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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1940
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LONDON BARRAGE REACHES PEAK
Continuous, Intense A.A. Gunfire For An Hour
Stragglers Scurry From The Streets
REPORTS HITHERTO RECEIVED SHOW THAT THE NUMBER OF CASUALTIES DUR- ING SUNDAY NIGHT'S ATTACKS ON LONDON WERE A LITTLE GREATER THAN ON RECENT NIGHTS BUT MUCH LESS THAN IN THE FIRST ATTACKS ON THE CAPITAL, STATES AN AIR MINISTRY COMMUNIQUE, WHICH ADDS THAT OUTSIDE LONDON CASUALTIES WERE VERY FEW BUT SOME WERE FATAL.
It is now known that two enemy bombers were shot down by our fighters during the night. There has been little enemy activity during the day.
At about 8 a.m. a force of enemy aircraft crossed the coast in cloudy conditions but was turned back by anti-aircraft fire without en- countering our fighters.
FRENCH PLANE SHOOTS DOWN R.A.F. CRAFT
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A French plane shot down a British sea- plane which was al leged to be flying over French territorial
Later in the day enemy air- craft, singly or in small numbers, crossed the coast at several points A few bombs were dropped h įvarious parts of
but
damage is reported to be slig IRON GUARD
and the number of casualties were small.
Meanwhile the fifth air rate warning of the day sounded i the London area at 8.10 p.m. Bombs in London Area
STATE
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Rumania is now well
startad
on her new career in the orbit of Bombs were dropped in the Rome-Berlin axis,
An official, decree was read by London area during the last
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of four warnings which were all priests in Rumanian churches that the sounded in the city during yea-yesterday announcing terday.
country is now an "Iron Guard Three brief alarms followed State."." each other rapidly in the morn It will be run on "Iron Guard” waters outside Casa-ing while enemy planes were alsnes and the army will be me- reported in south-east, north-east chanised in accordance with mo- and north-west England.
dern methods. — Havas.
blanca, it was report- ed in Rabat, Morocco, yesterday.
All three accupants of the R.A.F. machine were rescued. Havas.
FOG IN CHANNEL
English Channel, was
chine-gunning was heard durin Very heavy AA. fire and ma
the fourth warning, and in" Onc arca a woman was killed and her three children injured; and r |policeman buried beneath debris
ed with, fou early this morna,
NO SUN FOR THREE WEEKS
Several formations of enemy aircraft were turned back over (SPEGIAL TO “CHINA MAIL”) the south-east coast by R.A.F Residents on the slopes of fighter patrols.
Mount Aso, in Kyushu, have not
No incidents were reported dur-seen the sun since August 24 when ing the morning, alarms.
the volcano started belching fine The London barrage last night bot nshes, according to the Tokyo was more intense, than on any press to-day. previous night.
The volcano previously had been Gunfire was practically don dormont for 58 years but woke ́tinuous for the first hour of the up on August.24 and has continu- "rală and "plañes appeared to be ed ever since. Ashes, are said to coming over quickly one after be ruining crops, depriving them of necessary; sunshine. Havas. the other
“CLARE” RUMOURS
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|"Clara" is missing on a flight tố Botwood,... Newfoundland, *" are East, officially-denied., Official London abst, wings,, fresh; quarters „say that she; is "quita
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The Prime Minister, Mr.. Winston Churchill, flew to the East Coast - to · Inspect · ́de- fences. Mr. Winston Chur- chill, greets · General Beck÷, with-Smith on his arrival at:: the airport. (Copyright, Fox). ·
FLOODREA HAVOC IN SWITZERLAND
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Floods are wreaking havoc in many parts of Switzerland and major damage has been done especially to roads and railways.
The railway line between Mon- treux and the. Bernese Oberland has been cut-off. Army engineers had to destroy a bridge, against which an enormous amount of wreckage had bech piled up” by the rushing waters and, which was weakening under the strain.
Major damage occurred" on '. roada In "the Jura districtes- pecially in the" region" of La- chaux-de-Fonds, famous for its watch industries..
In the Vaud canton crops were seriously damaged, - Torrential rains resulted in a rise in the level . of the Rhine” of six feet.
· In Aargau canton almost all rail traffic has been interrupted and travellers are using motor- buses-Havas.
DEMAND FOR FLOUR
In order to meet the greatly in- creased demand for flour during the Mid-Autumn Festival, 30,000 bars of Hsuchow wheat and flour have been imported into - Pelping in the past few days. Flour is selling in Pelping at $15.30 a bàg.
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