AIR RAID SHELTERS
WESTMINSTER REFUGES VAULTS AND TRENCHES (British Official Wireless.) Reed. noon. RUGBY, Sept. 25. The City of Westminster has greatly extended the provision of air raid shelters by arranging for the public to have access to vaults under pavements. Some 4400 such vaults have been prescribed as public shelters and will accommodate between 60,000 to 70,000 persons. There are in addition a number of vaults without direct access from the street and therefore open at present only to the occupiers of the premises. These will also become public shelters when linked up with vaults that can be entered from the street.
The public shelters in Westminster, including basements strengthened where necessary in 450 well-con-structed modern buildings and the shelter trenches in parks for 14,600 people, are now sufficient for 130,000 persons.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20052, 26 September 1939, Page 5
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133AIR RAID SHELTERS Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20052, 26 September 1939, Page 5
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