ZEPPELIN RAID ON ENGLAND

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2684, 2 February 1916, Page 5

ZEPPELIN RAID ON ENGLAND

FLEET OVER THE MIDLANDCOUNTIES The High Commissioner-Teportß I London, February 1, 3.35 p.m. "Six or seven Zeppelins raided the Eastern Midlands on January 31, but. tho damage dono by their bombs was inconsiderable." THE SECOND RAID ON PARIS ZEPPELIN BOMBS FIND NO TARGETS. The High Commissioner reports: ■ London, January 31, 4.40 p.m. "There was a second air-raid on Paris on Sunday night, during a fog. Bombs were dropped, but no damago -was done." . THE GERMAN REPORT. (ltec. February 1, 9.25 p.m.)" Amsterdam, January 81. A German communique states: ''In reply to the enemy's air-raid on the open town of Freiburg, onr airships attacked the fortress of Paris with apparent satisfactory success." UNBURST BOMBS EXAMINED. DEADLY MONSTERS. (Rec. February 1, 10.40 p.m.) Paris, February 1. The' unburst bombs—dropped by the Zeppelins during their Taid—have been examined. One weighed over two hundredweight, and was charged with trinitrotoluene. COUNT ZEPPELIN AJSD THE BERLINERS. Amsterdam, January 31. 'A crowd of Berlin people made a, demonstration at Count Zeppelin's house on Sunday night. There was the wildest enthusiasm. Count Zeppelin was absent, being at the front.

SUICIDES IN GERMAN ARMY By Telegraph.—Press. Association. (Rec. February 1, 9.25 p.m.) petrograd, January 31. One of Field Marshal von Hindenburg's orders of the day, found on a German prisoner, reveals the fact that thcro is a -widespread epidemio of suicide amongst tlio German soldiers. Von Hindenburg says: "If the .Russian, British, or French desired _ to; commit suicide, I could understand it, but it is unpardonable folly for Germans, ■ who have everywhere proved themselves to be omnipotent and invincible." He has strictly ordered the doctors to save tho lives of , those who, attempt suicide, in order that the offenders may ho degraded, their names inscribed in the Black Book, and their iviyes and children deprived of their pensions. THE OVERDUE AFRICAN LINER APPAM GIVEN UP FOR LOST SERIES OF SEA DISASTERS Bs Teleerapli—presn-'AsEociation—Copyright London, January 31. Hie owners have abandoned hope of the safety of tho Appam, which is seriously overdue, and olio of whose boats has been picked up. FEXIIS FOR OTHERS. (Rec. February 1, 9.40 p.m.) London, January 31. The Clan MacTavjsh has boeii reinsured at eighty guineas. Tho Clan Macintosh, and several other steamers off the West African coast are overdue. They havo been reinsured. _ It is feared that they have been lost in the same storm as tho Appim.

TWO STEAMERS LOST IN THE ATLANTIC. New York, January 31. The White -Star steamer Boveric reports that she picked -up a wireless message at sea, indicating that two steamers had been lost in the Atlantic. One is tho Apalachee, a British oiltanker (3,767 tons, owned by the AngloAmericau Oil Co.). The other vessel's name is not known. •• Her cargo was rescued 1 by another steamer. REINSURANCES AT LLOYDS (•''Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) London, January 31. Reinsurance rates include the Crosby Hall, from Australia to Great Britain, 6 guineas; Clan MacTavjsh, from New Zealand to Great Britain, 60 guineas! eight other missing vessels. at 50 per cent, and upwards. Sydney, February 1. The Underwriters' Association has received a London cable message stating that tho Clan MacTavish is overdue, and 80 guilieas is being paid for reinsurance. Vessels arriving report terrific weatbei. THE STRANDED BARQUE AT KING ISUNI). Melbourne, February 1. _ The vessel ashore at King Island is the Norwegian sailer Sorfareren, 2649 tons, timber laden, from Gothenburg to Melbourne. She will probably be- refloated . The crew is believed to be safe. (R«o. February 1, 10.16 p.m.) Melbourne, February. 1. The Norwegian ship Sorfareren has ■unexpectedly arrived, short of a portion of tho crew, and apparently undamaged. Wlion tho vessel stranded, the mate, \vi£S several members of the crew, landed, intending' to utiliso tho King Island's wireless apparatus. During their absence the vessel was refloated, leaving them marooned. NATIVES BLOWN OUT TO SEA. Brisbane, February 1. During the recent rough weather two of tho New Guinea liativo craft, with seventy natives on board, were blown out to sea. They liavo not been seen since.