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MISSIONARIES ENDANGERED [BY CABLE—PRESS ASSN. —COPYBIGHT.] (Rec. August 12, 8 a.m.) SHANGHAI, August 11. Mystery surrounds the flight of eight American Catholic missionaries, including six women, who were besieged in the walled town of Yuenchow, Province of Tunana, where Government forces are besieging the bandits led by the notorious rebel leader named Shen. Seven w’eeks have elapsed without a word from the captives. Grave fears are felt for their safety. The Yellow’ River is now high m flood. Large areas are inundated, the railway track is several feet under water forcing a complete break on the Pekin-Hankow railway.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 August 1933, Page 7
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