FAMOUS STREETS SUFFER IN RAIDS.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 222, 18 September 1940, Page 7

FAMOUS STREETS SUFFER IN RAIDS.

LONDON ATTACKS. Women Canteen Workers Killed. United Press Association.—Copyright. (Reed. 1.30 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 17. It is authoritatively stated that the areas bombed last night included Piccadilly, Park Lane, Berkeley Square, Bond Street, Oxford Street, Sloane Square, and Bruton Street. Other places damaged include the Royal Arcade, Burlington Arcade, St. Dunstan's headquarters, Radnor House and Twickenham. The Peruvian Legation, in Cadogan Square, was recently hit by eight incendiary bombs and seriously damaged by fire. It has become unusable as it was necessary to demolish the upper part of the building. Places in the West End which suffered in last night's raids included well-known shops, some of which are closed. Others are carrying on behind empty, glassless windows. A bomb fell in a big house and killed four men working on the ground floor who were buried under the ruins. Five members of a rescue squad speeding to their aid were injured when a bomb landed in a nearby street. It is feared that some persons in a shelter were buried when a highexplosive bomb completely wrecked two shops. Mrs. Amy Noel, Commandant of the Women's Legion, Miss Aileen Cooper, Senior Company Commander, and Miss Phyllis Phillips, Senior Company Leader, were killed by a bomb on Sunday night when operating a mobile canteen in the London area. Six Alarms on Tuesday. London had six air raid alarms between 8.30 a.m. and 8.10 p.m. A few minutes before the third warning railway passengers standing outside a station in the London area heard a 'plane above the clouds. An anti-aircraft gun fired one round. The engine stopped, and there was a terrific crash. An explosion followed. Soon after the fourth warning gunfire was heard and an enemy machine was engaged over London. The pilot was seen to bale out. The House of Commons adjourned three-quarters of an hour after the warning sounded. A solitary raider bombed a south-east town this morning, hitting the principal Chopping centre and several private houses. Considerable damage was done and there were a number of casualties. The Dominions Secretary, Lord Caldecote, stated in the House of Lords that tor the week ended September 10 rescue services in five London boroughs had been called out on 169 occasions and had saved 216 lives.