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UNIVERSITY College, Cardiff, has suffered to some extent in recent air raids, the most extensive damage being at the Students' Union building. The refectory of the Union, which was erected with money collected by students as a memorial to those students who lost their lives in the War of 1914–18, has been wrecked, and will probably have to be rebuilt, while the rest of the Union premises have also been badly shaken. Fortunately the new gymnasium, recently completed at a cost of £17,000, escaped almost untouched. The Cathays Park buildings of the College suffered from blast, many windows and almost all the roof lights being destroyed. The Tatem Laboratories were the most affected, and blast caused a considerable amount of damage internally to fittings and apparatus in both the Physics and the Chemistry Departments, though not enough to put these Departments out of commission for more than a few days. A fire was started in the Drapers' Library but was quickly extinguished by the fire watchers. Fire watchers at the Union luckily escaped serious injury, but one of the watchers in the College buildings has unhappily died of injuries received in the course of his duties. A young assistant on the staff of one of the visiting institutions which are at present working in University College, Cardiff, was also killed at his lodgings in the town. These casualties have caused deep regret.
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University College, Cardiff: Air Raid Damage. Nature 147, 384 (1941). https://doi.org/10.1038/147384d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/147384d0