INCESSANT RAIDS
PLIGHT OF LWOW CONCUSSION BOMBS FEARS OF EPIDEMICS JEWS IN PANIC (Reed. Sept. 15, 11 a.m.) NEW YORK, Sept. 14. The correspondent of the Associated Press of America at Lwow says: "The table on which I am writing quivers and collapses. The earth trembles as bombs explode, the noise mingling with the din of sirens and antiaircraft guns.
“I am told that the Germans are dropping both shrapnel and concussion bombs which kill civilians at some distance from the point of impact. An average of 12 persons die daily as a result of incessant raiding.
"I came from Hungary in a train which was halted 20 miles from the city. The conductor pointed to flames in the sky leaping from the burning railway station. I walked five miles and boarded an unlighted tram. I found a city of 500,000 people drawing water from hand pumps. The aqueduct had been destroyed. The sewerage system is damaged and disease and epidemics are imminent. Fires are everywhere.
“The roads are clogged with refugees. The city’s 100,000 Jews are panicky with the approach of the invader. I learned that the British and French military missions are constantly moving since the enemy intelligence service keeps airmen informed of the location of headquarters.”
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20043, 15 September 1939, Page 7
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