TRAPPED IN CELLAR
NINE PEOPLE KILLED EFFECT OF GERMAN BOMB CHILDREN AMONG VICTIMS (United Frees Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright) (Received Sept, 2, II a.m.) LONDON, Sept. 1 Eleven persons were trapped in a cellar beneath an empty fish shop In a north-east England town when a bomb wrecked the shop. The rescuers, after 20 hours, recovered nine bodies. Only two people were found alive. They were a married couple, whose three children were among those killed.
Many tons of rubble had to be removed before it was possible to enter the cellar.
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Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21207, 2 September 1940, Page 7
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91TRAPPED IN CELLAR Waikato Times, Volume 127, Issue 21207, 2 September 1940, Page 7
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