BOMB EXPLODES.
AFTER SIX MONTHS IN RIVER. SEVEN WORKMEN KILLED. (United Press Association—Copyright.) (Rec. 10.55 a.m.) LONDON, Sept. ,16. A bomb which had lain on the bed of the River Clyde since the mass German air raid on the Clydeside, in March exploded to-day, killing seven men. Four tugs were moving a ship from its berth at Clyde when the bomb exploded beneath them. Five members of the crew of one tug and the foreman and an electrician on the dockside were killed. Men handling the ship’s mooring ropes were blown into the water and others were knocked over on the wharf. The blast shook buildings on the waterfront
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 61, Issue 288, 17 September 1941, Page 5
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