In the Air

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 56, 3 October 1916, Page 5

In the Air

■ ’V- ! . ' • . ( RAID ON ENGLISH COAST. 1 : • ' ' ;«;{! .d:2. i. ; 1 ; : r TENTH ZEPP.ELIN DOWNED. ■ ) i ’ </'*• ■ 1 r ! ' . 1 ,, Press Association—Copyright, AustvaJian and N.Z. Cable Association. London, October 2. Official; A number of airships crossed the East Coast between 9 p.m. and midnight. A few bombs Were dropped near the coast, but no damage is yet reported. Some were operating in the vicinity of the north of London. One was brought down iti u fiaikes. Spectators in the South of London saw the Zeppelin flaming in the northern sky. It quickly exoanded into a glowing mass, the framework showing distinctly, and cast a glare for miles around, so intense was the illuminaton. The Zeppelin suddenly burst into flames just before midnight,, and fell slowly. Thousands of people witnessed the disaster, and gave vent to cheers. ... Yesterday’s makes the tenth airship destroyed this year. \ ’ THE RAID ON KRUPP’S. Paris, October 2. Details o? the air raid on Essen un the 24th ult. show that the aviators avoided Jarge towns, and flew over Essen at a height of four thousand metres. Krupp’s works appeared like a veritable world, chimneys bristling on all sides, with sheds, factories, and furnaces. A great cloud of smoke rose from the bombed factory. The aviators 1 received not a single cannon The official account concludes: “We now know we can reach Germany m broad daylight when we choose to sehcl numerous squadrons.” driving off the raiders. r 1 * horrible end of one crew. press Association— Copyright, Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 10.35 a.m.) London, October 2. Official.—Ten airships, one of the largest type, approached London at ton o’clock. Gunfire drove them oil and aeroplanes pursued. One raider attempted to return from the northnest, and. our' guns and aeroplanes brought the raider to earth in flames At Potter’s Bar at midnight. A second airship was driven off at one o’clock. The bombs caused no damage or casualties. 1 The remainder of the airships v. andered aimlessly over the eastern counties doing promiscuous bombing. The falling Zeppelin broke into several pieces. The' largest was impaled on a tree, burning furiously. Six bodies were found in a field some distance away, and appaiontly the men had jumped out of the airship. (Potter’s Bar, in Hertfordshire, is n northern London suburb on the Great Northern Railway). —=