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building N.E. of the RAILWAY DOCK are gutted and still
seen burning.
     One building in the town  GAS WORKS is gutted and another
is severely damaged.
 
WEST SIDE OF BINNENHAFEN
 
     There has been a direct hit on a road and a raised pipe-
line running from the docks across the KAISER WILHELMS POLDER.
There has also been a direct hit on the quayside of the NEUER
BINNEN HAFEN as well as on the FLUGELDEICH opposite the E.
AUSSENHAFEN STATION.
     A group of 11/12 sheds of the HERINGS FISCHURIE A.G.
DOLLIART, have been destroyed, one building is seen to be still 
on fire.
     On the N. side of No. 1 HAFENBECKEN nearly all the
buildings of SCHULT & BRUNS, builders of small sea craft, 
have been gutted and two buildings on the W. quayside of the
ALTER BINNEN HAFEN, just N. of the SWING BRIDGE are also gutted.
 
2. RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
 
THE TOWN AND SUBURBS.
 
     45 acres of the town itself consisting mainly of business
and residential property have been devastated. This area includes
damage probably caused by a 4000 lb. bomb which has completely
demolished a large block of buildings south of the BOLLWERK and 
damaged many others; the area of total destruction measures
approx. 1 acre. It is estimated that at least 150 houses have 
been destroyed or seriously damaged in the whole area.
     In addition to this nearly 100 houses have been destroyed in
other parts of the town.
     Amongst the more important buildings destroyed are the 
WILHEIMS GYMNASIUM (College), the LANDRATS AMT (Head District
Office), the LUTHERAN CHURCH and two buildings of the HAMBURG-
AMERICA LINE.
     The Harbour Workmen's Dwellings on KAISER WILHELMS POLDER
have again been hit, 12 more houses having been gutted.
 
MILITARY BARRACKS.
 
     Although the BARRACKS themselves are undamaged, two houses
adjacent to them, probably officers' quarters, and a large M.T.
garage on the Drill Ground, are burnt out. A number of houses
immediately S. of the barracks are gutted.
 
Two prints distributed. Damage Plot to follow.
MAPS used: C.B.1818 No. 57.
 
 
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