CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE
V BOMBS ON ENGLAND HOSPITAL BUILDINGS HIT (Rec. 11 p.m.) LONDON, Jan. 5. V bombs that landed in Southern England recently hit the doctors’ quarters of a hospital. Three persons were killed, six patients escaped with a few scratches, and many members of the staff were trapped for some time. In another incident a blind woman and a baby were killed. The husband, who is also blind, was rescued. A married couple in another house was killed.
A V bomb that fell in a residential shopping area in Southern England killed a soldier and his wife, and wrecked shops and houses over a wide area. Seven were killed and others seriously injured. A V bomb in another area destroyed h public library. Two children and two adults were killed and 11 seriously injured.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25736, 6 January 1945, Page 5
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