Church congregation prayed for deliverance from additional meteors after a man entered the church during services and shouted that widespread death and destruction had been caused by a meteor hitting the United States.
Other reports from scattered sections of the country described how mass hysteria had spread after the broadcast had announced an "invasion by the men from Mars." Police reserves rushed to headquarters in some cities, believing that their services would be required. Numerous persons fainted from fear while listening to the broadcast. "Hundreds were treated for shock, and telephone companies were swamped with calls from persons attempting to locate relatives in cities alleged to have been "invaded" by the men from Mars.
The New York City Health Depart-
"maimed and dying." doctors and nurses also volunteered. In Harlem, negro section of New York City, thousands of negroes rushed from tenement houses northward saying they had heard President Roosevelt announcing the invasion and asking all civilians to flee to the north.—United Press.
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