The third daylight air-raid warn-ug was sounded at lunch-time today and lasted 45 minutes.
One of the oldest churches in the country was practically destroyed when incendiary bombs were dropped at a village near a south-west town last night. A bomb apparently penetrated the roof, set the organ alight, and very soon the entire fabric was blazing fiercely. Only the four walls and the tower remained when the outbreak was subdued by fire engines.
Extending their visits over a wide area, German planes, operating singly or in small formations, last night made a series of attacks mainly directed. against industrial districts in north-west and north-east England.
In a city in the north-west, large incendiary bombs caused a large number of fires, all of which, except two which are now under control, were extinguished. The roof of the town hall was damaged by a high-explosive bomb and other buildings were hit. Though some persons were killed and others injured, the number. of casualties was. small, having regard to the scale of the attacks.
Elsewhere in the north-west and north-east, bombs were dropped, causing fires and demolishing some houses and other bitildings. The extent "of damage: was. relatively: slight and the number of casualties small.
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