NAZI RAIDERS OVER CITY ALL NIGHT

Southland Times, Issue 24234, 18 September 1940, Page 5

NAZI RAIDERS OVER CITY ALL NIGHT

Buildings Suffer Damage AUTUMN GALE BLOWING IN CHANNEL 4- ' (United Press Association—Telegraph Copyright) (Received September 17, 11.40 p.m.) LONDON, September 17. London had a noisy night as the drone of German aeroplanes and the detonation of barsting bombs mingled with the shattering roar of the British antiaircraft defences in action. The capital was covered by drifting clouds, through which the Nazi planes scurried. The “all-clear” signal was sounded at dawn, but there were two early morning raids, a short one just after eight o’clock and another just after nine o’clock.

During the second morning raid an enemy plane is believed to have been brought down. Passengers in a train heard the sound of a plane, then the bark of an antiaircraft gun and finally a crash.

Bombing attacks were made over many parts of England during the night. Bombs were dropped in many sections of London and houses and commercial buildings were damaged. A hospital was hit, but there were no casualties. The well-known Jesuit Church in Farm street, and a fashionable square both suffered damage. Bombs were also dropped in the Midlands, Wales and south-east England, but the number of casualties was not heavy. One enemy bomber hit a barrage and crashed. It is now reported that during Sunday night six enemy planes were destroyed.

The first autumn gale is now blowing in the Channel and a heavy sea is running. The gale is accompanied by driving rain, with a great reduction in visibility.