SEVENTY-EIGHT BOMBS.
RAINED DOWN ON ADOWA.
CIVILIAN POPULATION SUFFERS (Received This Day, 8.5 a.m.) ADDIS ABABA, October 3. The Italians bombarded from the air the Abyssinian towns of Adigrat and Adowa. •_ According to unconfirmed reports the casualties are estimated at 1700.
■ The bombardment of the towns of Adigrat and Adowa by Italian ’planes resulted in heavy loss of life among the civilian population, including women and children, together with-serious damage to property. Reports received at Addis Ababa state that hundreds 'were killed. The Emperor, Haili Selassie, reports that the first bombs fell ,on the hospital, killing and! wounding the nurses.
Anti-aircraft guns are being mounted feverishly at Addis Ababa for fear of a further raid. A hundred houses were destroyed at Adowa and ten at Adigrat. It is estimated that 78 bombs were dropped at Adowa.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 55, Issue 302, 4 October 1935, Page 5
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