THE LONDON RAID

Evening Star, Issue 23657, 17 August 1940, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE LONDON RAID

ACCOUNT OF DAMAGE . NAZIS MACHINE-GUN STREETS HIGH EXPLOSIVE BOMBS DROPPED IN WORKING GLASS AREA Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, August 16. (Received August 17, at 4.10 p.m.) Several south-west Londoners were killed by heavy bombs which demolished or seriously damaged 15 houses, an hospital, a club, an hotel, two stores, and a garage. A dozen high-explosive bombs landed -in a working class area, burying residents under debris. Some are dead.

A bomb hit a railway station booking office, injuring several sheltering there. Another hit a railway line and signal box, but the damage was repaired within two hours.

The raiders machine-gunned streets, breaking windows and dislodging tiles. The bombs and bullets left scarcely a pane of glass in some streets. A bomb near a cafe blew in windows, injuring diners. Another blew a motor driver from hi s car to the road, severely injuring him. TRAFFIC JAM. Thousands of city workers held up by the raid created one of the biggest rush hour hold-ups London has ever known. Queues formed for every bus. Station gates were closed periodically to relieve the crush on the patforms. Many south-west Londoners arrived at their homes to find them seriously damaged and furniture wrecked. Between 30 and 40 bombs, including delayed action ones, fell in one suburb, cutting a mission hall in. two, demolishing a church, destroying trolley bus lines, and breaking a water main, which flooded the road. BRITISH FREIGHTER TORPEDOED NEW YORK, August IC. (Received August 17, at 4.30 p.m.) The Mackay radio states that the British freighter Clan M'Phee was torpedoed about 400 miles north-west of the northern coast of Ireland. INTERNATIONAL LABOUR OFFICE M’GILL UNIVERSITY’S OFFER MONTREAL, August 16. (Received August 17, at 4.20 p.m.) M'Gill University has offered' sanctuary to the League’s International Labour Office. This offer has not yet been accepted, but members of the staff of the International Labour Office are gathering at Montreal. BRITISH CHILDREN MORE ARRIVE IN CANADA MONTREAL, August 16. (Received August 17, at 4.15 p.m.) One hundred and fifty-four children evacuated from England under Government sponsorship have arrived at an eastern port. PRESIDENT AND PREMIER CONFERENCE ARRANGED “ OGENSBURG (New York) August 16. (Received August 17, at 5.15 p.m.) President Roosevelt, an route by train, announced that lie is conferring hero to-morrow with Mr Maci kenzie King.