48 FIRES IN BERLIN
SOVIET NIGHT RAIDERS OTHER CENTRES BOMBED (British Official Wireless.) <2 p.m.) RUGBY, Aug. 30. The Moscow radio announced that last night a group of Soviet planes raided Berlin. Koenigsberg, Danzig, Stettin and other towns in central and eastern Germany. In Berlin, 43 fires, including 17 large ones, and nine explosions were caused. At Koenigsberg there were 29 fires and six explosions, at Danziy eight fires and four explosions, and at Stettin six fires and Lwo explosions. All the Soviet planes returned safely. Berlin, admitting the Russian raids on Germany, says that explosive and incendiary bombs were dropped over a wide area, causing slight damage. Some raiders reached greater Berlin, but anti-aircraft defences forced them up to a great height and they dropped single explosive and incendiary bombs at random in the outer, districts The damage in Berlin was slight. ________
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20876, 31 August 1942, Page 4
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