RAIDS ON ENGLAND
ATTACKS ON HARVEST HOSPITAL DAMAGED (1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Aug. 11. An official communique states that this afternoon enemy aircraft dropped bombs on a town in the south of England and at another on the south-east coast. Some damage was done and some casualties were caused, including a few killed. Many incendiary bombs were showered on cornfields in East Anglia in an organised attempt to set fire to the harvest Watchers buried many incendiaries before they caused destruction. A mental hospital in East Anglia was hit several times and two wards occupied by aged patients were strbyed. A number of patients and members of the staff were killed and several severely injured and others are missing. Twelve bodies have been recovered. Two aged women who were buried under three tons of debris were rescued alive after six hours. The Luftwaffe, according to the Berlin radio, last night bombed Colchester and Hastings.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20860, 12 August 1942, Page 4
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