THREE SISTERS.
KILLED WITH THEIR HUSBANDS. BOMBS DROP ON LONDON. (Received This Day, 11.55 a.m.) LONDON, November 1. London had three alerts this morning. During the. second, two large formations crossed the south-east coast. The anti-aircraft defences went into action, and the planes were later seen returning across the coast. Several bombs fell on the outskirts of London during the third alert, and four people were killed and a number injured It is believed that six Italian heavy bombers were among the formations which crossed the coast this morning. British fighters scattered the enemy over the sky. Fifty enemy planes crossed the coast at Dungeness this afternoon, 20 of which succeeded in reaching London,' where they were met by fighters and turned hack. Two of the raiders were pursued and sent spinning to earth. ®
Among those killed in London last night were three sisters and their husbands, who died together when two houses were demolished. Three youths who were playing cards on the surface of a shelter were killed by tho blast when a bomb exploded in the roadway.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 19, 2 November 1940, Page 5
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