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SUMMARY FOR PERIOD 3.6.42 to 10.6.42.

10 Jun 1942

were B. DETAILED SUMMARY OF AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE PERIOD 3RD-9TH JUNE, 1942. I. HOMELESS. At Barrow-on-Humber, Lines, an unexploded bomb containing a booby trap fuze was dropped on the 30th May, causing 100 families to be evacuated and a rest centre to be opened. At Southwark an undiscovered unexploded bomb, dropped on the 11th May, 1941, exploded during the night of 6/7th June, and 107 persons were accommodated in two rest centres. There were 95 persons in these rest centres on the 8th June. A raid during the early hours of the 4th June on Poole, resulted in four rest centres being opened, in which approximately 200 persons were accommodated.
agriculture public health electricity infrastructure housing water supply drainage cereals agricultural production bread factories industry gas ports postal communications railways roads sanitation sewerage telecommunications oil homelessness flour bombing food supplies damage to property canterbury air raids sunderland nationwide bomb damage unexploded bombs disruption to services bournemouth poole ashford southwark air raid damage committee rest centres
Civil Defence Region
Nationwide
Collection ID
CAB71
Document Reference
CAB 71/23/107
Document Types
Memorandum
File Reference
CAB 71/23
Former Department Reference
ARD(42) 24
Identifier
10.1080/wtss.cab71.000023.107
Keywords
Agricultural Production Agriculture Air Raids Bomb Damage Bread Cereals Drainage Electricity Factories Flour Food Supplies Gas Homelessness Housing Infrastructure Oil Ports Postal Communications Public Health Railways Rest Centres Roads Sanitation Sewerage Telecommunications Unexploded Bombs Water Supply
Language
English
Locations Discussed
Ashford Bournemouth Canterbury Poole Southwark Sunderland
Organizations Discussed
Air Raid Damage Committee
Pages
4
Published in
United Kingdom
Series
Air Raid Damage and Shelter Policy Committee. Meetings 1(40) - 12(40); Papers 1(40) - 18(40), 11 Sept-12 Dec 1940; Papers 1(41) - 52(41), 2 Jan-24 Dec 1941; Papers 1(42) - 53(42), 1 Jan-Dec 30 1942
Themes
Bombing Industry Infrastructure Damage to Property Disruption to Services

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