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THE CHINA MAIL, DECEMBER 9, 1940...
WREN SAVED BOMBED ST. PAUL'S
U STOOD IN the shadows of St. Paul's late in the afternoon and saw how a Nazi high explosive bomb had made rubble of the High Altar and torn and twisted the sacred ornaments of Britain's most famous cathedral; writes a London reporter:
Mr. Tanner, the verger, stood by my side. It was a long time before he spoke. Then he said: "We can only be thankful that the rest of the cathe- dral has been saved. There will be services as usual in the Crypt.”
They hit St. Paul's in a recent raid. But once again the cathedral had a remarkable escape. Wren built well; the fabric still stands firm, the Choir is: undamaged, and everyone who sees the great rec- tangular hole gaping in the roof must marvel that the damage was so small.
I made my way out of the Ca- thedral, past the spot where they dropped the time-bomb that was meant to destroy St. Paul's but was killed by the men of the Roy- al Engineers,
But the beautiful black and gold marble High Altar-erected about 60 years ngo-was obliterated. Before it stands a dreadful pile of debris; huge chunks of masonry which hurtled down on it when the bomb struck the roof of the And, with dusk creeping on, I cathedral, not far from the great]joined the small crowd of people Dome.
who throughout the day gathered.
"Well," said one of them. Paul's still stands."
It is a Icaden roof. It dulled outside the Cathedral. the force of the explosion. But for that I might have an even sadder story to tell of this latest wanton bombing.
And that summed up what most
"St.
"Yes," said another.. "It will be a long time before they destroy. Even now they are 'mending London this way." the roof of the cathedral, clearing away the great piles of debris of us thought who saw from the Altär, and I should bomb in the night, had done to think that it will not be long be-St. Paul's. fore the people come up from the ***St. Paul's Cathedral le the Crypt to hold their services as third cathedral usual,
The jagged hole in the just reaches the edges of lovely mosaic saucer domes.
what a
church to have.
been built on the site. The pre- roof cent building was designed and those bulit by Sir Christopher Wren: at
from 1675 to 1710 to complete. a cost of £748,000, and it took
Parts of this mosaalo admir- ed all over the world-were torn away and 1 saw pieces of it. lying among the rubble on the floor. The Cross and the can- dlesticks were blasted. from the Altar and I do not know where they lie.
The Bishop's chair was flung against one of the wrought iron sanctuary gates, its carving 'badly: scarred. The pediment. of the stone reredos was slightly dam- agedi but the Crucifix and the ather figures were untouched.,
Flying stones gashed the pieture "The Doubting, of Thomas" in the Jesus Chapel behind the reredos and there are many, ragged holes in the beautiful stained glass win dows,
The Kempe windows in the east end of the cathedral were slight ly damaged by blast
No Jarring
As we stood silently, gazing at this damage rain fell through the gaping hole in the roof: It fell on to the debris qust which cover- ed the choir stalls and made it like mud, so that the "cleaners. had a hard job: to clear it away.
the roof and obliterated, the altar, For when the bomb tore through blast: sent blocks of masonry fly- ing everywhere and still the dust lies thick in all parts of the Car thedral.
It was a scene like this that met Canon Alexander when. he rushed.
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of the Cathedral; sleeping in the Crypt. was almost immediately Beneath the Altar.
As the son of Akim- Tami- roff, William. Henry appears in Paramount's "The Way Of All Flesh" which opens almul. taneously at the Queen's and Alhambra Theatres. Gladys George and Muriel Angelus' are also featured.
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PRINCE BERNHARD BOMBED
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands. had to slide down the banisters from
RISKED BOMB TO a top-floor flat in London
FEED RABBITS
When a man: was, fined. 40s; at a. police court in the area: for insulting behaviour, it London was stated that his house was ina, prohibited area because of the presence of an unexploded bomb. He and other householders had been evacuated.
he wished to go home to feed The man told the Court that
chickens. forty-one rabbits and six important than anything else
"Animals are more.
he said.
The Court was told that the animals, are being cared for.
early in the morning after the stairs had been wreck- ed by a bomb..
He was visiting friends in a to leave and go to his car parked third-floor.flat, and was preparing. outside when the bomb fell.
flung
themselves to the floor.
Every one in the flat
a
The bomb came in through window above the stairs. As the that the banisters of a part of the dust cleared: Prince Bernhard: saw
stairway still stood:
on the ground floor.
He slid down into the wreckage
Then he helped Home Guards and A.R.P. workers to rescue the other people- in, the flat.
RAID VETERANS
REACH SAFETY
(By A Special Correspondent)
THE "TWICE-BOMBED babies" are at: last on was their way to safety in the country. A handful of His bed tiny mites.
their ages range from a few weeks to four or five, they were cared for by the WV.S. at: a large house in North London after they had been bombed out of their homes in some of London's most, badly-hit areas:
He was almost choked by the swirling, dust and by the acrid fumes of the bomb.. It was some time before he could really see what damage had been. dane..
Canon. Alexander told me:. "I Then, soon after the sirens wall-1. Two new arrivals John and have inspected the damage with ed for the nightly visit of Hitler's Beryl Dean sat quietly on little a Cathedral official His comment bombers high explosive rained chairs in a corner of the room. was, "This shows the marvellous down on their refuge home, binding of tha.masonry. that Wren -put in. It really is amazing. There. was no jarring in the Crypt at
all."
None Injured
The children in the basement escaped unhurt apart from a light
They had been given a penny: and there they sat and waited un til Matron told them; they could. join in the games.
shock.
Their mother had brought them They roamed · résigned when in. Their street had been heavTM ..tald they word to, mova ily bombed and little Beryl's, face: on again. They are "veterans" was still streaked with dirt from of bombing atinoks.
clambering over debris.........
Not a single member of the Cathedral. staff was injured, They! I saw them when they were were all asleep in the crypt. Mr.waiting at the Regent's Park home. Tanner, the verger, was just about of Lady Ribblesdale for coaches to go home when the bomb ex-|to take them to the country: and ploded.
safety.
"Live wires of the party wara: Mary Revel and Valerio Bantuk; both aged about four,
They're tough, thoas two,? one of the staff said, "Nothing seems to bother thom," When I left it was bedtime in.
He did not know that it had There they played: happily as hit the cathedral, went home, 'and | though nothing had. happened. In was recalled. "I can't understand some cases the children's parents this temporary haven, and with: it," he told me. It only shows have been killed or injured- and toys and dolls clutched in their what a wonderful builder Wren they are the survivors of their arms the babies were settling.
was,
families.
down.