 800 bombs dropped on the city left 137 dead, 96 killed in their air raid shelters.Major buildings including Pirelli Cable Works, the Daily Echo newspaper building and the General Motors factory were severely damaged or destroyed.All Saints', Holyrood and St. Mary's churches, were destroyed and although St. Michael's escaped with only minor damage, allegedly because the spire was used by the German bombers as a landmark and their pilots were ordered not to hit it.