RAID ON BRISTOL
! 100 BOMBERS PARTICIPATE CLAIMS BY GERMANY RAIL JUNCTION BATTERED (United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Nov. 6, 11.20 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 25 Although last night’s raid on a west of England town was on a fairly heavy scale the enemy did not use* as many planes as they did in the previous Midlands attack. It is estimated that probably 100 bombers participated. It is believed the casualties were not so heavy, considering the intensity of the raid. Rescuers are still searching the ruins of buildings in a home counties tow r n which was bombed last night. Five bombs fell on an East Anglian town and demolished houses and shops. The German News Agency stated that strong bomber formations attacked Bristol last night and dropped several hundred tons of bombs. Forty-five fires were observed. A gasometer was blown up and warehouses suffered severely. “As a distributing centre,” it says, “the railway junction at Bristol was wiped out.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21280, 26 November 1940, Page 6
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