The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-09-19

sky, amid the bursts Of anti-air-
craft gun shells. They looked, at
a distance like great flaming suns
which burst suddenly above the sky
line and disintegrated in q shower
of white hot flashes.
It was at first thought that Ger
man guns were Smelling London,
for no planes were visible or audible
above the bursts, but 1t was sug-
gested later that the terror bombs
were dropped by German planes
which few exceptionally high to
keep above the barrage from the
guns of he London defense area.
Eighth Raid In "A Hours.
A nine hour and SO minute all
night raid ended at $50 g. m. to-
day (12:30 a. m. EDT). 1t was
the eighth laid in "a hours, and for
nearly SO hours now London had
not had an "all clear" period last
ing more than two hours.
Both Germany and Britain were
using new devices in the battle of
London. The Germans had their
new bomb and 1t was apparently
definitely established that the Brit
ish were using new and exceed
ingly valuable device to destroy Ger
man planes.
Naturally details of the British
device were kept secret. But 1t was
intimated strongly that it was
nothing of the Buck Rogers type
but a device so simple that, when
it was made known to the public,
many persons would ask why they
had not thought of it themselves.
It was limited that two planes
destroyed over central London
during the night might have been
victims of the device.
No More Effective
The new German bombs, though
spectacular, seemed no more effec-
tive than the bombs used previously.
Their value, it appeared to observers
was more of moral nature like the
time bombs which may lie for day
or two before they explode.
Central London, including the
west end, again suffered severely in
the nights raid. In the earlier hours
the suburbs and other outlying dis
tricts were the targets for most
bombs, but toward the end single
raiders penetrated the defenses and
list of the places hit would read
like the intinerary of guide-con-
Quoted tour.
High explosive and fire bombs fell
in several central London areas. One
world famous street was hit for the
first time. A four story building in
the area was wrecked. Nearby a
bomb exploded against the wall OF
an upper floor of hotel in which
many people were dancing. Six
rooms were damaged but there were
no casualties. Five houses were
wrecked in a North London street.
There were several big explosions in
the fashionable west end. Three
screamer high explosive bombs
struck in the Fleet street area and
. Quilted building. Another ripped
out the front of a building and
toppled its tower.
Oil COntainer Bombs
The Germans used many oil con-
tainer bombs during the night. One
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and dropped into the street where Il
: tore up paving blocks. Another
dropped in nearby street wei
known for its tailors.
presumably this street was Savil,
row in the west end).
Traffic along famous shoppin!
street presumably Bond street, wa
halted at one intersection where al
! unexploded bomb lay. Air rait
wardens swept up tons of glass from
: the street.
1t was understood that Royal All
l Force planes bombed invasion port
: along the other side of the channe
during the night, attacking shipping
4 and barrage concentrations at Bou
logne, Calais, Dunkirk and Ostend
and other targets. A big attack wa
made on LIE Havre, it was under
stood, and on freight assembly yard
! ! in Germany and German occupie;
territory.