DAY OF WARNINGS

Taranaki Daily News, 18 September 1940, Page 7

DAY OF WARNINGS

EXPERIENCE OF LONDON LITTLE ENEMY ACTIVITY London, Sept. 16. London had three short air raid alarms this morning. A fourth at 2.15 p.m. lasted until 6.30 p.m. Most central Londoners perceived little evidence of reasons for the successions of warnings, although the early part of the fourth period was sparsely punctuated by the noise of bombs, anti-aircraft fire and machine-guns. Two heavy bombs and a number of incendiaries .fell near the shopping centre of the London area. There were no casualties. High explosives were also dropped in another district. A church in a south-eastern district received a direct hit last night. There was a large crater inside the church, which ' was ' extensively damaged. Casualties ln Capital. Details of the day's enemy raids on London form the substance of an Air Ministry and Home Security communique, which stated: "There has been little enemy activity during the day. About 8 a.m. to-day a force of enemy aircraft crossed the coast of Kent in cloudy conditions, but were turned back by antiaircraft fire without encountering our fighters. Later in the day enemy aircraft singly or in srrjall numbers crossed the coast at several points. A few bombs were dropped in various parts of the country, but the damage reported is slight and the number of casualties very small." During the fourth London waming the raiders flew singly from all directions to and from London, taking full advantage of the clouds. Eleven bombs fell within a radius of 300 yards in a residential district. The majority exploded in the soft earth of gardens.