FIRE AT CHAPEI
BIGGEST 2INCE TOKIO QVAKE Received Oct. 28, 1 a.m. SHANGHAI, Oct. 27. The Japanese capture of Chapei ended a 71-days siege in which thousands of lives were lost. The Are raging is believed to be the biggest in the Far East since the Tokio earthquake in 1923. It is estimated that there are eight miles of blazing buildings. Over one hundred Japanese warplanes are pursuing the retreating Chinese. A Chinese statement shows that a line five to ten miles from the evacuated positions has been taken up by Chinese determined at all costs to prevent the Japanese occupation of Nantao. The retreat has intensified the difficulties of the International Settlement, where hundreds of Chinese wounded have been taken in.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 256, 28 October 1937, Page 7
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122FIRE AT CHAPEI Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 256, 28 October 1937, Page 7
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