KILLED BY THE AIR PHRATES
THE RAID ON ENGLAND ;' SOME'PATHETIC INCIDENTS j By TeleEranh—Press Association—Coi>yriebt ■ j London, March 20. ;! / Two more deaths have occurred, as a : 1 result' of the latest seaplane raid' ou ' \ the English coast towns—on i each at j Dover and Ranisgate. ' ' . -I Further details of the scenes which* j followed'the arrival of the'hostile raid- I ors show that the people at Dover and' ; Deal left their dinner tables and rush- i ed out to witness the thrilling fight with ; the aeroplanes, which twisted and turn- j ed in all 'directions until they tied eea- , ,< wards.'; '_ .: ..*..,''..'"'. ' i
A bomb wrecked tho Orphanage. Eighty children, who were huddled iu tho linsement; had a miraculous escape. Only- one sister was injured. Tiie saddest feature at Ramsgate was that connected with a party of children, who' Were going'to Sunday school. A'\ b6hib'"was""dropped ; in their midst. It killed four, wounded nine, and wrecked a.motor near by,'killing the driver. A bomb dropped in of a cottage, blowing m the rear of the. premises. The family, sis in number, bad : -.'been watching tne raider, and.had just returned indoors. All escaped uhscath-
ed. . Flight-Commander Bone, who is 27. is a lieutenant in the Navy, and spent four years in the submarine service and two years as an aviator; His machine outstripped the others, and. returned unharmed. »
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2726, 22 March 1916, Page 5
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222KILLED BY THE AIR PHRATES Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2726, 22 March 1916, Page 5
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