FAIRLY HEAVY
GERMAN RAID ON BRISTOL.
ENEMY CLAIMS MUCH DAMAGE.
HUNDREDS OF TONS OF BOMBS.
(United Press Association—Copyright.; (Received This Day, 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, November 25.
Although the raid on a. west of England town last night was on a fairly heavy scale the enemy did not use as many planes as he did on the previous attack in the Midlands. It is estimated that probably 100 bombers took part. It is believed that the casualties wore not so heavy, considering the. intensity of the raid.
Rescuers are still searching in tho ruins of buildings in a Home Counties town bombed last night. Five bombs fell on an East Anglian town and demolished houses and shops. The German News Agency stated that strong bomber formations attacked Bristol last night, and dropped several hundred tons of bombs, 45 fires being observed. A gasometer was blown up and warehouses suffered severely. “As a distributing centre and railway junction, Bristol was wiped out,” says the Agency.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 39, 26 November 1940, Page 5
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