MANY CASUALTIES CAUSED

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 236, 3 July 1944, Page 6

MANY CASUALTIES CAUSED

Flying-Bomb Attacks

(British Official Wireless.) (Received July 2, 7 p.m.) RL'GBY. July 1. Flying bombs launched against souths ertt England by night and day in the past 24 hours have again run the gauntlet both of continuous lighter patrols controlled by the Air Defence of Great Britain and of ground-tire, and a number have been destroyed. Batteries which the Prime Minister visited yesterday were among those which were engaged with flyingbombs at intervals through last night. Kills have been made by the anti-aireralt guns and by New Zealand and Allied as well as R.A.F. lighters. Ou one occasion a pilot officer shot down a pair ot bombs within five minutes. Aircraft of a group of the Ninth United States Air Force based in southern England have also destroyed several. Many casualties have resulted from today’s flying-bomb attacks on southern England. • A large private house which was used ns a hostel for evacuated children under five received a direct hit and was demolished. Some of the children and members of the nursing staff were killed and others are still trapped among the wreckage. The children were asleep when the bomb, which had been shot down, fell. _ The hostel housed between 20 and 30 children, a matron, and a nursing staff of 11. The matron was among those seriously injured. , . A.T.S. girls were among the victims when a flying-bomb severely damaged -’t building near a common at breakfast time. Another bomb demolished two shelters and killed four persons, while another damaged a doctor's surgery, from which the doctor was dug out uninjured. He then helped other doctors to administer morphia to the victims. Six were killed in another incident m which American soldiers, Home Guards, Boy Scouts, and civilians aided the rescuers. A search is going on for persons who were trappeef when a flying-bomb directly hit shops and houses in another town in southern England. When a flying-bomb fell in a street ot one town InVgc buildings were-severely damaged. Clouds of smoke after the explosion hid tile scene, and when the smoke had dispersed :■ number of people were seen lying on the pavements injured. , . . . , , 0n his visit to the snti-nircrait batteries yesterday Mr. Churchill, who spent six hours watching them in action, was ..accompanied by General Pile, chief of the Air Defence of Great Britain, and Mrs. Churchill. As he shook hands with gunners who hail already shot down several bombs. Air. Churchill said grimly: Mt is a pitv there are no Huns in them.” R.A.F. Lancasters have kept up their attacks on flying-bomb sites in northern France. , , ~ In one ease fighters shot down three bombs in live minutes.