The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-09-19
Nazis Drop Comet
Bombs To Set Fires
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called scrap Of paper" treaty guar
anteeing the independence Of Bel
GUM before the World War, the
log Of Nelson's ship victory and
the Duke Of Wellington's dispatch
from Waterloo following the defeat
Of Napoleon.
The Domes Day Book is sur
yey Of land in England made on
orders of william the Conqueror.
The headquarters of the London
County Council in the County Hall
was damaged during the night. A
council leader said:
although the fabric Of the Coun-
ty Hall received some damage I
want to assure the public that the
London civil defense and other Serv-
ices are being maintained"
CThis might indicate serious dam
age to the great Council building
Just across the Thames from the
House of Parliament)
Before the disclosure that a Ger
man plane had crashed in London
proper with its bomb load, casualties
had been sufficiently heavy for the
authorities to resume publishing
them. 1t was said officially that
it was feared 80 persons had been
killed and $50 seriously wounded
in the nights raiding. No attempt
was made to reach total of those
less seriously wounded.
Air Ministry Jubilant
The lull after 36 hours of almost
continuous bombing followed re-
ports of a new British defense de-
vice against raiding planes and 9
jubilant air ministry statement or
the repulse of hundreds of attack
ing German planes yesterday.
The all night raid ended at $50
a. m. today after 9 IL hours dur
ing which German planes dropped
bombs of all sorts, apparently Al
random, on the London area.
There followed a period of calm
which endured almost all morning
There was one brief alarm periot
during the morning rush hour. Blu
apparently it was caused by the ap'
pearance of a single reconnaissance
plane to the London area and tn,
"all clear" followed at once.
Duke of Kent Close
A German time-bom exploded
today within 80-yards of an auto
bile in which the Duke of Ken
was touring bombed areas of south
west London.
The dukes car had just stopped
at barrier where the notice hat
been put up:
Danger, unexploded bomb"
A moment later the bomb ex
ploded, sending a shower of rub
BILE into the air which patteret
down on the dukes car and tn
immediate vicinity.
The duke stepped out of the auto
mobile when the shower subsideo
Nearby persons rushed up, and sew
eral women shook the dukes hanc
The duke, smiling, walked owe
and inspected the crater left by tn
explosive and chatted with tn
squad of royal engineers who ha
taken precautions to prevent dam
age when the bomb went off.
Famous Buildings Damaged.
Some of the most famous of Lon
don's buildings were damaged dur
ing the night.
The hall and library of the inne
temple, one of the secluded precinct
of Fleet street and the Strand So
cred to London, walled off and con
shutting almost world of Ger
turtles past, were damaged. 1t wa
in the middle temple hall nearb
that Shakespeare was believed I
have acted in his Twelfth Night i
1902 before Queen Elizabeth. I
the middle temple hall is the tabl
on which the Virgin Queen signe
the death warrant of Mary Quee
of Scots.
Bombs fell in the court yard {
the British Museum and the Wal
lace collection, one of the famou
art galleries of the world, and o
the Peter Robinson departmer
SCOT6 III OAlOTO SCre6L.
The public records Office in Chan
Gerry Lane was damaged as was tn
ancient Church of st. DunStan ]
the West, first mentioned in recort
of the year 1887. The church cor
tains the only known contemporal
statue CT Queen Elizabeth. Izaa
Walton was a vestryman.
Spectacular Night Raid.
The night raid was perhaps tt
most spectacular Of the war.
One of the important building
damaged was a favorite royal res
dence between the 18th and III
centuries. An incendiary bomb pei
etrated the great hall and dan
aged rafters and beams. Firemt
kept the flames from spreading.
The air ministry asserted that
cost Germany 48 planes to NAL
its raids yesterday and during Il
night.
Watchers saw new NaZi terri
bombs descending from miles in Il