HEAVY DAMAGE AT SHEFFIELD.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 297, 14 December 1940, Page 10

HEAVY DAMAGE AT SHEFFIELD.

NAZI MICH! RAID. Large Formations Attack Continuously. I nilf'l f*rp,s As*,,, 1,1 fl„n. — r„jvyri«ht. fßeod. li :;n a.m.) U»\D<>N. Dec. 13. Large lurmatnm.s of raiders wore «f»nt.iniini,,|v over Sheffield last night, eaiismg widespread dextrnct ion. inemns, -hops, stores and houses were do.-1 my ed. The total killed and wounded is unknown, but it is Mf'scr:br<l as amu/,in«;ly low. f'-MnniPici.il. shopping and residential district* wnrr considerably damaged. Heavy lint i a ircra ft butteries 'were in action. I lie rn iders machilic gunned fj rPmcn tackling outbreaks in a working-class area. .Must of the tiros, wore, quickly extinguished, hut some larger ones burned for some hours. A numhor of bodies arc still tinder the wreckage. Home streets are 'blocked by de.,i w. A number of time bombs exploded to-day. In the rest of the country there were «omn sniHll scattered incidents involving little damage and few casualties. An Air Ministry communique sa.vs I ho eneiny attacked the industrial region of North Rutland last night. The principal damage was done to one town, where a number of buildings were destroyed and roads damaged or temporarily blocked. The Hre situation was soon well in hand. Casualties were not unduly heavy. Two*encmy bombers were 4««troyed.