LIKE EARTHQUAKES.
EFFECTS OF BOMBINGS.
Bit’s true it is all quiet in London —at least there is less banging than last night,” said Mr Vernon Bartlett, M.P., in a broadcast from Daventry to-day. He stated that just before midnight (on Thursday) there had been increased activity. “Personally, T am very frightened, but I wouldn’t miss it for anything,” he said. One embassy and three legations had suffered damage. There were two complaints—an insufficiency of shelters in some parts of London, and of accommodation for the homeless, many of whom were sleeping on the platforms of underground stations. But .doubtless these requirements would be remedied, and on the whole the lack of disorganisation was quite extraordinary.
Air Bartlett described the effects of the bombings as being similar to isolated earthquakes. When he was broadcasting from the 8.8. C. last Monday the table had bounced ho and hit him as the result of a bomb falling nearby. “But don’t magnify onr discomforts —we’ll get along alright,” added the speaker.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 245, 13 September 1940, Page 8
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