FAMOUS CAVES WAR SECRET
The famous chalk cives of Chisletiurst. Kent, which have been reopened to the puWic, will be associated In future with the romances at the war. In these natural maenzlnes, unknown to the people of tiie locality, were stored enough ammunition and hiish .explosives to have Mown up the whole of London, the '"Daily ; Mail" states.
Thousands of pounds of T.N.T. (trinitrotoluol) alone -were boused in special bins in the alcoves and lateral drives of tbese seven ' miles of underground passages, where a Chance nomb or lighted match ■would .nave devastated the -wbole countryside.
The walls of the jnaln entrance to the Cftven were reinforced with, concrete, * and ness, and equipped -with secret locks, were built. 'Miniature railway lines for ammunition trolleys were laid throughout tn* entire length of the main passages.
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Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 212, 4 September 1920, Page 19
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FAMOUS CAVES WAR SECRET
Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 212, 4 September 1920, Page 19
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