The Cordova daily times., 1918-06-26
MUCH DAMAGE IS :. DUNE IN MANY COMMANDMENTS

LONDON, May IS (by maiD Tt takes long time for building toI heal from war-wounds in these days of labor shortage, but considering the number of bombs that have been dropped on London, there are few out ward signs that the metropolis has been under 100 bombardments from the air.
 Once Zeppelin dropped a hugeI weight of high explosives smack inl the middle of place made famous by the song "Tipperary" It was oneI of the heaviest blasts London ever ex- perienced, and two miles away itI sounded like the roar of a great pile of lumber falling down. For block the faces of buildings were gashed by ; chunks of steel, and there wasn't al whole pane of glass for several hun. dred yards.
 TWO Englishmen who were in New York at the time heard about this bomb from some Americans just over| from London. Three months later they returned here and took the first opportunity to go down and look overI the ruin. Same Old Stores Here Their information seemed to bel wrong, however, for the same old dry goods store and the trunk-store and the tea-shop which were reported toI be badly smashed looked just the same as they looked a year ago. The cus- toners were filing in and out and the street crowds were window shopping as of old. Even the signs on the buildings seemed to be the same. There was a slightly different look about the corner but it was hard toI put your finger on the difference and say There it is." If you studied it while you could see that all the stores had new appearance, and that the old signs had lost that dinginess.
 Deep wounds in the masonry had been filled as dentist fills a tooth and shapes the filling to represent the contours of the original Where the damage had been more serious the ar chitectural surgeons rebuilt the dam- aged portions in exact reproduction of the originals. The old signs were copied. 3 1
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 Today that corner looks the same as it did year ago, before the bomb dropped there, except that there's an unusual freshness in the architectural complexion
 It may be pride and perhaps it is just expediency that causes the Eng fish property owner to heal wounded buildings as he does Some think John Bull wants to be able to lead Fritz the Boche around by the rough of the neck some day after the war and point out that London was not reduced to ruins-wasn't even altered-by the raids.
 Of course there are some places where you can seek and find afraid damage-pitiful wreckage of the work mems homes where the early morning rescuers braved escaping gas and scorching flames to drag out wounded and screaming children or dazed old grandmothers who could only groan and pray God to take them out of this world of kultur and suffering.
 Cottages Wrecked
 In some places there are whole rows of wrecked cottages. It seems appro- priate that German bombs should find such targets-the little dwellings are so fragile and the wrath of the ex- plosives so powerful. The mighty Ger mans smashed the little Belgians. Yet the bombs are not nearly so effec- tive against the massive strength of a big office building; while the Boche army is held and battled to a stand. still by forces of equal size.
 One old building of historical i'm portance has not been repaired where Zeppelin bomb smashed up some ancient stone railings and carved fig ures. The copper on the corner says he thinks the government intends to preserve this building in this condi- tion as war relic.
 And think that they will be using it as evidence to show to the Germans and neutrals after the war;" said the cop.