Sydney Tests Out Air Raid Precautions
SYDNEY, December 9,
The first try-out of Sydney’s air raid precaution measures was staged in the presence of 5000 interested citizens in Martin Place yesterday.
Men in gas-masks bandaged and splinted Boy Scouts, and .ambulances, firemen’s ladders, smoke, spluttering thermite and noisy sirens imparted a touch of realism.
A formation of bombing aeroplanes swept to and fro at a great height over the scene, which sprang to immediate activity, capturing the imagination of onlookers and crowds on rooftops of tall city buildings. The demonstration was carried out by the national emergency services, led by Colonel Brpxner, who delivered a speech in which he commended the work of the air-raid precautions volunteers, and urged his hearers ■to take more seriously the dangers which were threatening the country.
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Northern Advocate, 10 December 1940, Page 6
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