RAISED BY THE LONDON GUNS

Wairarapa Times-Age, 2 October 1940, Page 6

RAISED BY THE LONDON GUNS

Against Raiders Adopting New Tactics UPROAR MAKES NIGHT HIDEOUS CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE IN SOME AREAS (By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received This Day, 11.50 a.m.) LONDON, October 1. Londoners heard, between two and four this morning, one of the fiercest anti-aircraft barrages so far. The night for minutes at a time was rendered hideous by" a deafening uproar as raiders, apparently adopting new tactics, swooped dqwn in defiance of the barrage. The West End and Central London quivered as big guns blazed away at the intruders, who seemed to be roaring over the housetops. One big fire was started, but it was controlled before dawn. Four heavy bombs falling near a famous Central London square caused no casualties. Houses and a neighbouring mews Were demolished. One bomb destroyed a street of .working-class houses in South-West London. Twenty-two persons were rescued from the wreckage. Many are believed to have been killed. A Junkers bomber surprisingly appeared over South-East London after daylight. It flew over housetops, firing its Cannon and then roared over a train, which it machine-gunned. Some of the bullets penetrated the roof, but there were no casualties. The bomber later raked two streets in a south-eastern area with machine-gun fire. A raider which crashed at Redhill, after a fight with a Hurricane in the morning, is believed to have been the machine which attacked the train.