"Full House" by Ivor Novello ((see 29th for details))
B.O. 7 pm,
Jail lights on
Diary pages from this date
((Following text not dated:))
End of month air raid one morning despite heavy clouds. Explosions afar. Six planes.
Following day afternoon air raid. On roof saw planes high and dignified. Scream of bombs from several directions. Much flack. Long alert. Bomb hit tree across from main entrance Supreme Court. Another near Butterfield and Swire and another in Pottinger Street. Apparently small incendiary bombs. No planes up until all over, then a seaplane. Rumour 18 raiders. Dockyard three hits. Blake Pier partly busted. Hole in road Douglas Wharf. Taikoo severe pasting. Kowloon Dock hit. In Pottinger Street houses both sides collapsed. Estimate 300 civilians killed.
Initials for Mrs Harrison.
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Talk with Steve pm.
No raids, no news.
Yesterday’s raid caused slight damage per paper but hear that Taikoo area 40 houses damaged & Lai Chi Kok oil installation blown up; Kowloon docks & Holt’s wharf. Dropped leaflets warning Chinese to get out in 10 days for their own safety?
Cloudy day.
Blackout enforced from 7PM but all Jap lights on.