Waterloo Place

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  • Description

    16th May 1943, Waterloo Place Monkwearmouth, One 1,000 kg and one 250 kg High Explosive bomb dropped causing craters 35 feet across and 25 feet deep and 18 feet across and 8 feet deep respectively. 15 people were killed, 5 seriously injured and 6 slightly injured. 8 houses and one public house were demolished, gas and water supplies were also affected.

  • Owner

    Sunderland Public Libraries

  • Source

    Sunderland Public Libraries (Flickr)

  • License

    What does this mean? Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License

  • Further information

    Link: https://www.flickr.com/photos/33844814@N06/3150914822/
    Resource type: Image
    Last modified: 9 years, 11 months ago
    Viewed: 906 times
    Picture Taken: Unknown

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