CO129-578-12 Sino-Japanese War- attacks on shipping 10-1-1939 - 17-11-1939 — Page 71

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Date of

incident.

Type & No. of Junk.

31.8.39 Fishing Junk

35 H.W.

1.9.39 Fishing Junk

444 H. Y.

Owner or Master.

Wong lian Yat of Hong Kong

Crew

16 males 10 females

Li Muk of Hong Kong

23 males

9 females

1.9.39 Fishing Junk

Lo Yau Tsoi

678 H.A.

of Hong Kong 39

Loss or Damage Junk & Gear.

Cargo.

Arms $250-

Arms $430-

2.9.39

Fishing Junk Two No. unknown.

Tsoi Ying Sho of Yeung Kong, Chinese Territory.

20 males

2.9.39 Fishing Junk No. unknown, licensed in Hong Kong

Tsoi Hei of Yeung Kong, Chinese Territory.

2.9.39 Fishing Junk

2044 H. V.

Wong Wu of ?

3.9.39 Fishing Junk

1330 H.C.

Ho Muk Lee of Aberdeen, Hong Kong.

27 males

8 males

4 fonales

Licence. Arms $269-

Junk & gear $1,400-

Licence.

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Junk value $1,400- Cash H.K. $100. Chinese currency

$500-

Value not given.

Junk & gear $1,450-

Nature of incident.

Searched by Japanese from travler No.42 off Sam Mun, Chinese rators.

Searched by Japanese from destroyer No.18 off Ling Ting, Chinese waters.

Fired on by Japanese destroyer No.17 off Lema Islands. No injuries. Total crev of 38.

Two junks stopped by Japanese travlor off Lena Islands, Chinese waters. One set on fire. Crews sent off in other junk.

Set on fire by Japanese from trawler off Lena Islands, Chinese waters, after taking money and property value about $300- Crew extinguished fire, but later in the day again set on fire by Japanoso from schooner No.104. Crew of 27 taken on board Japanese vessel. This same Japanese schoo- ner later attacked and set on fire Fishing Junk 2044 H. V. Crow takon aboard Japanese vessel except master who rowed off in sampan. Whereabouts unknown. Later encountered 2 moro Fishing Junks, one of which was fired, and crows of all 4 junks put aboard the other.

Junk set on fire off Lena Islands, Chinese waters by 2 Japanese trawlers. Crow sent off in sampan and later brought to Hong Kong in another junk. No injuries.

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