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      destruction of an oil tank in the east of London damage at one 
      power station and a 50 pump fire in one district which was under 
      control by midnight.
 
      
 
 
More serious damage was caused at Birmingham where several 
      fires were started some of which combined to make five large 
      fires which were all under control by this morning. The centre 
      of the latter city was the area chiefly affected and New Street 
      station is temporarily closed. Serious damage reported from two 
      factories engaged on war work one making wireless telegraphy 
      equipment and the other aluminum castings. Casualties so far 
      reported are 50 killed and 100 seriously injured.
 
      
 
 
Five small Diesel oil tanks were set on fire at Leatherhead 
      and oil was lost.
 
      
 
 
4. 
Summary of Air Casualties.
 
      Enemy:
 Destroyed, Probable, Damaged
 
      By fighters on October 26th: 4 Messerschmidts 109., 4 Messerschmidts 
      109., 8 Messerschmidts 109 and 1 Junker 88.
 
      By night interception, or fighter October 25th: 1 bomber,nil,nil
 
      Crashed evening of October 26th: 1 Heinkel 111, nil, nil
 
      Total 
 
      
British:
 Three aircraft with 1 pilot safe. Three bombers 
      missing two destroyed on the ground.
 
      5. Shipping Casualties. On October 26th one British and two Allied 
      ships (totaling about ~0,000 tons) were damaged by mines in home 
      waters but none
 
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