26 Oct 1942, Harry Ching's wartime diary
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Mon, 26 Oct 1942
Awakened at 1.30 a.m. Bombs and gunfire. Reportedly Whitfield Barracks in Kowloon hit. Fire Lai Chi Kok way still burning. Palace Hotel said wrecked. Cameron Road where many Japanese live received stick of bombs. Bomb in Shanghai Street killed many. Percy Ismail says 1.30 a.m. raid was North Point. Bomb hit road. Tram tracks out of action. Aw Boon Haw Mansion reportedly hit. Nuisance raids. More nuisance to us civilians than to Japs. Big crater Jordan Road. House in Hankow Road demolished. Six reported killed. Ferry boat and gunboat reportedly hit.
