In the Air.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 77, 7 March 1916, Page 5

In the Air.

EXTENSIVE AREA RAIDED. V ALL EAST COAST COUNTIES VISITED. FORTY BOMBS DRCOPPED. 12 KILLED : : 33 INJURED. • ■ Hmttcb Press Association. The High Commissioner reports:— London, March 6 (4.30 p.m.) The number of Zeppelins taking part in hist night's raid is believed to be three, which were, apparently, uncertain of .their whereabouts. The area visited included Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Rutland, Huntingdon; Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Essex and Kent. About forty bombs were dropped. Three men, four women, and five children were killed and thirty-three injured.

Two terraces of houses were practically destroyed, also some buildings were damaged.

SOME OFFICIAL DETAILS. MANY NARROW ESCAPES. DESTRUCTION OF BUILDJNGS. (Received 10.20 a.m.) London, March 6. Official.—lt is believed three Zeppelins participated in the raid. After crossing- the coast they took various courses, their devious flights suggest they were uncertain of thenbearings. •'" _ I They visited Yorkshire. Lincolnshire," Rutland, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, Norfolk, Essex, and Kent, and dropped about forty bombs.

Three men, four women, and five children were killed and thirty-three injured. Two terrace-houses were completely destroyed; and one office, one pubrich ouse,' cafe, and several, shops were partially destroyed. A block of almshouses were badly damaged. , . A block of workmen's dwellings were demolished. A woman and her four children were killed and the husband was seriously injured. A doctor's bouse in another locality was wrecked, but the family escaped before the building was struck. A ninety-year-old pensioner was incinerated in his bed. The bombs were of an incendiary explosive nature. CAPTIVE BALLOON DRAGGED ff DOWN. CAPTURE OF TWO OBSERVERS. (Received 8.45 a.m.) Paris, March 6. A German captive balloon broke from its moorings owing to our fire and flew over Dunkirk at a very low altitude. Artillerymen seized the ropes and dragged it down, and captured two observers.