London Telephone Girls.
Scenes f bravery among the girls of a London telephone exchange during the recent air raid are vividly described by J. W. Kennedy, who was present. He says:
"Bombs were actually dropping in the immediate vicinity, while the presence of airmen over and on both sides of the building was reported, and while the smoke from exploding bombs was distinctly seen from the windows, and through 'it all the supervisor nearest to mo hovered over her section like a strong spirit seeking to help those under her charge. '' X can paint no picturo of stoical insensibility. Some nervous cries there were, as the bombs dropped, white faces were the rule, but in many of these the lines of determination were the strongest. Silent tears were dropped, but only for a moment. No one near me left her post,and calls were passing and cords connected with the music of death in our ears.
"So near and insistent was the horrible thud of the bombs that most of us thought that some part of the building er than even during Zeppelin raids."
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 8 January 1918, Page 4
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