ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21220, 17 September 1940, Page 5

ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

REMOVAL OF BOMB MEN’S MAGNIFICENT COURAGE TRIBUTE BY MAHATMA GANDHI (Official Wireless) (Received Sept. 17, 11 a.m.) RUGBY, Sept. 16 The magnificent qourage of the few men who safely removed a high--1 explosive bomb which had menaced , St. Paul’s Cathedral since last Wednesday is warmly praised on all sides and there is worldwide relief that Wren’s magnificent masterpiece escaped undamaged. In approving the Indian Congress resolution expressing admiration for the bravery and endurance of the British people, Mahatma Gandhi ! said: j “Any damage to St. Paul’s would be as keenly felt by me as would damage to Benares, ; the sacred city of the Hindus.” Prayers and Thanks ! Special prayers and thanks foi : safety were said in St. Paul’s Cathedral today, when the first luncheon i service since the removal of the unI exploded bomb was held, j The officiating Canon gave thanks | for the courage, skill and devotion I to duty of the men who disposed ot j the bomb. Tate Gallery Hit ; It is learned that during last . week’s air raids on London a bomb j hit the Tate Gallery, famous for its i collection of modern British paintI ings and sculpture and for the ! special galleries containing works by | Turner and Sargent, also modern foreign artists. Three Hospitals Damaged Three hospitals were damaged by bombs. In two there were no casualties. j In the third, one of London’s old- ; est hospitals, a medical block was j wrecked by a high-explosive bomb, ! which passed through a staircase, j missing wards on either side. ! Patients occupied basement shelters, ! but one medical officer was injured.