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Bomb Damage to the Railway Station, Mile End Road

Bomb Damage to the Railway Station, Mile End Road

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Title	Bomb Damage to the Railway Station, Mile End Road
Reference Number	STH0000173
Photographer	James Henry Cleet
Town or Village	South Shields
Date	9 April 1941
Original Format	Black and White Photograph
Period	c1940s
Copyright	South Tyneside Libraries
Further Information	On the night of 9 April between 23.25hrs and 04.30hrs on the morning of 10 April 1941, two bombs were dropped on Clivedon (Clyveden) Rise. Then came a shower of incendiaries, an estimate of 6,000 fell on the Tyne Dock area throughout the centre of town and over the Mile End Road, River Drive and Wapping Street districts. It soon became clear that a full scale attack was developing and directed mainly at the ship building, ship repair and timber yards on the river. This photo shows the Railway Station following this night/morning of destruction.