World War II
Notes from the Newspapers
Civil Defence
World War II
About fire bombs
Readers are warned not to attempt the extinction of a fire bomb by
overturning a bucket of sand on it...the best plan is to keep the sand,
not in buckets but in sandbags or improvised bags...to extinguish the bomb
dump it on a sandbag more than half full." (Bedfordshire Times, 31st
January, 1941)
Sand to fight fires - Every house in Bedford to have
two bags
"A clarification of the position regarding sandbags in Bedford was given
to the Bedfordshire Times and Standard reporter by Inspector L.B.
Loveridge Chief A.R.P. Officer for the Borough on Tuesday. He said
that two bags of sand were being distributed to each house and that the
idea was one of the bags should be kept in the porch and the other taken
indoors. The distribution of the bags of sand is in pursuance of the
A.R.P. Department's policy of giving every possible help in connection
with the campaign against incendiary bombs..." (Bedfordshire Times, 14th
February 1941)
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