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On July 1st 1944 at 3.27pm, without warning, a V1
Flying Bomb hit the Corporation Refuse Destructor
chimney near Kentons Lane [Now Greenacres, Ed.] There
were many injuries through flying glass and one old lady
was removed by blanket from 328? Clewer Hill Road to a
waiting ambulance. There were no persons trapped, but 12
houses were 'severely' damaged with a further 100 also
'seriously' damaged, with 250 houses with 'considerable'
damage, mainly to windows and roofs. There were some 60
casualties, 24 of which were serious, mainly caused by
flying glass. By the next day furniture had been
salvaged and moved to a railway arch in Goswell Lane,
and the destructor chimney made safe by the National
Fire Service, using a turntable ladder. By this time it
was raining heavily and tarpaulins had to be brought in
to protect the remaining buildings. The destructor was
not in use during the war because the red glow from the
chimney would have been unacceptable during the
blackout.
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