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HOME SECURITY SITUATION.
General.
By day.
73. The only incidents occurred at South lighthouse, Fair Isle, in the Shetlands, which was bombed and machine-gunned on the 8th and 10th December. Slight damage was caused.
By night.
74. Bombing was confined to the nights the 7th-8th and the 8th-9th, mostly on the North-East coast.
Damage.
75. On the 7th-8th at Grimsby the fish docks, a fish merchant's store and houses were damaged by I.Bs., some of an explosive type.
76. On the 8th-9th private property was damaged at Whitley Bay, Monkseaton, Newcastle and Pelaw. At South Shields the river jetty was damaged and a ship under construction slightly damaged. In Kent railway service was temporarily suspended between Ashford and Wye.
Casualties.
77. Estimated casualties for the period ending 0600 Wednesday, the 10th December, are 18 killed and 15 injured.
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