Ogden Daily Standard | 1902-04-07 | Page 2 | London Built on Sponges

london on bponte the soonee you see in w shops ready or toilet use or alc may chance to observe when draff i from its holding in shallow water asa f not strike you as likely to onn ve solid foundation for build ins 1 yet I ondon Is built on sponge of course tho statement 5 explanation the lint that forms u substratum of london soil Is notha t but petr ined apontes sp an of the fossil apogee or flint w claa the structure in the southeast of england the w la aund under the chalat beds but r i the thames valley the 1 P f bally washed away the chalk and i As hard as flint perfectly correct sounds ru titi anye in tua light of the above tM 1