RACE WITH BOMB THROUGH CROWDED STREETS
'9> Received Sunday 7.0 p.m. | LONDON, May 17. 1 Alive and f icking, a 5001b. German bonib was raced by lorry through the streets of Coventry at thc peak of the evening rush, precftded by policc. loudspeaker vans warning houscholders to lcave the streets. Eight minutes after being dumped on opcn ground the bomb cxplodcd, extensively damaging houses. Tlic bomb, which was tlubbed "Gastvorks Gussie," had lain in the Corporation ffasworks since tlie 1940-41 raids. Bomb disposal squad workers dug d.own 25 feet this morning, but before they j could movc the boinl), it. began ticking. Police cordoned Ihe roads as "Gussie'' was hoisted on to a Ioitv and driven off.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 May 1946, Page 5
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