Jerusalem, Sept. 12.
The Italian raid on Tel-Aviv the unprotected, all-Jewish city in Palestine, on Monday, caused the most severe damage to poorly-built houses, but newer and stronger buildings in the same areas remained undamag: it was reported here today.
The bombing of Tel-Aviv was the first indiscriminate raid in the Middle East.
A block of wooden huts burned down when two bombs fell among them. An aged couple was among those killed. In due street alone 15 people were killed. Two bombs fell together, and one of them wrecked the wall of a synagogue where four were killed. "The other bombs crashed through a two-story building. Most injuries in the latter explosion were caused by flying glass.
One wall of a recreation club was wrecked and two women and several children were injured. A bomb fell in the street behind a public building, and another fell within a few yards of a theatre, blasting a deep crater.—United Pres India Donates £35,500
To Air-Raid Victims Simla, Sept. 12.
The Viceroy cabled £35,500 from his War Purposes Fund to the Lord Mayor of London for the relief of London air-raid victims.—Reuter.
1 descended from the roof top the ground and decided to take taxi-tour through a cross-section London to get a proper perspective or the damage of many districts afte four days of airblitz. When I finished the tour I came to the conclusion that the city had been badly wounded, but only sectionally.
Many buildings looked as if the overwhelming weight of the roof had pressed the structure to the ground, leaving a heap of bricks, mortar and woodwork. Slices were completely carved out of six and eight-storey buildings, leaving a gaping hole in which smashed furniture hung pre cariously amid the rubble. So buildings were gutted and only fire scarred beams remained. Whole street-length rows of houses were wiped out or wrecked beyond repair.
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