PARLIAMENT HOUSES
DAMAGED IN RECENT RAID ON LONDON ‘ STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS S BLOWN OUT. GLASS AND METAL RUNS DOWN > ON THRONES. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, October 6. A high-explosive bomb fell in the forecourt of the Houses of Parliament between the public entrance and the peers' entrance during a recent air raid. It blew in hundreds of leaded windows, and smashed a 30-foot window at the end" of Westminster Hall, including part of the massive stone framing. Stained-glass windows on one side of the debating chamber of the House of Lords were blown out and doors were torn from their hinges. Glass and metal rained down on the golden thrones used by their Majesties in opening Parliament, but they were not scratched, though the surrounding carpets and. walls were damaged. More glass was broken in the lobbies and cloak rooms of the House of Commons. Flying splinters caused three more wounds on the western face of Big Ben, but the Big Ben time still shows on all four sides. Lord Teviot, Lord Lawrence and several officials suffered minor cuts.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 October 1940, Page 5
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