TANKER TORPEDOED

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21194, 17 August 1940, Page 14 (Supplement)

TANKER TORPEDOED

35 OF CREW MISSING LISBON, August 16 Fifteen survivors of the tanker British Fame have been landed at Azores. A U-boat torpedoed the tanker, which was bound for South America, k 'l.ng three of the crew and taking the captain prisoner. Two lifeboats containing 35 of tho crew are missing. LONDON TO-DAV DESCRIPTION BY GERMANS BERLIN, August 16 “Air raid alarm after air raid alarm; tho howling of sirens and the thunder of guns—that's London to-day.” The foregoing description of x the heart of tho British Empire is by tho Berlin News Agency. DAMAGE IN LONDON RAIDERS MACHINE-GUN STREETS LONDON, August 17 Thousands of city workers were held up by the air raids, which created one of the biggest rush hour hold-ups London has ever known. Queues formed at every bus stop and station gates wore closed periodically to relieve the crush on tho platforms. Many southwest Londoners arrived at their homes to find them seriously damaged and tho furniture wrecked. Between 30 and 40 bombs, including the delayed action type, fell in on? suburb, cutting the mission hall in two, demolishing a church, destroying trolleybus lines, and breaking a watermain, which flooded the road. A dozen high explosives landed In a working class area, burying the residents under debris. Some were killed. A bomb hit a railway station booking-office, injuring several who were sheltering there. The raiders machine-gunned the streets, breaking windows and dislodging tiles. Bombs and bullets left scarcely a pane of glass 'n some streets. NUMEROUS SPITFIRES “ROSE LIKE MOSQUITOES” BERLIN, August 1G Commenting on the raids over London the Berlin News Agency said that Spitfires, seemingly infinite in numbers, rose over London like mosquitoes from a marsh. Messerschmitts everywhere locked in death struggles against numerically superior enemy planes, but the raiders bombed important war industrial plants. 4000 AERO ENGINES FORD WORKS CONTRACT DETROIT, August 1C Ford Motor Works officials have announced that tht>v h-,,. 1 they have contracted the American War Department to manufacture 4000 Pratt Whitney aeroplane engines. hockey Hamilton: Kaipaki 3, Old Boys 2. RUGBY Hamilton: Half-time, City 7, Technical Old Boys 3. R/CCAWTON races Lincoln Steeplechase; fclqycr, 11,7, 1i Bally Brit, 10.5, 2; Erination, 11.13, 3, Scr.; Lactose, RedclifTs Handicap; I—l Boloyna, 1; 7—7 Iceland Spar, 2; 5—6 Sir Amyas, 3. Scr.; Schoolgirl, l6lay Downs, Merry Simon. ITALIANS HARASSED R.A.F. BOMBING ACTIVITIES CAIRO, August 16 “Planes successfully raided Boma yesterday, damaging a number of float pianos, flying boats and petrol depots,” says a Royal Air Force communique. “A fire was started by igniting the flyingboat jetty. Two flying boats were sunk and the majority of tho remainder were hit. Our planes returned safely. “We also raided the Macaaca, Jigjiga and Jessye districts in Italian East Africa. Hits were registered on hangars at the Macaaca aerodrome, on bui'otngs in uessye, wnno bombs toil on Duiiaings in uigjiga causing several fires. Enemy aircrai i were leit burning on tne ground. “ he R.A.r. continues to harass the .talian operations in Britisn Somaliland, and they successfully bombed and machine-gunned motor transports and troops on the Bulhar-Zeila Road. POSITION IN BALKANS RUSSIA CONTACTS BULGARIA BUDAPEST, August 16 A Hungarian spokesman said that Hungary presented a plan for Transylvania radically different from anything hitherto suggested and this was the reason for the adjournment of the talks with Rumania. It is roportod from Bucharest that the Bulgarian-Rumanian talks have also been interrupted. Russia is reported to be urging Bulgaria to proceed quietly and collaborate with the Soviet Union.