PATHETIC SCENES

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21216, 12 September 1940, Page 7

PATHETIC SCENES

EAST END OF LONDON BOMBED OUT OF HOMES DAZED AND FRIGHTENED (United Press Asn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) LONDON, Sept. 11 The East End of London presented a pathetic scene this morning, stated Mr Howard Marshall in a broadcast. In parts of this district, homes have just collapsed in heaps of rubble, and their former occupants are collecting what few belongings remain and taking them away, in costermongers’ carts or in perambulators. “Many people I saw this morning were dazed, miserable and frightened, but there was no panic,” said Mr Marshall. They were people who had just been bombed out of their homes. There was a strained look in their faces. These people, he continued, are being treated with the greatest kindness, and the relief organisation which is caring for them is working smoothly. It includes a scheme of communal feeding. Tragedy in East End The raid brought tragedy again to the East End. Five hundred homeless people were in a school where they had been given temporary accommodation. The school, which was a two-storey building, was hit directly by a large high-explosive bomb or an aerial torpedo. It is feared that a large number of people lost their lives. In another part of London 3000 people were sheltering in the basement of a building on which a direct I hit was made by enemy aircraft. Everyone escaped. Bombs were also dropped in South Wales, the Bristol Channel area, and in north-west and north-east England. Only slight damage and a small number of casualties are reported from these areas. British fighters, concludes the communique, shot down another enemy bomber, making two for the day. Raiders during the night were over the north-west of England, the Midlands, and the south-east, where eight bombs were dropped in the centre of a town, demolishing a number of buildings and causing some casualties. Wales was subjected to a heavy raid lasting several hours. Bombs fell in the centre of one town, and a number of persons were injured. The American Red Cross, without delay, is shipping to London 500,000 garments and large stocks of medicines and beds. It has also cabled funds for the purchase of canteens and other equipment