LIVERPOOL RAIDED
LONGEST AND HEAVIEST ATTACK OTHER MERSEYSIDE TOWNS. DAMAGE CAUSED BY FIRES. X*s '* •. •: (Received This Day, 1.45 a.m.) LQNDON, November 29. The attack on Liverpool was the severest and longest that the city has experienced, though many raiders were blasted back by the biggest barrage the Merseyside has yet put up. Explosives, oil bombs, and incendiaries caused fires that damaged chiefly houses and flats. The casualties were not heavy, but included some deaths. Bombs burst near a, public shelter, some persons being injured. . Other towns in the Merseyside area Were attacked, in some cases by planes that were fi/iding the barrage too heavy elsewhere. The windows of hotels, shops and cinemas were blown out, and the roof of a Catholic church was damaged. •• • * ' < The London area was comparatively free of bombs. .
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 43, 30 November 1940, Page 5
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