In the Air.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 2, 5 April 1916, Page 2

In the Air.

THE USUAL GERMAN REPORT. INACCURATE AND BOMBASTIC. 1 VJnnrim Absooiatton.l (Received 11.15 a.m.) Loudon, April 4.j A German communique claims that the naval air squadron bombarded Edinburgh, Leith, the docks <>n the Firth of Forth, Newcastle, and important wharves, buildings, and blast furnaces on the Tyne, with very good results. Despite heavy bombardment, all the airships returned safely. The above statement is officially described in London as being of the usual inaccurate' bombastic type, Amsterdam, April 4.

A German communique says: Oui airships on Saturday attacked the Last Coast of England, and bombarded. ' with incendiary bombs, the iron foundries, blast furnaces, and industrial works on the south hank of the rivei Tees and the harbor and buildings near' Middlesborough and Sunderland, I for an hour and a half, there weie i violent explosions, and the collapse of I buildings. The outbreak ot fires iudi'eated the good effects of the attack. Despite a vigorous anti-aircraft bombardment our airships were unharmed. A 'British official statement says that the above report is untrue. EASTERN TOWN’S EXPERIENCE. London. April 4. A town in an eastern county reports that a Zeppelin, flying low, was subjected to fierce shrapnel fire. it cose rapidly, accompanied by an appalling series of terrific explosions, indicating that the commander was terror-strick-en and had let loose every projectile aboard. The airship disappeared coastwards. Many craters, large enough to bury a hay stack, were caused. A TREACHEROUS ENGINEER. London, April 4. An engineer has been arrested at an East Coast town, charged with being in possession of a signalling lam]). Flashes wore seen at midnight.