Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1920-09-17

Henry V; the five full size bronze efhgies of King
Henry III, King Edward III, King Richard II.
Queen Anne of Bohemia, Queen Eleanor of Cas-
tile and the efigy of William de Valence and two
or three score of stone statuettes in the inches OF
King Henry VS. chantry, which, not having any
structural fastening, were liable by concusson to
be shaken down and splintered to fragments on
the pavement below the wooden top of the Con-
fessors tomb, made by Abbot Feckenham the pic
ture of King Richard II; the tapestry hahgings,
the banners of the Knights of the Bath and the
old altar frontal.
balks of timber and sand bags was erected over
the Confessor's tomb. No less than LOO sand
bags were used for this purpose. A Similar erec-
ton was raised over the beautiful tomb of King
Henry LII. Sufficiently substantial shields Of tim
Der and many sand bags placed the
marble effigy of Queen Phppa. Queen Elizabeth
and Mary Queen of Scots disappeared from view
under small mountains of sand bags. The Lady
Margaret received similar attention. And par
ticularly substantial breast work and covering Of
timber and sand bags formed a solid protection
for the glorious monument of King Henry VII and
his queen at the east end of Henry WIS chapel
Nothing could probably have averted the destruc-
ton caused by direct hit. But what was most
to be feared was the crashing of stone and timber
fragments from the roof.
"(3) The glass removed from the three
east clerestory windows and from the west win
were substituted which, though much more draf-
ty were infinitely less costly than plain glass. The
very ancient glass in the Jerusalem chamber was
also removed and put in safety.
"As matter of fact, the abbey was not
touched by any hostile missile. A harvest of our
own shrapnel collected. But the building
passed unharmed through all the terrible time Of
the raids. large German bomb fell about 70
wards to the southwest just grazing the wall of
the Abbey Choir school and making huge hole
in the courtyard at the back But it did not ex-
plode The damage was trif1ing, and the choris-
ters who were being kept during the raid on a
lower floor and were singing merrily under the
barrage were at the time quite unconscious Of
their extraordinary escape.
Whole Abbey Quivered.
During the raids most Of the occupants of the
official houses repaired for greater security to the
so-called Norman undercroft in the closters
vast chamber beneath the old monks dormitory
with stout massive Norman columns and strong
stone-groined roof Being desirous as far pos
sible to be on the spot in case anything should
bappen TO the abbey, we in the deanery used to go
to the foot of little stone staircase leading up
the southern of the two western towers It was
nossible thus to be in the building and see the
watchman and learn what was going on. The
whole abbey seemed to quver while the heavy bar
rage was being fired; the windows ratified, and the
roar of the guns seemed in the empty abbey to
produce an extraordinary resonant effect
every careful precautions had been taken
against fire breaking out in the roof. Watchmen
were on guard every night. They were specially
reinforced on the occasions when notice was given
of hostile attack. The water tanks were in good
order; the hydrants and hose pipes were contin-
uaIly tested; large numbers of buckets were
ready some filed with sand and some with water.
dare say, if the emergency had arisen, we could