The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1940-10-29
On Other Front.

fighters hurled back three waves Of
German f1ghter-bombers which at
tempted to reach London today and
it was estimated that enemy forma-
tions totalling 100 planes had been
broken up.
A few of the German raiders pen
etrated the capitals defenses, result
ing In three air raid alarms up to
4 p. m.
The biggest wave of attackers was
believed to have been three squad
rons. These planes battled at a high
altitude over London's defenses dur
ing the second alarm. Anti-Aircraft
guns went into action this afternoon
when a lone raider was sighted near
Liverpool and it was chased out to
sea by British fighters.
Daylight raids were made after a
comparatively quiet night. The most
serious results of the night raids
included a bombed church where
several persons, seeking refuge in a
crypt after a dance, were killed.
Anti-aircraft guns blazed furious
ly during a morning alarm, when
bombs fell in one section Of the city,
and shortly after noon there was
another alarm and the guns went in
to action again.
Those killed in the church includ-
ed girls in dance frockS. Two bombs
pierced the church roof and con-
tinued down to the crypt. A dance
had been held in small hall be-
meath the church in the evening and
some of the dancers had decided to
spend the night in the crypt. The
survivors, including the injured, six
of whom were in a serious condition,
dug themselves out Of the debris
without aid. The church pulpit, or
gan and some pews were dislodged
but damage was not serious.
More Bombs Fall
During the night, scattered Lon
don districts, the midlands, north
west and northeast England and
southeast Scotland were bombed.
The planes over London were lower
than usual, some seemingly less than
5000 feet. Two raiding planes were
reported shot down but the air min
istry-home security ministry COM
munique this morning accounted for
only one German plane destroyed.
In the midlands, the Germans
concentrated on one town, shower
ing it with numerous incendiary
bombs. A church, school and num-
Der of business buildings were dam
aged. The bombs were so thick that
two soldiers doused go Of them.
The air ministry reported that
'last night our bombers successfully
attacked detectives in Germany, as
well as ports and airports in enemy
occupied territory"
Hit Mani Shipyards
London, Oct. 29-(UP)-German
shipyards were the main detectives
of Royal Air Force raids last night,
the air ministry said today in a COM
munique which listed attacks on
Kiel, Wilhelrnshaven Bremen, Ham,
burg, Emden and CuXhaven.
The communique said also that
shipping in Boulogne Harbor. Ger
man invasion port on the French
coast, also had ben attacked.
(The German high command and
the official German news agency
D. N. B. admitted that British planes
had raided Germany last night but
they claimed that there was no dam
age to military objectivesJ
The British said that the German
shipyards were the main obpec-
tives OF last nights attacks, which
were described as successful"
Fires were started at oil plants in
Hamburg and Cologne" the air
ministry said. "Other strong forces
bombed rail centers at Krefeld, Col
ogne, Coblenz, Mannheim, 10 air.
dromes in Germany and occupied
territory and numerous anti-aircraft
batteries. One of our aircraft is
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