SHELLING OF DOVER
VERT LITTLE DAMAGE SHELL EXPLODES IN CHURCH SEVERAL HOUSES DAMAGED (United Press Assn. —Elec. Tel. Copyrig-nt) (Received August 24, 11 a.m.) LONDON, August 23 The shelling of Dover last night resulted in four people being sent to hospital. The latest assessment of the damage confirms that it was remarkably slight. Shrapnel badly damaged six small houses facing the churchyard of a church in which a shell exploded. Most of the houses had been evacuated previously.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21200, 24 August 1940, Page 7
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78SHELLING OF DOVER Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21200, 24 August 1940, Page 7
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