BOMBING OF BRITAIN
HOW LONDONERS TOOK IT LONDON, Nov. 30. An official story of the civil defence of Britain is published to-day by the Ministry of Information under the title “Front-Line.” It contains stories not told before of damage to Woolwich Arsenal and the London docks. It describes “pepper” fires, when the air was loaded with stinging particles of burning material, “rum” fires, when blazing liquid ran about and barrels exploded, and a rubber fire that had to be fought from a distance because of the fumes. In the first 21 days and nights, London firemen were called out nearly 10,000 tones. In three months 36,000 bombs fell on London and nearly 10,000 times. In three months at the peak of the raiding only 15 Londoners out of every 100 slept away from their homes. “Front-Line” further tells how the provinces stood the attacks, and mentions that 65,000 of the 70,000 houses of Portsmouth were damaged, and the story of how 400 aircraft attacked Coventry. By the end of 1941, 190,000 bombs had been dropped on Britain, 44,000 people had been killed, and 50,000 seriously injured.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20958, 4 December 1942, Page 3
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186BOMBING OF BRITAIN Gisborne Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 20958, 4 December 1942, Page 3
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