V BOMBS ON ENGLAND
CASUALTIES AT HOSPITAL LONDON, Jan. 5 A V bomb in Southern England recently hit the doctors’ quarters of a hospital. Three persons were killed and six patients escaped with a few scratches. Many members of the staff were trapped for some time. In another incident a blind woman and her baby were killed and the husband, also blind, was rescued. A married couple in another house were killed. A V bomb which fell in a residential and shopping area in Southern England killed a soldier and his wife and wrecked houses over a wide area. Seven were killed and others seriously injured. A V bomb in another area destroyed a public library and two children and two adults were killed and 11 seriously injured. Nine people are known to have been killed and others seriously injured when a V bomb recently struck a block of flats in soutnern England. An oil shop was set on fire. Flames swept through the wreckage and firemen experienced great difficulty in controlling the flames.
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Waikato Times, Volume 196, Issue 22549, 6 January 1945, Page 5
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