LONDON EXPLOSION
DETECTORS USED TO LOCATE PERSONS BURIED ALIVE
LONDON, June 8,
The apparent mystery of the nondiscovery of the bomb which exploded at Southwark is explained by the fact that bombs have been known to travel for considerable distances underground, leaving little evidence of their presence. Some of these bombs at first were erroneously called "creeping bombs."
In the search for victims of the explosion, Home Office experts for the first time employed a new secret electrical detector designed to discover if any persons were buried 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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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIII, Issue 134, 9 June 1942, Page 5
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