Valencia Bombed
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REBEL RAID TAKES HEAVY TOLL Two British Ships Hit; One . Sinks 42 DEAD, 112 INJURED
(By Telegraph-
(Received 29, 10.40 a.m.) LONDON, May 28. A message from Valencia says that a squadron of seven rebel planes, flying in formation, bombed Valencia in bright moonlight, extensively damaging the centre of the city. The casualties are at least 42 dead and 112 injured. Thirty buildings were destroyed, including the Paraguayan Legation, Prompt action hy fire hrigades saved worse disaster from fire. The British steamer Cadon was hit by a bomb and sank in Shallow water. Seven of the crew were killed and eight injured. Another bomb hit the British steamer Pinzon. .The captain said he had an extremely narrow eseape. A Santander report says that the British steamer .Jenny has run the bloekade and arrived with a cargo of foodstuffs.
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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 113, 29 May 1937, Page 5
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143Valencia Bombed Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 113, 29 May 1937, Page 5
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