NAZI DAY RAIDS

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20919, 20 October 1942, Page 3

NAZI DAY RAIDS

LITTLE DAMAGE DONE TWO MACHINES DOWNED THREE LONDON ALERTS (Noon.) LONDON, Oct. 19. Cloud-hopping German raiders were active ail day over the coastal areas of England. They bombed and machine-gunned ab.out a score of districts, but little damage and few casualties were reported. • London, for the first time since January, 1941, had three daylight alerts, dut to single raiders over the outskirts of the city. At least two raiders were brought down. Six of the towns attacked were in East Englia. One town was attacked three times. The ground defences brought down a Junkers 88 in flames over an East Anglian town. The Junkers blew up, killing the crew. Bombs on a Thames estuary town hit offices and shops, resulting in a number of casualties, some of which were fatal. Rescuers are still digging for those trapped. A Dornier flew sb low over one East Anglian' town that the residents saw the bomb-doors open. The Dornier also machine-gunned the town. Another raider machinegunned a train entering a station, and damaged several coaches, but no one was injured. Another raider machine-gunned a train at an inland village. Two persons were seriously injured.