United Kingdom - Ireland
Jul. 02, 1959 - Putney's bomb is exploded: Bomb-disposal men worked through the night to steam away some of the explosive before exploding the 500lb. bomb which was dicovered by council workmen repairing Bendemeer-road, Putney yesterday. The bomb ws booby-trapped and very dangerous, and had been dropped in a 1940 air raid. Families in the road had been evacuated, and when the bomb was exploded at the town today, windows were shattered and holed blown in roofs of houses. Photo shows Last night's picture of an officers going down to the bomb
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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