by

im

isep was made at the tee of the main bank damaging

8 lengths of rails.

9 bombe in front of sheung ing station, damaging 3 pairs of

rails and 10 sleepers on the loop line. keof, doors

and windows of #heung Fing station Building destroyed,

and 4 telegraph poles were blown down

through the explosion of bext o

Repaire vere immediately carried out.

m. 88/10-15

ul. seral,

Copy to A. P. Blunt, sequire,

N.

Consulate-General,

CANTOR.

for favour of note

(signed) A. d. atreet

^ngineer-in-Chief.

Yours faithfully,

A. Ek Street. ngineer-in-Chief.