FIRE BOMB DANGERS
SOME NEGLECT IN LONDON CRITICISED BY LORD MAYOR. TALK OF “APPALLING APATHY.” (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) LONDON, February 10. The Lord Mayor of London, Sir George Wilkinson, in a speech said he wondered how much of the City would be left when his year of office ended. “Despite grievous losses, I still find appalling apathy regarding saving as much as possible from what remain," he said. “Buildings are still left untenanted and locked up at night. Everything we neglect weakens us and delays victory." The "Daily Express” asks where are the firewatchers? A reported toured the City, knocking at doors and ringing bells, and often obtained no answer. Premises near St. Paul’s were padlocked, while there were still piles of wrecked wood on the sites. A business man interviewed said that many still had not the slightest consciousness of the danger from fire bomb. They showed criminal neglect.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 February 1941, Page 5
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150FIRE BOMB DANGERS Wairarapa Times-Age, 12 February 1941, Page 5
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