Evening star., 1940-09-01
Fire Bombs Rain
On Northwest
England Town
Office Block Set
AfIome;; London
Has Morning Roid
BY the Associated Press.

LONDON, Sept. l Sunday -
Thousands of incendiary bombs
were dropped by waves of Ger
man bombers during a six-hour
attack on a northwest city in
England last night and early
today while other Nazi raiders
strafed London and kept the
Empire capital in a state Of
alarm until nearly dawn.
British censorship care
fully guarded identity of the
city, which may have been
Liverpool, England'S most i'm
portant northwest port and
possibly the most important
in the entire seagirt kingdom
now that London is under
such constant aerial harass-
mentD
Reports from the northwest city
said no military objectiveS were
damaged by the full-scale raid, but
that some fatalities had resulted.
Private property was hit, and one
block of Offices in the center of the
city was set on fire.
The raiders pressed home the at
tack in the face of terrific anti
aircraft fire. i.
German bombers also made an
extensive raid over the Midlands
early this morning, showering one
small town with incendiary bombs
and causing a number of fires. Two
women and a child were reported
killed. Gorse and Bracken were set
afire.
At northeastern town more than
so bombs fell, most of them on
the outskirts. Heavy bombs fell
near an underground tunnel shelter
ing several hundred people, but the
only casualties were caused by
bomb splinters among a group
standing at the entrance to the
shelter.
Few Planes Over London.
London's morning raid apparently
was sideslow for the Nazis. They
kept London on the alert for three
full hours, but few planes appeared
over the city to follow up the big
scale attacks hurled at the metro
politan area yesterday and last
night.
Except for one brief burst of ac-
tivity when bombs fell and the anti
aircraft barrage opened up, the lat.
est raid on London was one of the
dullest of the 81 in the London area
since they began August IS.
The alarm-the seventh since
early yesterday-sounded at 1884
am. and the all clear was given
at 1854 am.
But the comparative calmness Of
the latest attack was far cry from
the unrelenting aerial siege of yes
terday and last night.
Bombs rained down on the Lon
don area at many points. In one OF
the Saturday night raids, London's
elaborate subway system was inter-
rupted, but transport officials said
it was restored early today.
Claim So Planes Destroyed.
The British reported So German
planes were destroyed and % British
were missing in Saturdays fighting.
(The Germans said 124 British and
% Nazi planes were lost) However,
the pilots of II of the British planes
escaped to fight again, it was said.
The Air Ministry News Service
said the heaviest fighting yesterday
occurred about 6 pm. when 300
German bombers and fighters were
hurled against Southeast England,
including the London area. Mass
flights of so or go. German planes
were frequent.
Among the many fighter squad
rons which fought off the attacks
was a Polish squadron which on
Friday scored its first success against
the enemy, and a squadron Of Cana
dians, the news service said.
A Canadian air squadron was
credited with downing two Messer-
schmitt 1O9s and a Dornier 215 in
a running battle which began over
Southeast London during an after
noon raid yesterday. One of the
squadrons pilots was feared to be
missing.
Apparently the Nazi flyers goal
was to smash the Royal Air Force,
(See LONDON, Page A-5)