Barcelona, Jan. 30. ANSWERING Loyalist offers of a truce, in the bombing of civilian towns, Nationalist planes in two raids on Barcelona to-day demolished blocks of tenement houses, killing and wounding hundreds of civilians, 'A high police official, his uniform splotched with blood of bombing victims, estimated that more than 1,000 civilians were dead following the two Nationalist raids. The Mayor, Sr. Hil rio Salvador, estimated that 300 were dead and 500 wounded, many of whom probably would not recover. at least 400 dead and 900 wounded.
The Red Cross estimated One bomb struck a children's refugee home, Killing 83 of the 108 children in the building.
Similar to previous Natiopalist air raids on Barcelona, two groups of three planes approached the city from opposite directions at 9 o'clock this morning and-bombed the centre of the city for five minutes.
The roar of the blrrsting bombs and crashing walls ' mingled with the screams of the victims. Scores were Durled in the debris, while dozens of other were blown into the streets which were converted into a sham-
While rescue workers were still attempting to remove bodies of lilled and injhired from wrecked buildings, Nationalist planes staged. their see-fond raid at 1130 am. Billy bombs were dropped and 8% buildings, most-tenements in which as many as five families were occupying single apartments, were demolishes troops near Torre Jo Caree) and an Jeremy aeroplane was shot down, Republican government circles are confident of an eventual sticcess on the Teruel front which extends 30 Kklometres inthe north and west. /The Republican forces positions form semi-circle around Teruel which [the Republicans state Is not sir rounded by the enemy.
Tt is considered that the Nationalist troops will not renew their attack after the present respite—Trans-Ocean:
A six storey building in which the offices of the Standard Vacuum Olt Ca. were situated was completely wrecked during the second Nationalist: raid, Late to-night the number of deaths from the raids was unofficially listed at 290, but rescue workers were still seeking scores of bodles buried in debris, Many were believed to have been blasted to bits by the bombs.
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