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BOMB VICTIMS

IN SCOTTISH PUBLIC HOUSE HOUSES DAMAGED IN LONDON. CASUALTIES IN CAPITAL NOT NUMEROUS. (British Official Wireless.) (Received This Day, 11.3 a.m.) RUGBY, November 6. An Air Ministry and Ministry of Home Security communique states: “Reports of last night’s raids on this country show that in a town in East Scotland a public house was demolished and a number of persons sheltering there were killed. In London, though damage to houses was more widespread than was at first thought, the general scale of damage in the capital during the night was not heavy and it is confirmed that the number of casualties is not large.” LONG NIGHT RAIDS ALL CLEAR IN LONDON AFTER SUNRISE. DEATHS IN CROWDED AREA. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.3 a.m.) LONDON, November 6. London’s night raid was the longest of the “blitzkrieg” and the All Clear was not given until after sunrise. Bombs, which fell in a crowded London area during the night, killed six persons and demolished premises. A man, his wife, son, daughter-in-law and a baby are feared to be dead.

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Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 November 1940, Page 5

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BOMB VICTIMS Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 November 1940, Page 5

BOMB VICTIMS Wairarapa Times-Age, 7 November 1940, Page 5

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