HAVOC IN MADRID
RESULT OF AIR RAIDS. / 'SCORES ENTOMBED. CRATERS IN STREETS. (United, Press Association—By Telegraph,—Copj/right,). ..Received'Nbvehibefi 21,. 9.45..a.m. . . ,V MADRID,. Nqv. 20. / Only, when • diiwn -broke could the havoc of yesterday’s / air raid lie assessed/'// ■';/ .'/“" ;; . , Trani-Jincs are tom up, and there are gaping, holes in the city’s ; Piccadilly Circus.//:- /. ’; '•/;,.••/: 1 .' . During . the - bombing thousands fled to the cellars, in . one' of which, -in the Atocha' area, fifty were-entombed. It is believed that'lso were buried in tlie ruins' of houses. Forty women and children were killed or wounded in a food queue- and two crowded trams were blown to fragments. ' 1 Many cafes are displaying notice boards declaring “No .more food.” " ; The. Communist leaders are now planning to': evacuate ; the civilian popillation. t. - - • ' ' Prince - Alfonso; of - Bourbon, a relative' of ex/King Alfonso, was killed when a-rehel -plane-crashed'. “ From Alicante it.is officially announced that'Jose Primo De -Rivera was executed -by a •firiiig - squad.• -' 1 •
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVI, Issue 304, 21 November 1936, Page 9
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