IN PERIL AT SEA

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 55, 6 March 1942, Page 3

IN PERIL AT SEA

.SHIP STRUCK BY BOMBS ESCAPE FROM SINGAPORE Sydney, March 4. i The ship in which Mrs. Mok All I Fong left Singapore for the Nether-! lands East Indies was attacked at sea ' by five Japanese planes, but although i hit by two bombs, drove off the at- ‘ lackers, and proceeded on its way. Mrs. Ah Fong has arrived in Aus- j tralia with her two small children, ! Margaret and Simon. Her husband, who is a litter employed by Qantas Empire Airways, preceded her there. “We left Singapore at 6.30 a.m., and at about 5.30 p.m. the 'alert' sounded, and lasted about an hour, said Mrs. Ah Fong. “1 was in my cabin. I picked up the children ana rushed to the dining saloon, w here we had been told to go if a raid should occur. The ship was full of passengers, mostly Chinese. There was no panic. “Five planes attacked us,” she i added. "I think they were on their ' way to Singapore. Frdm the dining ! saloon we couldn't see anything, but | somebody told me that the planes i dropped about 15 bombs altogether. | Two struck the ship, damaging the ' sick bay, the bar and the storeroom.” :