HONOURED BY KING.
Hammersmith Bridge Bombing Incident Recalled. INVESTED WITH 0.8. E. (Received 12 noon.) LONDON", July 13. His Majesty, at an investiture at St. • lames' I'alace. pinned an 0.8. K. on MY. Chillis, the Hammersmith liri'/fge hero, anil cultural nlated liini on his ]>11i<-k \ percept inn. Early on the morning of March 2!) a time bomb exploded on Hammersmith Bridge. blowing away part of the superstructure. A mail was walking on the footpath over the bridge when he saw a box, from .which eaine a crackling sound. He threw it into the river. A second explosion occurred on the other footpath as he was leaving the bridge.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 164, 14 July 1939, Page 7
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