Evening star., 1937-08-28
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
SHANGHAI, August 28.-Death and
fire from the sky today spread terror
through the narrow. winding streets
of sWeltering Nantao, Shanghai's old
est japanese quarter with its teeming
thousands.
More than 900 Chinese died or fell
injured under the relentless attack of
16 japanese air bombers. Many
burned to death in fires that spread
quickly through the city.
Chinese artillery retaliated during
the afternoon by shelling Japanese
occupied Hongkew An undetermined
number of casualties was reported as
shells fell near the Japanese police
station and along Boone and Miller
roads.
$50 Americans Leave.
A few hours before the japanese
bombardment of Nantao, l60 Ameri-
cans had slipped down the Whangpoo
River aboard a tender to eaten the
liner President Lincoln for Manila
The departure was the quietest of
the numerous excavations which have
carried 1000 American refugees to
safety since the Sino- Japanese con-
flict hared here with death to thou
sands and infinite danger to foreign
sections of the city.
AS on the other evacuation trips,
bits of shrapnel and stray bullets from
both sides sprinkled the Lincoln's su-
perstructure. No one was hurt, how
ever.
A Chinese shell exploded near the
United States cruiser Augusta, flag
ship Of the Asiatic Fleet, sending the
crew in a dash for cover
No one was injured by the pro-
jectile, which was fired from a Chi
nese battery aiming at japanese posi-
tions in the Hongkew section.
The explosion came only a few
hours after II sailors, injured when
shell struck the cruiser August TO-
returned to duty One seaman was
killed in the August 20 shelling.
Battle Center 18 Miles Away.
While the japanese bombers swept
over Nantao with their cargo of death
and destruction, the infantry and
artillery battlefront appeared to be
centered II miles northwest of
Shanghai, about Woosung, where the
great Yangtze River meets Shanghai's
waterway, the Whangpoo.
There was no convincing guarantee
of lessened hostilities here, however,
and American Marines sped work of
strengthening defense works about the
international section over which they
maintain guard.
Thousands of sandbag barricades
were thrown up to form triple de-
fense line, and machine guns and
small ornaments were in position for
instant action to defend the settle
ment.
British, French and other foreign
guard detachments likewise continued
to strengthen their fronts.
Nantao is the native quarter on
Shanghais southern fringe, adjacent
to the French concession, in which
most American residents of Shanghai
live
About $500 Americans remain in
Shanghai, 700 of them women and
children. Most of the others were
among the refugees leaving the past
10 days.
Sir Hughe Montgomery Knatchbull-
Hugessen, British Ambassador to
China who was wounded Thursday
by japanese aerial machine gunner,
was reported improved today but his
condition still is very grave.
Thousands Are Terrified.
During the bombing of Nantao
thousands of terrified Chinese pushed
and crowded through the streets, en-
deavoring vainly to escape.
Mayor O.. K Yui announced 200
persons were killed and more than
400 injured by the is japanese planes.
Besides the normal population of
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