“AS DEAD AS POMPEII”
CONDITIONS IN NAPLES
CORRESPONDENT’S STORY
(United Press Assn.—free. Tel. Cop.vrig-ht)
(Received Sept. 27, noon) LONDON, Sept. 26
“Naples is as dead as Pompeii,” says a British United Press correspondent who flew over the city in a Mitchell bomber. He adds: “The Mitchell came in low over Mount Vesuvius and circled around the city, but there was no anti-aircraft fire and no fighter opposition. There was no sign of traffic or smoke from chimneys, but great clouds of smoke from burning cil refineries south-east of the city. “Everything in the harbour has been flattened either by bombs or German demolition squads, but in the town area there is apparently little damage. There were nine ships in the harbour, three of which were lying on their sides and the other six listing heavily. “The lack of any signs of life in the city suggests either that the city has been evacuated or that the curfew has been imposed by the Germans.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 132, Issue 22153, 27 September 1943, Page 5
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