Complex sentence: A fire caused by war-time looters of near-by shops destroyed the bell when its wooden cradle burned through and the bell crashed onto the stone floor of the south tower on April 12,1945.
Split into simpler sentences: A fire caused by looters of near-by shops on APrio 12,1945, destroyed the bell. Its wooden cradle burned through and the bell crashed onto the stone floor of the south tower on April 12,1945.