BOMB VESUVIUS!
Recd. 6 p.m. Rugby, March 18. There was laughter in the House of Commons when Mr. Purbrick put his question with reference to the bombing of Vesuvius. The Air Minister, Sir Archibald Sinclair, replied that “all possible targets” for bombing were carefully considered. — 8.0.W.
Mr. Purbrick suggested that the Minister should arrange at the first opportunity “for a heavy bomb to be dropped down the crater of Mount Vesuvius in order to make a practical test whether the disturbances created thereby will cause severe earthquakes and eruptions.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 65, 19 March 1943, Page 5
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