ROME'S BIG TUNNEL.
AIR RAID SHELTER. MONUMENTS SANDBAGGED. (By Air.) LONDON, Aug. 16. A ten-mile tunnel, 80 feet deep, under construction to connect the centre of Rome with the site of the 1942 Exhibition, is now being equipped as a huge air-raid shelter. Writing to the Portuguese newspaper "Diario De Noticias," a correspondent in the Italian capital includes in an account of life in war-time Rome these words: '"The Colosseum dungeons where Christians were once herded before being thrown to the lions, are now serving as possible refuges for present-day Romans against the British lion with wings." The chic.f problem for Rome authorities, he says, is the protection of ancient monuments against bombing. Millions of sandbags are being used whenever statues and other monuments cannot be removed to safety. Many famous points are. now walled up with sandbags form-" ing splinter-proof shelters.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 216, 11 September 1940, Page 3
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142ROME'S BIG TUNNEL. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 216, 11 September 1940, Page 3
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