SEVERAL FIRES SUBDUED
(United Press Association—Copyright 1 , (Received This Day, 11.10 a.m.) LONDON, November 24. A fierce barrage defeated raiders who attempted to reach Liverpool last night. All were turned back without dropping their bombs.^ Relays of raiders were similarly driven off from a northeast coastal town. ■ Enemy planes were almost constantly over the locality of the south coast for some hours last night. The first of the planes dropped flares and oil-bombs, illuminating the ground, and succeeding planes dropped explosives and more incendiaries. ~ Some of the planes, unable to face the barrage, bombed half-a-dozen places outside. Seven fires were started in the suburbs of one town, and four or five more in a village. AH were subdued by the fire services, aided, by the military. The raiders concentrated on fires, but the barrage prevented many from reaching their objectives. Four were killed, including two girl students. Houses, schools and stores were damaged.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 38, 25 November 1940, Page 5
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