Page 4 B. EAST BANK. KOLNISCHER GUMMIFADEN FABRIK (Tyre factory): the main shop and 5 other buildings have been completely destroyed. VEREINIGTEWEST - DEUTSCHE WAGGON FABRIKEN (Rolling Stock): One large building and 10 other buildings seriously damaged. HUMBOLDT DEUTZ MOTOREN (Submarine engines): 6 buildings destroyed and 2 severely damaged. HUMBOLDT DEUTZ MOTOREN (KALK) (Submarine Engines): additional damage. FELTEN and GUILLEAUME CARLSWERK (undercarriages): 7 large buildings severely damaged and 3 gutted. HAGEN GOTTFRIED A.G. (accumulators & batteries for submarines): Severe roof damage to a factory building. CHEMISCHE FABRIK, KALK (Chemical Works): Damage to roof of building. WERKZEUGSMASCHINENFABRIK SCHUTTE (machine tools): large factory building destroyed. NUNK and SCHMITZ A.G. (machinery): One shed partly demolished. ANDRAE CRIST (velvet manufacturer): 3 large factory buildings gutted. RESIEDNTIAL W. BANK. Serious damage to residential property is widespread in suburban districts. More than 50 houses in SULZ, 120 in LINDENTHAL, 75 in EHRENFELD, 40 in RIEHL and 170 in NIPPES-SECHZIG have been completely destroyed or so seriously damaged as to be uninhabitable. Incidents of fire and H.E. are seen in every district covered by the Sorties. E. BANK. Damage to residential property on the E. bank appears to be less serious than in the W. suburbs, but at least 125 houses, scattered over the whole area of DEUTZ, KALK and MULHEIM appear to have been made untenantable. Extensive damage is seen to the EXHIBITION BUILDINGS and to the RHEIN MUSEUM. COMMUNICATIONS. A striking feature of the raid was the amount of damage done to the railway communications of the city, causing serious, if only temporary, interruption of the traffic. At MULHEIM STATION considerable damage is evident and it is probable that 5 tracks have been affected. /The Engine Sheds |