WAR TIME AT HOME.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVII, Issue 22, 26 May 1915, Page 7

WAR TIME AT HOME.

SOME INTERESTING FACTS. The following extracts received by a Pa tea resident from a relative in England who by the way is a relative of General Birdwood, commanding the Australasian troops in the Dardanelles serves to show the precautions that are being taken at Home . to guard against attacks by hostile aircraft. "Frank" who is referred to in the letter is a solicitor who joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and antiAircraft Corps at the outbreak of the war, and is stationed every other day on a roof in London on the look-out for hostile aeroplanes. The extract referred to is as follows:—"Frank goos to his "roof," every other day. He was there on Sunday morning and at 10 o'clock a message came through that fourteen aeroplanes were coming towards London and might be overhead in 10 minutes. The weather, however, providentially stepped in and the misty rain caused them to turn back and give Dunkirk its daily <lose. A, big air raid is exported shortly. L was awakened by the Scarborough bombardment (the distance as the crow flies must be over 30 miles). The house shook and the windows rattled and L-- decided that it must lie an earthquake and it would be wiser to stay in bed and go down comfortable and warm amongst the ruins."