SUSPECTED BOMB FOUND IN COLONIAL OFFICE
(2 p.m.) LONDON, Feb. 23. Following a telephone warning to the Colonial Office’s research department by a voice with a foreign accent, Scotland Yard officers rushed to the building and discovered what was described as a time-bomb in the hall. The police removed a small bos, the contents cf which Home Office experts are examining. The building is opposite the Houses of Parliament. The box taken from the Colonial Office had a Jewish mark on it. The box was taken to Woolwich Arsenal for tests to ascertain whether the contraption could explode. Guards on all Government buildings were placed on the alert after the discovery of the box which contained two large dry cell batteries attached by wires to a glass jar containing fluid. A woman lift attendant discovered the box behind the door in the entrance hall.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GISH19480224.2.45
Bibliographic details
Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22569, 24 February 1948, Page 5
Word Count
144SUSPECTED BOMB FOUND IN COLONIAL OFFICE Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 22569, 24 February 1948, Page 5
Using This Item
The Gisborne Herald Company is the copyright owner for the Gisborne Herald. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of the Gisborne Herald Company. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in