RAIDING KEPT UP

Grey River Argus, 10 September 1940, Page 5

RAIDING KEPT UP

New Fires Burning NO RESPITE FROM LOUD EXPLOSIONS [Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn.] (Received September 10, 12.48 a.m.) LONDON, September 9. The dropping by enemy raiders of high explosive bombs and incendiary, bombs still continues at present as the raid passes its ninth hour. Bombs have been scattered over the east of London, hitting again the area that was affected by Sunday night’s raid. In another district showers of burning debris have been flung towards the sky. Several new fires have been caused in the London area. The raiders sometimes are flying i very low. They are cruising in wide j circles round the London area, in ad-, dition to traversing it. , There is now simply no respite from j the loud explosions. There are rei verberant blasts for hour upon hour, j Every now and again the bombs come crashing more frequently and [ more loudly. THAMES SIDE AREAS. AGAIN MAIN TARGET. (Received September 10, 12.30 a.m.' LONDON, September 9. An official report states: The more deliberate of the enemy attacks have again been upon the Thames side districts. There a number of fires have resulted. | Attacks on several other parts of I London have resulted in many fires, I also in the interruption of the public services. There has been considerable damage done to some public and mercantile buildings.

y RELAYS OF PLANES. BOMBING INDEPENDENTLY (Received September 10, 12.40 a.m.) LONDON, September 9. An official report states: The enemy has employed successive' relays of planes, which hav e been op(7 erating independently. They have 1 dropped bombs over a widespread area in London. *• “No intensive' attack has Been d> e livered at any tim e by a large force. ! * The London anti-aircraft guns have remained in action continuously. Smoke Over London ENEMY HAMPERED. (Received Sept. 10, IZ3O a.m.) BERLIN, September 9. German flyers report that the-Lon--5 don fires have spread and that the f smoke is so thick that the Gorman - bombers are finding difficulty in seeing rheir targets. Biggest Bombers SENT OVER BY ENEMY, (Received Sept. 10, 12.30 a.m.) BERLIN, September 9. Authorised people say that thirtyfive of Germany’s biggest bombers have been now departed for London. They left shortly before midnight on Sunday, and they are carrying the heaviest calibre bombs. i Fearful Bombs

5 BERLIN ASSERTION. L ’ (Received Sept. 10, 12.42 a.m.) BERLIN, September 9. The German authorised spokesmen claim that the heaviest bombs and the most destructive ones which Germany possesses ar e being reserved for knock-out blows against special objectives. It is claimed that bombs are capably of levelling anything within five hundred yards of their explosion, and that their explosion tosses the bombers themselves like boats in a wild sea, even when thousands of feet up. ENEMY OBJECT. "TO WIPE US OFF THE MAP.” (Received September 10, 12 40 a'.m.) LONDON, September 9. A Civil Defence ’ member said: “The raiders are not operating in mass formations, but their intention still is obviously, to wipe us off the map. “Our services are functioning marvellously under the stress of the raiders.” TRAFFIC DIFFICULTIES LONDON ROAD DAMAGE (Received September 10, 1.40 a.m.) LONDON, September 9. Londoners, though sleepy-eyed, but stout-hearted, went to work to-day determinedly. Nevertheless many workers were late for work owing to the traffic difficulties in some areas. People living in the unbombed districts quickly realised the happenings elsewhere when they l saw unfamiliar buses which had been rerouted so as to avoid the craters or the debris which littered the roads. Some workers were obliged to change buses three and four times. I NEWSPAPERS DELAYED (Received September 10, 12.50 a.m.) LONDON, September 9. The proximity of the bombers forced London newspaper staffs to abandon their work. Consequently ; the printing of the papers has been , extremely late. The distribution of papers has been also delayed by in- ] terruptions on some of the usual j routes. <

- PRESS CABLE DELAY (Received September 10, 12.20 a.m.) LONDON, September 9. Press cables have been many hours late throughout the day. WORSE THAN SATURDAY. [Aus. & N.Z. Cable Assn,] LONDON September 8. The "all clear” signal was sounded after nine and a-half hours of raiding in London. It is evident that the scale of to-night’s raid has exceeded that of Saturday night’s raid.