SIXTEEN DEAD.
IN FORTH RAID.
Premier Explains Why No Warning Was Sounded.
NOT THOUGHT "APPROPRIATE."
United Press Association.—Copyright.
(Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, October 17. Mr. Chamberlain informed the House of Commons that 12 enemy aircraft in waves of two or three at a time were engaged in the Firth of Forth raid, in which three officers and 13 ratings were killed or died of their wounds, two officers and 42 ratings were wounded by shell fragments, and two civilians were slightly injured.
Gunfire brought down four enemy bombers. Casualties were sustained aboard the light cruiser Southampton, the cruiser Edinburgh, and the destroyer Mohawk.
Mr. Chamberlain said it was not considered appropriate to issue an air raid warning because the attack appeared local and small, and the defences were fully ready. A warning would have caused widespread dislocation and inconvenience.
The circumstances under which & train crossed the Forth Bridge would be considered. The local defences were fully effective.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 246, 18 October 1939, Page 7
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SIXTEEN DEAD.
Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 246, 18 October 1939, Page 7
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