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(Received This Day 8.35 a.m.) THE AIR RAID A FAS 01X A TING SPECTACLE. London March 7. '1 lie-re was an astonishing scene in Yorkshne during the Zeppelin raidp.lice taaiersed the streets warning me inhabitants ol tne approach of the /loppe.ins m the Heavy snowstorm. Ai,.st oi tie peop.o were abed and; t-tie tioiiLOs reuse,! tile town. There was no panic, jiu a great exoutis Iroiu the po.oer ipiatiers despite a heavy sn,ow.stouu, io ilie open .spaces. wearing tin iir night clot-lies. A lew were booted and some carried infanta. Some hastily snatched shawls and table-cloths audi trudged through thfc snow and wind. the people ed a fascinating spectacle when the airship returned and poised overliead.* An eyewitness states that it was more like pre-arranged lireworkts than a death raid. Blue lairy lights twinkled in the sky and the sitar sfiel*) were like lalling rockets aiul lit up tlie snow until the aiiship suddenly started to roar and went oil at ' a tremendous speed.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 March 1916, Page 3
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