CIVILIAN EXODUS
STRICKEN PLYMOUTH
THE "WORST BLITZED TOWN"
(Rec. 11.30 a.m.)
LONDON, May 1
Buses and other vehicles crammed with women, children, men, bedding, and household goods poured out of Plymouth after the fifth air raid in nine days. There were large crowds at the bus stations where extra vehicles were provided. Busloads of passengers in some instances were put off in villages and the buses returned for others'. As night approached Plymouth residents were still leaving their devastated homes, some pushing perambulators.
Lady Astor. the Mayoress, described Plymouth as the worst blitzed town in England.
The Air Ministry announces that enemy air activity last night was slight. A few single aircraft crossed the north-east coast and dropped bombs which caused no damage or casualties.—U.P.A.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 102, 2 May 1941, Page 7
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