Murderous Bombing
PARIS, February 18.
Sixty persons were killed and 200 wounded in a bombing raid on Madrid says a despatch from Alicante. Bombs were scattered, and one fell at the crowded entrance to an underground station killing many bystanders.
Eleven nationalist soldiers were blown up by an explosion when they were attempting to make coffee in a percolator in an abandoned building, says a message from Perpignan. The percolator had been deliberately packed with explosives.
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Northern Advocate, 20 February 1939, Page 7
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