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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 7, 1940
MEN FIRE
INTOTHENIGHT, BAG FOUR
BRITAIN'S SUPER A.A. barrage accounted for four of the enemy bombers which raided-or tried to raid-London districts at night. A fifth bomber was bagged by an R.A.F. fighter.
One bomber, a Junkers 88, crashed in the Lon- don area after it had dropped several bombs. It was a battery's third success. They scored a direct hit. The Junkers crashed near a hospital at Merton Park, damaging several houses and spraying Ander- son shelters with blazing petrol. Most of the people. got away safely.
the
After the fire had been put out, a woman found the pilot's gloved hand still grasping the joystick.
Fighters cooperated with ground defences in harassing the raiders, and a Junkers 88 crashed near Cambridge after being en- gaged by them. The four occup- ants were taken into custody by the military authorities.
Three of the crew of a Heinkel bomber were killed, and a fourth had severe head injuries, when their 'plane crashed near Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire.
It was hit in the wings and tail by anti-aircraft fire and was heard diving over the town when it split in two.
There appeared to be many more searchlights in action in the London area than on retent nights, and the now famed A.A. barrage was hotter than ever.
The London raider had been cruising overhead for some time and had caused heavy damage.
Family's Escape. ́ ́
As it came within range,
It
was picked up. There were two bursts of A.A, fire, followed by explosions in the sky. Then the *plane began to rear down at full throttle.
The wingtips damaged four houses before the machine plung- ed nose first into a garden at the corner of Richmond Avenue and Kingston Road, Merton Park and wrecked part of a house,
Within a. few seconds the petrol tanks exploded with such force that the house was demo- lished and the machine was blown into fragments.
In the demolished house Mr.
and Mrs. John Butcher and their month-old baby were sheltering in bathroom. They were hurled into the garden and were rescued from the debris.. They were taken to hospital with shock, burns and
cuts.
1,000-1 Chance
People were trapped in four un-- derground trenches when a bomb struck a shelter escape hatch in a North London park, killing sever- al and injuring many others.
"It was a thousand-to-one chance bomb which struck one of the escape shafta "of the shel- ter," an A.R.P, warden stated.
"The main entrance to the shelter is quite Intact, and had it struck anywhere else but an escape shaft the casualties might have been. Jess severe.
The bodies were recovered after
twelve hours-digging..
Men, women and chlidren
were among the dead." Most of them had brought their - mat-
tresses and blankets with the
intention of stopping the night. A bomb démolished the two housés 100 yards away' and caused several deaths. It is feared a policeman, his wife and their
" children, aged five and one, were killed in one of them;"
Raids during the night were on: a. smaller scale than of late and less effective, the Air Ministry stated.
MORE H.K.
TAXATION
URGED
Muriel Angelus is the siren who tricks Akim Tamiroff, in Paramount's "The Way of All Flesh" opening Tuesday sim- ultaneously at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres.
CIVILIAN ROLL OF HONOUR?
John's Says "St.
Review": The Australian people have been asked to reduce their standard of living in order to lessen the demand for luxuries which have to be carried in ships that can ill be spared for the purpose. The Minister of Economic Warfare hos been appealing for support from everyone in this direction. Sur- plus wealth should be placed into war bonds and not into expen¬ sive motorcars or race horses. The local Government should tax luxuries even to the extent of If losing revenue by doing so.
A scheme for the formation of people cannot voluntarily do this and are not able to dispose of a roll of honour for any man, wo- their wealth in a way most help-man or child who shows excep- ful to winning the war, then tional bravery during aid raids is taxation should deprive them of being considered by Alderman the privilege of controlling that A. F. J. Chorley, Mayor of Dagen- wealth. There are two wars at ham. our doors and a severe social "There are many examples problem. The continued exis-outstanding, courage which still tence of this
colony as a pro-pass unrecognised,” said Alderman sperous port depends entirely on Chorley. the success of the cause which is "In one case at Dagenham
common to Britain and warden suved a boy by flinging now China. If it fails then all the himself on top of the boy to pro- peace and comfort, the wealth tect him from the blast of a bomb.. and security of Hong Kong will "We reported his action to: Sir disappear. The people of Eng-John Anderson, but all the man land are not only carrying a received was a letter from the crushing financial burden but the Ministry. I feel that some more whole population is enduring the permanent record of such actions heaviest physical and mental should be kept." strain that was ever upon a nation,
imposed Alderman Chorley's scheme does • It is important not apply only to civil defence that this should be constantly workers. He would like to see it before our mind.
applied to all civilians.
LITTLE
AUDREY
of
LAUGHS AT DEATH
TRAPPED BY her arm in the wreckage of her damaged home in a south-west town, fourteen-year- old Audrey Johns refused morphia and joked with her rescuers as they worked for twelve hours to free her. The rescue squad had to force their way thr- ough a 9ft. barricade of debris to reach Audrey.
Her mother “-whos wasalioj trapped; was released within a few hours, 3A doctor, had given
her morphin.
same friends of fore-In another house that had been bombed had fared.
"We were, 7'all sitting - hdlying ***When ↑Audrey- was asked if supper when the raid started. We `she would rather "go" to sloop”, heard the "plane overhead ~ and
while the rescue squad worked, then a whistling
she said she felt grand and ro› | and, her mother ran to get fused to have the injection. *. the stairs:
For part of the twelve hours "They Were trapped by While London and the suburbs she was trapped the enemy bomb-masonry, were again the main objective, ers-were flying overhead, The One of the raiders were also over five coun- rescue squad gave her a, running fles, the Midlands and the south-commentary on the battle, westi
CLEANING AS USUAL
|--Dyery time, they shouted: "They've go it in the search-
Short
ragin
to Keep her cheerful
A lights," and the anti-aircraft guns | opened up with a terrifle, harrage
of fire, Audrey: cheered and shout.- her Wawere getting: negrar."...
ed for more news,
The rald was the worst. this Her father told a reporter: "Au-south-west town has hand. drey was wonderful. She was not - A -public assistance Institution in the least frightened, -although received a direct hit and a num pieces of the house kept falling in ber of elderly women lámates and threatened to bury her com- | word killed:- They were shelter- pletely,
ying in a corridor and were sing- She kept asking about hering songs, as the bomb - crashed \mother and myself, andą show i through the building, iss
All the windows of a large building in a suburb of London had been blown out in an air raid | except two or three panes.
Standing amid the litter of brokch, glusson elderly chur- woman nssiduously polished these few remaining panes, just as Ithough nothing had happened.
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