NEW DETECTOR
Used In Rescue Work After London Explosion MYSTERY OF BOMBS LONDON, June 8. The apparent mystery of the failure to discover the unexploded bomb at Southwark is explained by the fact that bombs are known to travel considerable distance under ground, leaving little evidence of their presence. Some of these bombs were first erroneously called '-creeping bombs." In the seai'ch for victims of the explosion. Home Office experts for the first time employed a new secret electrical detector designed to discover if any of the buried people were alive. The device consists of a listening van connected with microphones, which are placed on the debris. Loud speakers, after asking for silence from the rescuers announced loudly: "If you can hear knock with a brick or shout."
The detector did not pick up any replies.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIII, Issue 134, 9 June 1942, Page 5
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