GERMAN CHILD MURDERERS AGAIN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2364, 21 January 1915, Page 5

GERMAN CHILD MURDERERS AGAIN

ZEPPELIN NIGHT ATTACK INTENSE EXCITEMENT IN ENGLAND By Megreph—Press Association—Copyright Amstordam, January 19 Th<j newspaper "Telegraaf" states that three Zeppelines passed Ters'oheltag (Fnesian Islands), going westward. (Reo. January 20, B.SO p.m.) 'A Zeppelin airship dropped bombs near Sandringham (on the Wash Norfolk, three miles inland from the ooast). ' (Reo. January. 20, 5.40 p.m.) • London, January 20. A German aeroplane (P) at 8,30 p.m. dropped bomb 3 on Yarmouth on the Norfolk ooast, 106 miles from London, doing considerable damage. One man's head was blown off. The aeroplane was plainly heard. One bomb fell on the Bea front another on the South Quay, a third near the drill hall, and a fourth on the Trinitv House Depot.- "* After ten minutes the aeroplane escaped in the darkness. GRIM ROUND OFWISITS.' It is now believed that it was a Zeppelin which attacked Yarmouth Five bombs were thrown. Three people were killed, and several houses damaged ihe enemy, after leaving Yarmouth, went to Sheringham (33 miles northl west, on the coast), and dropped two bombs, which caused no damage however. ' The air-Taider then proceeded to King's Lynn (36 milefe south-west bf Sheringham), arriving at 10.30 p.m., and dropped four bombs. Thence it proceeded to Sandringham, where more bombs were dropped. GREAT SENSATION IN LONDON WHAT THE PEOPLE OF YARMOUTH SAW (Reo. January 20, 11.25 p.m.) w r ii. F7 v •■■ ~.,,. London, January 20. _ News of the Zeppelin raid was published in, London at midnight. Previously, special constables had been called out, firemen gathered at their stations, and anti-air-craft guns manned. Searchlights were playing throughout the evening in general expectation of the iong-threatened Zeppelin coming • e ™, w ? B a great sensation when the news from Sandringham was'received. Fortunately, the King had returned to London prior to the outrage. Ihe night was dark and still at Yarmouth, places of amusement were in tull swing, and many people wero in the streets. The Zeppelin's propellers first attracted attention, and then the air-craft was seen coming from the north-east; the flashes from its searchlight occasionally being seen as it crossed the centro of thutown, dropping bombs from a low elevation. ° f n He j r il. s th ,° ""i? y .?? op!o s t rean >ed out 0 f the houses. Others followed the advice of the authorities, and concealed their families in casemeuts. HOW MUCH DID THE GERMANS KNOW? (Rec. January 20, 11.16 p.m.) The King'is in London. He left Sandringham mSX^Botn. LATEST DETAILS OP THE RAID CASUALTY LIST MAY BE HEAVY (Reo. January 21, 0.5 a.m.) The bulk of tho damage was done to private alighted on an empty house, and another struck a shop and blew off the head ofa shoemaker named Smith. _ Smith's head was blown off, twenty yards form tho centre of the esploThe authorities immediately cut off the electric light and telephoned the police and special constables, who woro despatched in every direction to succour the Injured. Fortunatoly no tires broke out. TRACIO SLAUGHTER OF CIVILIANS. One Zeppelin' proceeded to Sheringham whore a bomb crashed through the roof of a working-man's house. It entered a room occupied by the man and his wife and child, but did not explode, the fuse having been detached during its descent. After harmlessly dropping another bomb at Beston. the airship reached Kings Lynn at 11.10 p.m. from Sniidrhighnni. Special constables scoured the streets, ordering all lights out. The fire brigades followed the lights of the Zeppelin, which frequently darted skyward. .Altogether seven bombs were dropped. One killed a. boy ai*cd seventeen, burying his father in the debris of tho house, but the latter"was taken out alive. (Elsewhere n baby and its mother worn in'urad. The air-craft left, going eastwards,

I EXCITINC SCENEB IN YARMOUTH. '« A* 16 i!^ 0 ' 6 P e " od or bomb-dropping did not exceed ten minutes. The first bomb at Yarmouth fell on the reoruiting ground, immediately after the airship searchlight had flashed on th o town. The neighbourhood wa ß shaken u.Y the reverbrating explosion, and windows were broken everywhere. When the bomb.fell at the Drill Hall, which was struck, but not greatly damaged, the majority of the townsfolk, regardless of cautions, rushed into streets. Terrifying explosions followod in five or six parts of the town. the full extent of tho damage will not bo known until daylight. It is impossible at present to estimate the n unl bor of killed and injured, but tho ruinous condition of many buildings suggests that the casualty list may be heavy, particularly as most of tbe people were at homo at the time. The chiel damage was done in the congested area of Saint Peter's Road, where it is reported that four were killed. Thi B road is a main thoroughfare leading i« the Parade. Broken plate-glass in the shops cut several peoplo. One bomb broke the windows of forty houses in Yarmouth, the soene resembling a gas explosion. Another fell near the Quay, without doing any damage. A sentry fired at the Zeppelin. An eldorly woman wns killed at a distance of fifty yards. AN AWE-INSPIRING SPECTAOLE, A green light was seen at sea, It is conjeotured that it was a sjgnal to the aircraft showing the position of a German vessel ready to assist the aviator in case of disaster. A resident of Sheringham states that tbe two Zeppelins were at an altitude of at least throe thousand feet, and presented an awe-inspiring spectacle, the crash of the four bombs following. One dropped in a wave in the ground and made a hole two feet deep. It was so hot that it was impossible to put a hand near it three-quarters of on hour later. Another bomb was picked up, unexplodod. A child had a wonderful escape. It had been put to bed, but had cried, and its parents brought it downstairs. A few minutes later a bomb fell through the bed where the little one would in ordinary circumstances have been sleeping. ' One house in Sheringham caught fire, but not seriously. Approaching King's Lynn, a Zeppelin dropped a bomb' at Jlnettisham, where Queen Alexandra has a bungalow, and dropped others at Dersingham. Many bouses at King's Lynn were damaged, doors being wrecked and driven off their hinges, and windows shattered. Furniture was scattered and fragments of masonery were hurled a distance of several hundred yards. [