BRITISH BOMBS CAUSE DAMAGE

Southland Times, Issue 24446, 28 May 1941, Page 5

BRITISH BOMBS CAUSE DAMAGE

EFFECT OVER WIDE AREA IN BERLIN OTHER TOWNS PLASTERED (Rec. 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, May 27. The Lisbon correspondent of The Daily Mail says that one of Britain’s new bombs which wrecked a railway station in Berlin blew in the windows and damaged many roofs within a halfmile radius. This was revealed by American business men after their arrival from Germany. They added that the Germans described these bombs as “aerial torpedoes.” One thousand Jewish families were given three days to evacuate their homes and make room for 10,000 who had gone to Berlin for shelter after the heavy plastering of Bremen, Hamburg, Kiel, Hanover and Wilhelmshaven. One resident of Hamburg reported that one British bomb had completely wrecked 250 houses. British bombers in an other raid wrecked and damaged buildings in an area of '4O square miles. Berlin suffered severely, although the authorities are doing their utmost to minimize the damage. Workers, including 10,000 Italians, were detailed to cover up the effects of the bombing as soon as possible.