The Archive · 1940

Special Tackle Used

To save devastating damage to St. Paul's the risk of removal had to be undertaken and with great dimeulty it was drawn up with special tackle, for a high polish had been imparted its passage through the sell, making it dimeutt to handle.

Two lorries in tender were required to haul it out of the hole.

Streets were cleared by the police from St, Paul's Cathedral to Hackney: placed on a vast lorry and driven away at high speed, the risk of explosion being, imminent the whole time.

On September 15 at Hackney Marshes, the bomb was blown up by the bomb disposal section, caused a 100-foot crater and rattled windows and. in one place Toosened the plaster in houses far away on the marshes, British Trawler Thought Lost London, Sept. 28.

The trawler Loch Inver (Hull, 380, tons) is overdue and must be cone red lost, states the Admiratty.— included important railway' centres and aerodromes. The naval base haven was strongly attack ing fires and explosions. ition works at Hanau near:

Frankfort suffered severe damage. Along the Channel coast Havre, camp, Boulogne, Calais and Dun= were heavily bombed as well as' a Tine of big gun emplacements near Cap Gris Nez.

'A base at Lorient again was attacked. Two British planes are missing.

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