BOMBS ON BERLIN

Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 267, 9 October 1940, Page 7

BOMBS ON BERLIN

SUCCESSFUL ATTACKS.

POWER STATIONS HIT

(United Press Association —Copyright.)

(British Official Wireless.)

(Rec. 10.30 a.m.) RUGBY, Oct. 8 An Air Ministry , communiqne states that strong forces of bombers last night made successful attacks on military objectives in Berlin. Over 100 heavy bombs were dropped on the three main power stations.

A largo fire was caused at the Templehof goods yard. Several industrial plants were attacked among other key points. According to the Berlin radio, the R.A.E. hit two hospitals, one of which was the famous Robert Koch Hospital. They also hit houses and railway lines. Several civilians who failed to take cover were killed or injured. WAVES OF BOMBERS.

The Berlin correspondent of the British Associated Press reports that the R.A.F. raided Berlin for 4 hours 42 minutes, repeatedly crossing the city in spite' of intense anti-aircraft fire.

The raid was carried out by 6even waves of bombers, some flying so low as to be seen from the Unter den Linden, over which they dropped dozens of parachute flares. Heavy explosions were heard in the centre of the city, from which five fires could be seen blazing simultaneously. The raiders were often caught in the searchlights, but quickly dived out of sight. It is officially stated, that warehouses, railways, two hospitals and a number of private houses were hit. One raider was shot down. The R.A.F. raids included the Channel ports and aerodromes in Germanoccupied territory. • ENEMY ADMIT'DAMAGE. A German communique says that the British planes at night flew over Germany at many points. The principal objective was Berlin, where the defence succeeded in forcing back the majority, although a section, reached the capital and dropped bombs on storage sheds and railway trucks, causing damage at some points. A number of civilians were killed and injured. Well informed circles in Berlin say at least fifteen were killed and many are not expected to live as the result of the R.A.F. raid. A fuller survey of the damage shows that five hospitals and a number of blocks of flats were hit. It also is announced that eight were killed. at Amsterdam. The American Press’s Berlin correspondent savs the R.A.F. raid kept Berliners in shelters for nearly five hours. Two fires lighted the sky and a pall of smoke drifted over the city.