FIRES CAUSED
IN NORTH-WESTERN CITY DAMAGE IN SEVERAL AREAS. NUMBER OF PEOPLE KILLED OR INJURED. (British Official Wireless.) ■ (Received This Day, 10.35 a.m.) RUGBY. September 1. An. Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security communique on enemy raids in the hours of darkness says:—“Last night enemy aircraft, operating singly or in small formations, made a series of attacks, mainly directed against industrial districts in North-West and North-East England. In a city in the north-west, incendiary bombs caused a large number of fires. All of these, with the exception of two which are now under control, have been extinguished. The roof of a town hall was damaged by a high explosive bomb and other buildings were hit. Though some persons were killed and others injured, the number of casualities is small, having regard to the scale of the attack.
"Elsewhere in the north-west, and also in the north-east, bombs were dropped, causing fires and demolishing some houses and other buildings. The extent of the damage, however, is relatively slight and the number of casualties small. "Attacks were also made on a number of other parts of the country, including the London area, and some damage and casualties have been reported."
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 September 1940, Page 5
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