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10 tins beef 18 lbs. prunes
65 „ pork 21½ cases and 218 lbs. oranges
4 „ tongue 28 lbs. lemons
17 „ meat and vegetables 12 „ sugar
2 „ meat paste 1 „ tea
35 lbs. sausages 6 „ cake mixture
9 „ sausage meat 38 „ semolina
36 sausage rolls 18 „ flour
42 pork pies 1 pkt. cream barley
94 fruit pies 2 pkts. biscuits
1 tin rabbit 5 doz. and 10 bars chocolate
17 tins salmon 52 pkts. dried egg
117 „ pilchards 673 eggs
24 „ herrings 10½ lbs. bacon
11 „ sardines 12 „ butter and margarine
1 „ shrimps 65 „ cheese
2 „ fish paste 135 tins milk
10 „ peas 31 „ jam
44 „ beans 17 jars jam
2 „ vegetables 1 tin syrup
1 jar piccalilli 45 tins fruit
6 tins soup 2 „ groats
All the tinned items were either blown or punctured.
The citrus fruits, like the eggs, were parts of consignments
which had been unduly delayed in transit. The
jars of jam were broken as a result of an accident and
various other items were rendered unfit by fouling by
rodents or otherwise.
In addition to above the following foodstuffs were
damaged by broken glass, debris and dust caused by enemy
action:—
50 lbs. beef 1 tin vegetables
9 „ cake, etc. 12½ lbs. tea
188 „ sweets 5 „ sugar
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