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HONG KONG TRAGEDY THIRTY-THREE KILLED Bodies Scattered Over Houses And Streets Press Association —Copyright. Received May 18, 11.5 a.m. Hong Kong, May 17. Thirty-three were killed, ten are missing and eight seriously Injured as a result of an explosion on the launch Shosen Kaisha. The vessel was blown to pieces, and the bodies hurled from the waterfront and scattered across the Bund and on the roofs of houses. One body was thrown on to the verandah of the Hong •' Kong Club. The majority of the dead were Japanese third-class passengers.
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Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 436, 18 May 1937, Page 5
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92LAUNCH EXPLOSION Taranaki Central Press, Volume IV, Issue 436, 18 May 1937, Page 5
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