The Great Smog of London, December 1952
Three burglaries at Kingston House a block of flats at Princes Gate, London, were committed on Saturday Night the 6th of December. The burglar had climbed drainpipes to each flat.Furs and jewellery valued at £5000 were taken from the flat of one Mrs Gladys Huntingdon.
On the same night as above, a manager of an Edgware Road, cinema, was crossing Edgware Road, at 9 p.m., with the day's takings, about £63., when two men attacked him from behind, knocked him to the ground, snatched the bag containing the day's takings and ran off into the fog.
Again on Saturday the 6th, while walking along Hill Street, in Richmond, young Sheila O'Shea, was struck on the face by a youth, who grabbed her handbag and ran away.
Mr. Donald Shuker, a metal worker of Kew, was attacked by a man and £10., stolen from his pocket.
Two men attacked Mr and Mrs Greenfield of Blandford Road, Teddington, owners of a confectioner's shop at Hampton Road, Teddington. There was a struggle and one of the men took a bag which contained about £400, both the robbers escaped in the fog.
Two fur coats, worth about £2500., were taken from a guest room on the first floor at the back of the Hyde Park Hotel.
A mink coat and cash and jewellery valued at £2500, belonging to Mr J. Waller, a poulterer, was stolen from Greatorex House, Hanbury Street, Stepney.
The General Post Office, London Road, Isleworth, the safe had been blown open with explosives. Nearly £700 in cash and £1700., in stamps were stolen.
A labourer, Stanley J. H. Rowe aged 25 of Bedwardine Road London S.E., was killed and two other labourers injured when they were struck by a light engine at Norwood Junction, London, on Sunday the 8th of December, when visibility was restricted to about a yard. The three men were engaged on repair work. Ambulances going to the scene had to be guided by men who walked in front.
6th December 1952, Ministry of Works men scrubbed the wall of the Admiralty's Citadel Building facing the Mall in London, after someone, working under cover of the fog, had painted a slogan 55ft., long and 4ft., high, which read. “Cut the call-up.”
On the same night as above, a manager of an Edgware Road, cinema, was crossing Edgware Road, at 9 p.m., with the day's takings, about £63., when two men attacked him from behind, knocked him to the ground, snatched the bag containing the day's takings and ran off into the fog.
Again on Saturday the 6th, while walking along Hill Street, in Richmond, young Sheila O'Shea, was struck on the face by a youth, who grabbed her handbag and ran away.
Mr. Donald Shuker, a metal worker of Kew, was attacked by a man and £10., stolen from his pocket.
Two men attacked Mr and Mrs Greenfield of Blandford Road, Teddington, owners of a confectioner's shop at Hampton Road, Teddington. There was a struggle and one of the men took a bag which contained about £400, both the robbers escaped in the fog.
Two fur coats, worth about £2500., were taken from a guest room on the first floor at the back of the Hyde Park Hotel.
A mink coat and cash and jewellery valued at £2500, belonging to Mr J. Waller, a poulterer, was stolen from Greatorex House, Hanbury Street, Stepney.
The General Post Office, London Road, Isleworth, the safe had been blown open with explosives. Nearly £700 in cash and £1700., in stamps were stolen.
A labourer, Stanley J. H. Rowe aged 25 of Bedwardine Road London S.E., was killed and two other labourers injured when they were struck by a light engine at Norwood Junction, London, on Sunday the 8th of December, when visibility was restricted to about a yard. The three men were engaged on repair work. Ambulances going to the scene had to be guided by men who walked in front.
6th December 1952, Ministry of Works men scrubbed the wall of the Admiralty's Citadel Building facing the Mall in London, after someone, working under cover of the fog, had painted a slogan 55ft., long and 4ft., high, which read. “Cut the call-up.”