BIG BOMB CRATER
TEST IN TARANAKI
(0.C.) NEW PLYMOUTH, this day. A vivid impression of what could happen in an aerial attack was gained when one of the largest bombs used in New Zealand was exploded in an area of sandy waste •oust outside New Plymouth. The bomb,- which was over 200 pounds heavier than any formerly used by the New Plymouth section, was exploded during bomb disposal field exercises, as an experiment on its effect and to test the safety of trenches at various distances from the explosion. The trenches withstood the test fairly successfully and the walls showed little sign of collapsing. ' The bomb, which was buried under six feet of sand, threw up debris to a height of. 500 yards and fragments of metal were scattered over a distance of about 300 yards. A crater nine feet deep, with a diameter of 28 feet and a circumference of 90 feet, was caused by the explosion. . ■
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 39, 16 February 1943, Page 4
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