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Saturday,

HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

LONDON'S SUICIDE SQUAD

By Mollia McGoo the tough-looking, grimy, battle- brought out bits of the bomb United Press Staff Correspondent dress-clad bomb squad under and handed them to him. Davies

Lieut. Davies arrived.

solemnly and politely, thanked each child. Lieut. Robert Davies, head

Davies cleared the whole area "I regard myself as the father of the "suicide squad" that

around the bomb-hole and snap of my flock (the squad) and saved St. Paul's Cathedral ped out orders to his squad, who every possible precaution is from destruction by remov- immediately sprang into action. taken to prevent injuries to ing a time-bomb that fell The procedure used by, the them," Davies said. "Some of them are young and likely to nearby typifies the British squad la a secret.

When the bomb was made tako risks.” spirit under mass bombing ready for explosion, Davies Davies told me this quite attacks.

drove the car, carrying a red seriously, as though he never Lieut. Davies, who lived in flag, within 20 yards of the took any risks himself. Canada for several years, told bomb hole, and shouted to the He admitted that his wife did me that the motto of his squad rest of the squad: "Get out."

for years, and I hold it close.

Mrs. Davies, however, is proud

was "frustrate their (the Nazis) The squad sped away; and not know how dangerous the job

really was. knavish tricks" and that they Davies, after a final Inspection, "Anyway" he said, "I carry a got a "kick out of doing so." retreated, too, and shouted: rabbit's foot. I have done so

I caught up with the lieuten. "Okay, boys." ant, with whom I had an ap After few minutes, the pointment at a police station, bomb exploded, sending large just as he was rushing from the quantities of sand into the air. station in a car. He saw me I asked one member of the of her husband.

"During the last few weeks and shouted: "I can't wait. squad whether Davies over There's a bomb on so-and-so showed any algns that he appre- he has done a lot of things street in so-and-so borough." ciated the danger he was con- which are not mentioned, but The only sign showing the tinually facing, and he replied: which have been almost as dangerous work the squad per- "Nerves? Him? He's got praiseworthy as the St. Paul's forms is a placard saying "bomb none. He always goes down the Cathedral job," she said. "He thinks the world of the fellows disposal crudely hand-lettered hole first."

on the car in black pencil and Davies after seeing that every- who work with him, and when red crayon.

thing was in order, told me that he was on leave, he told me, ho The car they use is nearly the he "got the biggest thrill by had never known a finer set."

Davies told me that he came fastest thing in London just preventing damage." now, and all policemen know "In the ordinary way, this to England from St. Catharines, Llout, Davies and give every bomb might have blown the Ont., in 1928 because of his assistance to him and his squad. most part of these four blocks wife's health, and then went to I caught up with him again flat," he said. "As it was, it Nigeria, where he was a public at a spot where four blocks of only broke a few windows. Our works engineer,

"I returned to England four tiny workers' houses had been motto is 'frustrate their knavish evacuated because of the pre- tricks' and we get a real kick years ago and had my training with the officers emergency re- Bonco of time-bombs. Anxious from doing so."

serve," he added. "My greatest people pressed against ropea #. hundred yards from the threat- As I stood talking to Davies, thrill is driving right through ened aren, awaiting the fate of children went down into the traffic with more right of way their homes. Some cheered as cavity caused by the bomb, than even a firetruck."

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