DUBLIN BOMBED

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20570, 2 June 1941, Page 5

DUBLIN BOMBED

GERMAN RAIDERS 24 KILLED; 100 HURT WIDESPREAD DAMAGE (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (British Official Wireless.) Reed. 10 a.m. RUGBY, June 1. At least 24 persons were killed, about 40 seriously injured and about GO others Injured during an air raid on Dublin on Friday night. Air raid precautions squads are still searching for buried victims. A number of fires were started and gas mains were damaged. The aircraft are believed to have been identified as German. A bomb fell in Phoenix Park and broke some glass in the residence of the President, Dr. D. Hyde, and in the American Legation, but no person was injured. A bomb in north Strand, which fell on the roadway, did most damage to property and it was here that most of the casualties occurred. Like Blitz on Britain The raid was comparable with some raids on front-line British towns. There was widespread damage to property. The raid began shortly after 1 a.m. Planes droned over the city for a considerable time. Bombs on north side demolished a dozen houses. Many were buried in the wreckage and others demolished. At least 20 buildings in the North Strand-Sum-merhill district suffered severely. The magazine of the fort of Phoenix Park escaped only by yards. Streams of injured people and bombed-out families were carried from the vast affected areas. The fires were brought under control by 5 a.m. Belfast Offers Aid

While the raid was at its height, the Dublin Fire Brigade received an offer of assistance from the Belfast Fire Brigade, reciprocating Eire’s previous gesture to Ulster. However, Dublin replied that assistance was not required, although it expressed grateful thanks. The anti-aircraft defences went into action before the bombing began, The Berlin correspondent of the British United Press says that German officials declared there was no confirmation of the reports that Dublin had been bombed.

“We can only recall our statement when this occurred before that it is an attempt by Mr. Winston Churchill to create a new Athenia case. When the British bomb Irish territory, we can see with what intent.”