DEATH AND HAVOC
BOMBS’ HORRIBLE TOLL.
WOMEN WORKERS KILLED.
(United Press Association —Copyright.) (Rec 11 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. l 7 Tlie West End sufferers in last night’s raids included well-known shops, some of which are .closed, with others carrying on behind empty, glassless windows. A bomb fell on a big house and killed four men, working on the ground floor ; they were buried under the ruins.
Five rescue workers speeding to their aid were injured when a bomb landed in a nearby street. , . It is feared sonic people taking shelter were buried when a high-ex-plosive bomb completely wrecked two &h Mrs Amy Noel, the Comniandant of the Women’s Legion, Miss Aileen Cooper, Senior Company Commander, and Miss Phyllis Phillips, Senior Company Loader, were killed by - a bomb on Sunday night when operating a mobile canteen in the London area. Lord Caldecotc stated in the House of Lords that for the week ended September 10 the rescue services in five London boroughs had 'been called out on 169 occasions and. liad saved 216 lives.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/MS19400918.2.50
Bibliographic details
Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 249, 18 September 1940, Page 7
Word Count
173DEATH AND HAVOC Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 249, 18 September 1940, Page 7
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Manawatu Standard. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in