HOUSES WRECKED
RAID ON SWANSEA LUFTWAFFE BOMBING LONDON HOSPITALS HIT CHILDREN KILLED VALIANT RESCUE WORK (Elec. TV). Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Feb. 21, 11.15 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 20. The Air Ministry reported that enemy planes in the early hours last night attacked Swansea and damaged a considerable number of houses and business premises. None of the fires was serious. The casualties included a number killed. A short attack was made on the London area. Some damage was done, but the number of casualties was small and included a few killed. Bombs were also dropped in places in southern England and at one point in eastern Scotland. All the raids ceased soon after midnight. Wards Directly Hit The now almost invariable rule that the Luftwaffe’s raiding of London does the greatest damage to hospitals held true last night when a high-explosive bomb scored a direct hit on a block of three male wards of the London County Council Hospital. Two bombs extensively damaged a children's hospital and a number of patients were killed in their beds and others were seriously injured. Doctors, nurses and rescue squads worked throughout the night at the first hospital and saved many lives, the doctors having to operate on some of those badly injured. Nurses carried others across an iron bridge from the part of the block still standing. Anglican and Roman Catholic chaplains teamed up and helped in moving the injured persons to safety. The rescue work was completed before dawn.
Women’s Legion Laughter
An alarm was sounded in London this morning. The sirens were heard as the women’s section of the British Legion was beginning its annual meeting at Caxton Hall.
The chairman asked: “Would anyone like to do anything about this?”
The delegates roared with laughter and the meeting continued.
A Berlin communique announced that planes effectively attacked aerodromes in the Midlands, port installations on the Isle of Wight, factories in Scotland and docks in London, Swansea, Plymouth and Chatham.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20486, 21 February 1941, Page 7
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