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SISTERS' OF THE POOR BRAVERY
By a C.H. Reporter
OVER two hundred aged and infirm were affected last week when a land mine fell in the North London area.
The missile, which, from the tremendous effect of the explosion, was called a land mine, actually fell in a nearby cemetery; it destroyed whole rows of small houses and effected damage over a wide area. The Home was rendered completely useless, windows, doors and ceilings, furniture, beds and fittings were smashed, brought down, and turned topsy turvy.
NO ONE SERIOUSLY HURT " But," said Fr. Baudoin, " as if by a miracle tit, one was seriously hurt. Except for a few cuts. scratches and bruises, the poor folk and their nun attendants escaped unscathed."
The explosion occurred in the early evening, and from that time on, despite the constant threat of further bombs, the Sisters and their helpers worked to remove all the old people. The demands on the local A.R.P. services were severe, but as many as could he spared joined the Sisters in the work of removing the sick and infirm to places of safety.
" In the pitch black of a cold night," said their chaplain, " the Little Sisters toiled on till all were safe without a thought for themselves. They were really wonderful." Th roof and some part of the buildings are badly affected and all the inmates have now been moved to other houses of the order. That particular haven for the aged poor exists no longer. On Sunday, Cardinal Hinsley visited the district and saw some of thc damage.
TWICE HIT A South London church has received two hits within a week. The presbytery was damaged recently beyond repair, and at the time of writing a bomb lies unexploded, threatening to destroy the church.
No one was hurt in either incident, but the plight of the parish priest is hard indeed. Ills presbytery still had a heavy debt on it and is of more recent construction than the church, which dates from 1905.
AUGUSTINIAN CHURCH Whether by bomb or gunfire is not yet certain, but a church of the Southwark diocese on the South Coast has been severely damaged. None of the four Fathers of the Augustinians of the Assumption who serve the church has been hurt.
The church, which was approaching its golden jubilee, is well known to continental travellers and is the centre of a flourishing Catholic community.
T'WO MORE CHURCHES A church in South-Eastern England has been badly damaged as the result of enemy action, and another in South-East London has been practically destroyed, both incidents having occurred during the past week.
A bomb which fell near a busy traffic circus on Sunday night chopped half of a Catholic school off. From the road halves of schoolrooms with desks and tables could be seen.