BOMBS DROPPED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 127, 31 May 1937, Page 7

BOMBS DROPPED

BRITISH SHIP SUNK SEVEN OF CREW KILLED AIR RAIDS ON GOVERNMENT TOWNS Received May 30, 5.5 p.m. LONDON, May 28. A Bilbao message states that the British steamer Cadon was hit by a bomb and sank in shallow water. Seven of the crew were killed and eight injured. Another bomb hit the British steamer Pinzon. The captain said they had had an extremely narrow escape. A message from Valencia says that a squadron of seven rebel ’planes flying in formation bombed Valencia in bright moonlight, extensively damaging the centre of the city. The casualties are at least 42 dead and 112 injured. Thirty buildings were destroyed, including the Paraguayan Legation. Prompt action by the fire brigades saved a worse disaster from fire. Fifty were killed and 100 injured in an insurgent air raid on Barcelona, in which six ’planes participated. Later advice states that the air raid lasted half an hour and the insurgent 'planes circled at a great height. The total casualties were 71 killed, of whom 30 were in two houses, and 100 injured. Many buildings were shattered. The ’planes later extensively bombed Santa Barbara and Badlona killing 60 and vzounding fifty. They later returned to Barcelona, and attacked the working-class district. A Santander report says that thv British steamer Jenny has run the blockade and arrived with a cargo of food stuffs for the Basques. Raiding Government ’Planes A message from Rome alleges that an Italian warship was hit by a bomb when Spanish ’planes raided Palma. Twenty-seven townspeople were killed and 113 injured. A German official communique warns Spanish Government ’planes not to attack in the vicinity of German ships and adds that only the restraint of the German commanders can prevent the guns going off. The Spanish Government retorts that German and Italian warships have no business at Palma. CHILDREN FOR RUSSIA PREPARATION AT BILBAO Received May 30, 7.5 p.m. BILBAO, May 30. Preparations have begun to send a thousand children aged 5 to 12 to Russia, the Soviet paying the cost of the voyage and maintenance. Preference will be given to those who have lost fathers fighting for the Government.