HITS ON FACTORIES

Wairarapa Times-Age, 26 September 1940, Page 5

HITS ON FACTORIES

ADMITTED IN BERLIN TALK OF ‘'WICKED ATTACK ON CIVILIANS.” APARTMENT & OTHER HOUSES DESTROYED. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, September 25. A message from Berlin states that an air-raid alarm which lasted for 2 hours 50'minutes sent Berliners scurrying to the shelters. Highexplosive and incendiary bombs were dropped, resulting in civilian victims. The raiders were apparently fewer than on the previous night. A British Air Ministry statement reports that invasion bases across the Channel were attacked again last night. Fires caused by the bombs were again seen by watchers on the English coast. It is officially admitted in Berlin that on Monday night the Royal Air Force directly hit two factories in the capital. Flames in north Berlin were not controlled till late in the day. Bombs dropped beside gasworks, after which the pressure was very low in homes over a wide area. An inter-urban railway was damaged and the traffic interrupted and one line was closed all morning.' The evening newspapers in Berlin feature the R.A.F.’s “wicked attack on Berlin civilians.” They reveal that a bomb crater 30 feet wide was made at a gasworks and other bombs tore huge holes in a dozen apartment houses, and destroyed houses on the outskirts of the city. “IN THIS HELL” GERMAN EXPERIENCES OVER LONDON. TRIBUTE TO EFFECTIVENESS OF DEFENCES. LONDON, September 24. A tribute to the effectiveness of London’s night defences comes from a German source. It says that a German radio reporter took part in a night flight over London. In his report, which was broadcast, the German said: “Again and again searchlights light up the machine. It is maddening. Only highly-experienced pilots can manage in this hell.” Fie added that after 10 minutes of effort the machine finally got out of the “witches’ cauldron.” BOMBED IN LONDON AMERICAN NEWS AGENCY. WORK UNDER DIFFICULTIES. (Received This Day, 10.30 a.m.) NEW YORK, September 25. The Associated Press of America has announced that it is believed that the buildings housing Ils London office were struck during the night raids. Members of the staff were not injured, but sent a message advising that they were operating temporarily under extreme difficulty. Communication had been cut off for 47 minutes.