From: G6JPG@255soft.uk   
      
   On Wed, 3 Nov 2021 at 03:15:42, Charles Ellson   
    wrote (my responses usually follow points   
   raised):   
   >On Tue, 2 Nov 2021 12:07:43 +0000, john   
   > wrote:   
   []   
   >>He reported that he and his colleague "are both satisfied that it would   
   >>be useless to attempt any sort of salvage operation; we are leaving the   
   >>Office of Works to clear and dispose of the debris in any way they think   
   >>desirable".   
   >>   
   >Being paper, most of the census records probably went up in the air as   
   >combustion products with the "debris" being mostly what was left of   
      
   Hmm, I hadn't thought of it just going up in the air. However, there's   
   mention of pages burnt about two inches in on all sides (and thus   
   unusable, in the opinion of the person writing), so it didn't _all_ go   
   (literally!) up in smoke; I imagine some of that is where they managed   
   to douse it with water.   
      
   >the building itself. I can't find any specific information but the   
      
   Plus the cupboards, racks, etc. it was stored in/on. Whether these were   
   metal or wood, I don't know.   
      
   >metal likely went to salvage (but not necessarily used; donated iron   
   >railings were gathered in big piles which often remained unused) while   
   >there would have been lots of bomb craters etc. that the rubble could   
   >have been tipped into if bricks weren't reused.   
      
   Indeed.   
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