Ghastly Scene
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REFUGEES BOMBED Heavy Death Roll in Japanese Air-Raid RAIL-COACHES HIT
(By Talegraph-
WELLINGTON, Tliis Day. The Chinese consul has received the following cablegram from Nanking: "The number of civilian casualties far beyond the figjhting front was increased considerably as a result of the Japanese bombing at Sunkiang, 25 miles from Shanghai. Raining bombs on the Sunkiang station the railers wrecked fivo passenger coaclies full of refugees ftom Shangihai. The station office, water-tower, overliead bridge and a section of the track were also destroyed. "Over 300 refugees, mostly women and children, were killed outright, and 400 were injured, of whom 50 have suceumbed. Littcred with mutilated bodies and debris, the station presented a ghastly scene. An emergency corps is occupied in the task of attending to the wounded and extricating bodies from the debris. "Two Japanese aeroplanes were brought down in the vicinity of Swatow yesterday. Another was damaged by Chinese anti-aircraft guns."
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 202, 11 September 1937, Page 5
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156Ghastly Scene Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 202, 11 September 1937, Page 5
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