The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-08-28

the Nantao section Of Shanghai, immediately adjoining the French concession, by bombs from fleet Of gigantic Japanese bombing planes, newly arrived to reinforce the army.
 400 Civilians Killed
 It was estimated that 400 civilians were killed by one load of bombs that fell on and near the South railroad station.
 The threat to the Americans was the gravest since the Chinese crisis, involving hundreds Of United States citizens directly.
 The tender started down the river ct il c. m. with 32i refugees, iil- cluding i80 continental Americans and Filipinos. AS usual now, navy guard was aboard.
 Nearing the President Lincoln, c Japanese patrol boat circled the liner, firing ct Chinese ashore. Chi- neSe responded with machine gun and rife fire.
 The President Lincoln itself, was under fire ct intervals from Q c. m. to 2 ?. m. because Japanese war. ships, q cruiser and four destroyers, fnaneuvered near 1t. Two of the de- stroyers passed between the liner and the Chinese lines.
 Bullets, too many to Dc estimated hit the liners side as it Icy of the Woosung quarantine station.
 All Under Fire
 Four Americans who had come via Japan on the liner boarded the ten. der and they and the navy guards !n turn were brought under fire as they came Up the river.
 The President Lincoln made of with urgent haste to Hong Kong
 The threat to the Americans seemed over for the moment, but many hun- dreds of torn bodies Of Chinese, many Of them women and children, Icy in the streets Of the Nantao district.
 About 1000 Chinese were huddied around the South station when bomb after bomb landed within c few seconds.
 Some of the people there were awaiting trains, others seeking shel- ter in the safety" Of tho station from the Japanese bombs, raining down mereiiessiy on the crowded native section.
 Bodies in Fragments
 The bombs that landed on and near the station blew tho bodies Of men. women and children, torn into fragments, along the railroad tracks. Arms, legs, heads of babies, chil- dren, men and women ranging Up. ward to venerable years were scat. tered for hundreds of yards around tho station.
 American service was disrupted, and rescue work was poignantly slow. RickShaws were communicated to take mutilated victims still alive to hospitals. But 1t was found that hospitals oil through the area were damned with wounded Chinese sol- dierS, from the front, and the situa- ton ct the hospitals became chaotic.
 Victims Mangled
 As the mangled victims lay in agony, the Japanese bombers kept up VUkkAbio kbAh " dVbWi Oat HAV Nantao section.
 one squadron of the planes flew directly along the boundary Of the French concession, observing, while others poured bombs into the crowded native city, designing to drive out 5000 Chinese troops and C trench mortar battery there.
 French troops manning barri- cades on the border between their concession and the Nantoa district made ready for c possible rush Of refugees or soldiers. They had or- ders to shoot to xiii any armed Chi- nese soldiers who tried to rush the barricades.
 Sir Huehe Knatchbuiis sIsugesser, British afiibassador wounded by . Japanese airpiane machine gun inst raked his motor car as he drove toward Shanghai from Nankins, was reported in fair condition at the country hospital. It was ar- nounced that he spent . restfui night and inst his general condi- ton waS "weii maintained" He was able to take only liquid nouF. ishment.
 Dy JOHN R MORRIS {. a