40 SHELLS AT SCARROROUGH
OBJECTIVES WIRELESS STATION AND TOWN HALL CHURCH STRUCK DURING SERVIC E HARTLEPOOL GASWORKS FIRED ROWS OF HOUSES DESTROYED. (Rec. Dec. 17, 12.30 p.m.) LONDON, Dec. 16. Particulars are meagre, as the military authorities control the telegraphic communications. About 40 shells fell at Scarborough, their objectives apparently being tho wireless station and the Town Hall; Two shells struck St. Martin's Church, during Communion. The congregation remained calm. The cruisers steamed slowly past the town. " " The bombardment of West Hartlepool was simultaneous with that of Scarborough, and lasted twenty-five minutes. A shell fired the gasworks, but the result is unknown. Rows of houses were destroyed and a number of people .killed.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLVIII, 17 December 1914, Page 5
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11340 SHELLS AT SCARROROUGH Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLV, Issue XLVIII, 17 December 1914, Page 5
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