Evening star., 1940-10-25
Italians Join in Air Attacks
On London; Trans Blasted;
Berlin, Hamburg Heavily Hit
Many Are Left Dead
And Injured in
Series of Raids
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
LONDON, Oct. 25.-Bombs rained
out of cloud-flecked sky in one of
the heaviest series of daytime raids
on London today, smashing street
cars and buses during the citys
morning rush hour and leaving
crowded thOrOughfareS streWn with
dead, injured and ruins.
Heavy formations. some of them
numbering 100 planes, came over in
the days attacks on the capital.
The Air Ministry said II German
planes were destroyed in the days
battles, while British fighters were
lost, the pilots of four of them
landing safely.
Two Street Cars Wrecked.
One bomb crashed between two
street cars, wrecking them and kill
ing and injuring more than score
OF persons. Other explosives hit
behind the street cars, damaging a
third street car. A bus was wrecked
Yet other high explosives struck
near police station, wrecking
nearby structures. and near an air
raid shelter, leaving many injured
In the street
Flats and shops were demolished
and more buildings were Jared by
the blasts
Associated Press correspondents
telephoned from various parts of
the city that bombs we're falling
nearby as the raiders maneuvered
skillfully in a sunlit sky scattered
with clouds.
Roar browns Out Traffic.
The virtually incessant day raids
came on the heels of night attacks.
Traffic noises were drowned out
by the road of exploding bombs and
the hollow rumble of anti-aircraft
guns blending with full-throttled
airplane motors.
Reports from widely scattered
areas indicated that the attacks
spread from one end of London to
the other. with many deaths.
A bomb wrecked row of shops
over which there were apartments
In which some persons were injured.
Shopkeepers joined householders
and A. R. P. workers in attending
the injured. One woman tore up her
clothing for bandages to give first
aid to those needing it.
The R. A. F. Tended off numerous
raiders before they reached Lon
don. Others, taking advantage Of
clouds, knitted through the defense
lines to drop their bomb loads.
The flow of traffic in most sections
was nearly normal.
1t was not until late afternoon
that the raider passed signal
marked the end of lengthy attack
which occasioned the third air raid
alarm of the day.
Two Attacks in Forenoon.
Thu Nazi raiders stabbed twice at
London in quick succession during
the forenoon after a comparatively
quiet night The third alarm of the
day came near midday.
One of the StreetcarS hit in the
morning rush hour raid was crushed
like concertina and the others had
windows and woodwork blown out.
Broken seats were flung into the
roadway. The driver of one car was
killed. Casualties included some
women. Another stick of three
bombs damaged bus, Wounding the
conductor.
The Sunlit morning sky was
blotched with anti-aircraft bursts
as formations of the Luftwaffe sent
the capitals defenses into action.
The wall of the sirens sounding
the all-clear after the first raid at
the rush hour had hardly died away
when another alert shrieked through
the city. The second all-clear
sounded not long after, but ground
guns still could be heard in the
outskirts.
Single Bomber Attacks.
A one-plane dive bombing attack
preceded the two alarms, coming
so swiftly in a suburb that no gen.
eral alarm was sounded.
The lone wolf was reported to
have dropped six high explosive
bombs, wrecking a portion of a
commercial building. Five persons
were reported injured.
Early risers en- route to their
Jobs saw the plane hurtle down
through the morning mists to an
altitude of 1000 feet, unload its
cargo OF explosives and roar away.
(See LONDON, Page A-3D