TWELVE KILLED

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23699, 4 July 1940, Page 9

TWELVE KILLED

CIVILIANS SUFFER GERMAN BOMBING RAID NORTH-EAST COASTAL TOWNS By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright (Received July 8, 7.10 p.m.) LONDON. July 3 Enemy raiders crossed the English coast in daylight yesterday for the second evening in succession. Bombs fell on two towns on the north-east coast and on the outskirts of a third, and it is officially announced that 12 persons were killed and 123 injured. Ton people were killed and 110 injured in one town in the north-east of England. So many people were rendered homeless that public halls were opened to accommodate them.

Five streets in this town were affected and at least six houses were destroyed, while several more were seriously damaged. The victims include a father and mother and their child.

A high explosive bomb fell in the poorer quarter of the town. Besides five killed, many were injured, including several children. Some houses and a school were badlv damaged. One news agency report declares that three men, two children and one girl were killed in a north-east coast town, from which British aeroplanes chased a raider.

One incendiary and one explosive bomb were dropped on another district in the north-east of England. The incendiarj - bomb caused a fire with which the fire brigade and the police dealt promptly. Thrae civilians were injured.

The Air Ministry reports that enemy aircraft crossed the south coast during the night and dropped bombs at random in southern and south-western areas. There was no serious damage and no casualties.

A German bomber was shot down. This brings the total number of German aeroplanes shot down over or near the coast since war began to 100. GERMAN CLAIMS THE CHANNEL ISLANDS AIR FORCE OPERATIONS LONDON. July 2 The Berlin High Command refers to the capture of the Channel Islands "in a bold stroke by sections of the Air Force and subsequently by shock troops from Navy divisions and from the Army." It proceeds: "A reconnaissance aeroplane shot down two British fighters in.aerial combat. "Aeroplanes set fire to a British patrol boat on Monday east of Torquay. Another attack was launched against the harbour at Wick, in the norlh of Scotland.

"During last night our aeroplanes again attacked docks and harbours in the Bristol Channel, and fires and explosions were observed."

SUSSEX COAST MILITARY PRECAUTIONS LONDON. July 2 The military commander of West Sussex has ordered a continuous curfew to be imposed henceforth along the beaches from Brighton to Worthing. The order automatically prohibits all bathing. ARREST IN INDIA (Received July 3, 5.35 p.m.) CALCUTTA, July 2 The Leftist leader of the Indian Congress, Subas Chandra Bose, has been arrested under the defence regulations.