CHURCHILL’S ESCAPE
WHEN GERMAN” BLITZED LONDON Reed. 11 p.m. Quebec, Aug. 23. After nearly three years the story is told of how Mr. Churchill narrowly escaped death in the German blitz on London. In October, 1940, a German bomb fell on the Treasury next door to 10 Downing Street and killed 12 people. Mr. Churchill was dining at hie home with Mr. Brendan Bracken and Sir Hugh Sinclair. The blast brought a chandelier down and it fell on the dining table. Nobody took shelter and the domestic staff continued to serve dinner, although the kitchen wall had been blown down.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 200, 25 August 1943, Page 5
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100CHURCHILL’S ESCAPE Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 200, 25 August 1943, Page 5
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