LONGER RAID

Grey River Argus, 10 September 1940, Page 5

LONGER RAID

ON LONDON SUNDAY NIGHT ORDEAL Nine and a Half Hours [Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] (Received September 9, 8.15 p.m.) LONDON, September 8. Two minutes after air raid sirens were sounded to-night (Sunday), enemy planes were reported over the south-east of England. Immediately after the warning, one of the heaviest anti-aircraft bombardments since the beginning of the. mass raids was opened up in the outer district of London. Enemy raiders also approached London from another direction. The anti-aircraft guns also went into action in Central London within a few seconds of the alarm being given. After this there came the scream of falling bombs. Yet another wave of German raiders approached the East London area three-quarters of an hour later.

More Fires IN MANY PARTS OF LONDON. (Received September 9. 9.15 p.m.) LONDON, September 9. Further salvos by the enemy raiuers on Sunday night produced more fires in London. These were to be seen blazing in many parts. A bomb landed outside of one big London newspaper office. The workers there were sheltering, and they escaped injury. PARACHUTING PILOT. MACHINE-GUNNED BY ENEMY. (Received September 10, 12.25 a.m.) LONDON, September 9. The enemy raiders machine-gunned a Spitfire pilot, who had baled out over London. The pilot landed, unconscious, on a barrage balloon, which had to be hauled down. The pilot, however, died en route to hospital. , Raids in the Counties MIDLANDS AND NORTH-EAST . (Received September 10, 12.48 a.m.) i LONDON, September 9. There have been enemy raiders over two towns in the north-east of England and also the Midland counties, as well as over London