In Leicester, a bomb exploded in the ticket collector's cabin of the railway station on London Road. Extensive damage was caused to the station concourse. 26 July – In London, bombs exploded in the left-luggage area of King's Cross and the cloakroom of Victoria stations. At Victoria, five people, cloakroom attendants and porters, were wounded and the station clock was shattered; at King's Cross, a large hole was blown in the cloakroom floor, one man lost both legs and later died, and 17 people were severely wounded. Following these attacks, the draft Prevention of Violence legislation in the British parliament was speeded up: the bill received its second and third readings in the House of Lords on 28 July; it was disposed of in five minutes on its second reading and the third was waived. 27 July – In or near Liverpool there were three explosions. The first bomb, at Maghull, blew up a swing bridge spanning the Leeds and Liverpool Canal. The wreckage of the bridge fell into the canal, with the result that all barge traffic was halted. The second bomb completely wrecked the front and large sections of the inside of a post office in the centre of Liverpool. The third bomb went off in a park. No injuries were reported. August onwards 3 August – IRA announced that it would continue its campaign against Britain for another two-and-a-half years. From August onwards, deportations of Irish from Britain increased under the Prevention of Violence Act 1939 (Temporary Provisions). 14 August – Sean Russell issues a defiant speech against Britain: "The bombing by our army will continue. No concession can be got from England except by use of arms...As for de Valera and the Irish Parliament, they're compromisers. They deal with the enemy. But our fight is not with them. It is with the British. The bombings will certainly continue". 25 August – 1939 Coventry bombing – 5 dead, 70 injured. A bomb also went off at Lloyds Bank in Victoria street, Liverpool and on Stanely Street. 26 August – In Blackpool bombs went off outside a Town Hall and at nearby business premises. An explosive device was found in the forecourt of a police station, also in Blackpool. An explosion also went off near a first aid post in Dovecot, Liverpool. At night Christopher Kenneally was arrested after a bomb he was carrying went off prematurely. 28