BOMBS ON LONDON

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21212, 7 September 1940, Page 10

BOMBS ON LONDON

CASUALTIES AND DAMAGE FOUR WARNINGS IN DAY RAILWAY OUT OF ACTION (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept. 7, 3.15 p.m.) LONDON, Sept. 6 It is officially announced that a sounding of the air raid sirens is being reduced from two to one minute. The sirens sounded in London four times today to 6.4 p.m. A single plane, arriving from the north-east, and dropping bombs in the suburbs, opened London’s first daylight raid. Another low flier dropped bombs shortly after the “All Clear.” The bombs fell in the same street, damaging every house in it and killing at least two of a squad of air raid workers who were searching for a woman and her son aiid daughter. The rush hour traffic was in full swing when the second alarm was sounded. One well-known line was put out of action. Most of the passengers continued their journey by bus or on foot, with long white streaks marking the line of aerial battle overhead. About 200 planes crossed the south-east coast. The Royal Air Force quickly opened the day’s bag, destroying three raiders in the London area and five near a southeast town.

One formation was defeated by anti-aircraft fire and jettisoned its bombs on a coastal town, damaging at least forty workers’ houses. Many of the raiders concentrated on two aerodromes, but were dispersed before reaching their objectives.

The appearance of planes high over the Thames caused London’s third warning.