ZEPPELIN OVER ANTWERP

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2239, 27 August 1914, Page 6

ZEPPELIN OVER ANTWERP

DROPS BOMBS ON THE CITY MAp HOUSES DESTROYED Antwerp, August 25 ' 'A Zoppehn flow over ths city during Jhe night and dropped bombs Two houses- were destroyed and several people were killed and mjured Subsequently the Zeppelin, wa<3 brought down | by shots at Merxem, and the crow of ' fifteen we taken prisoners i The Zeppelin threw seven shrapnel , bombs Many houses Tyere destroyed, including a hospital flving the Geneva Convention flag Twelve persons were killed and several seriously injured. ' ' ENORMOUS BOMBS ~ (Rcc August 26, 1110 pm) , Antwerp; August 26.. | The casing of the Zeppelm bombs was three inches thick, and tlio bombs must ' ha\o been of enoimous size Tho Zeppelin took advantage of a very dark night to make.the attack. One- Bomb made a hole si\ feet deep m a street, and probably contained shot, as all houses near by wore peppered and windows broken. ' Another bomb killed ■ *■--' one person, mortally wounded two others, and blew off the leg of a fourth A married couple sitting in a window were killed. The barracks of the infantry itgiinents were badly damaged. The capture of tho airship is confirmed ' The bomb-throning lasted twenty minutes The population was terribly alarmed, and hundreds ran into the Btrectfi in their nightclothes The Zeppelin's object was to destroy the Palace aiid public buildings, including the hotel where tho foreign Legations were situated Tnenty-six people wero killed and Wounded. FIVE ZEPPELINS DESTROYED, SEVEN REMAINING " Paris, August 25 ' Of twelve Zeppelins the Germans had been using, fho havo already been destroyed. '