ANOTHER RAID

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 119, 21 January 1915, Page 5

ANOTHER RAID

AEROPLANE ATTACK.

ZEPPELIN RAIDS ENGLAND. FLIGHT AC&OSfiK NORFOLK. BOMBS. DROPPED NEAR SAND- - BINGHAM HOUSE. (United Pro&r Assn—Copyright.) LONDON, J6n. 20. A Zeppelin flew over Norfolk to-day and dropped bomba near Sandringham House., ojq the King's estate. YARMOUTH BOMBED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE. THREE PEOPLE KILLED. LONDON, Jan. 20. A Garrnan aeroplane at 8.30 Bombarded Yarmouth. Considerable damage was done. A man's head was blown off. The Aeroplane was plainly heard, A bomb fell on the sea-front, another on the South Quay, a third near the prill 17all and a fourth at Trinity DeV pot. ;■ Tie aeroplane, after ten min *te«», , esc aped' in the darkness, i Xt is now believed that-the Zeppelin \ propped five bombs. • , Three people were killed and several ’ houses were shattred. Thence it went to Sandringham, and dropped two bombs without damage, ft reached Eijaght Lynn at 10.30 and dropped four bombs, thence dropped Vofflbs n.«af Sandringham-,... ' BENAATION XN LONDON. ALL PREPARATIONS MADE. LONDON, Jan. 20. The news of the Zeppelin raid was published in London at midnight. Previously- special constables were called out, firemen gathered at their stations. ami anti-aircraft guns were manned, searchlights playing throughout the evening. There was a general expectation that the long-threatened Zeppelin raid tvaa. coming. A sensation ’was caused when news that bombs had been dropped at Sand* rirfgham was received. Fortunately, King returned to London prior to the outrage. The night was dark and still. FOUL ACT OCCUPIES TEN MINUTES. TERRIFY INC EXPLOSIONS DO GREAT-DAMAGE. LONDON, Jan. 20. The whole period of the bombdropping did not exceed ten minutes. 'Thp flrsf bomb at Yarmouth fell on a .ja.cruiting ground ' immediately after •the airship’s searchlight had flashed. 'The town and neighbourhood were shaken by a reverberating explosion. were broken everywhere. .When the bomb fell on the Drill Hall ,’whkh was struck but not severely ’damaged, regardless of cautions the of the townsfolk rushed into •the streets. Terrifying explosions followed, in five or six parts of the town, ; The full extent ■’Of the damage wi 1 ! $••• -tot be known until* daylight, atifl-it fs iT’-.c.: E?ble at present to estimate the k-'led and iir.ured. The ruincus condition of main buildings suggests that the casualty iiat may bo, heavy, particularly as most of £be people rt hopie at the time. The chief damage wes in the eonl gestjjd area of St. Peter's Road, where f It is reported that four were killed. This road ia the onain thoroughfare, leading to the Parade. Broken plateglass in ships cut several people, A bomb broke the windows oS forty bouses in, Yarmouth, the scene resem-

AEROPLANE BOMBS DROPPED ON YARMOUTH v 'v COWARDLY ATTACK , '■ » UNDER DARKNESS LOSS OF LIFE i —. DAMAGE TO PROPERTY BOMB NEAR THE KING’S PALACE r-. - . . ** ALLIES SUCCESSES EVERYWHERE

bling a gas explosion. Another fell n*ar the Quay, but did no damage, A sentry fired on the Zeppelki, The head of a man named Smith was blown off, twenty yards from tho centre of the explosion, and an elderly woman was killed at a distance of fifty yards, MORE DETAILS OF THE OUTRAGE. BULK OF DAMAGE DONE TO PRIVATE HOUSES. A MAN’S HEAD BLOWN OFF. A BOY KILLED. SPECIAL, CONSTABLES AND FIRE BRIGADES READY. Press Association —CopyrigM. LONDON, Jam 20. The bulk of lhe damage was done to private- 1 Reuses. A bomb alighted in in empty house, and another struck i shop. R blew off the head of a man named Smith, a shoemaker. The authorities immediately cut off tho electric light and telephones, and police and special constables were despatched in every direction to succour he injured. Fortunately, no fires broke out The Zeppelin proceeded to Sheringham, where a bomb crashed through the roof of a working man’s house, into a room where the man and his wife and child were. It did not explode as the fuse had become detached during its descent. After harmlessly dropping another bomb at Beston, the airship reached King’s Lynn at 11.15 from Sandringham. Special constables scoured the streets, ordering lights out. The fire brigades followed. The lights cf the Zeppelin frequently larted skyward. Altogether seven bombs were dropped. One killed a bey aged 17, bury lug his father in the debris of tin house, but the father was taken out alive, Elsewhere, a baby and Ms mother were injury. The aircraft left, going eastwards. A ■ green light seen at sea is conjectured to have been signalling to the aircraft showing the position of a German vessel ready to assist the aviator in case cf disaster. A resident of Sherlngham says that ■here were two Zeppelins ,at a height of at least 3000 feet. A child had a wonderful escape It had been put to bed, and cried, so her parents brought her downstairs. , A few minutes iaier a bomb fell through the bed where the little one had been lying. One house in Sherlngham caught fire, but the blaze was not serious. Approaching King’s Lynn, the Zeppelin dropped a bomb at Snettishat, where Queen Alexandra has a bungalow. It ’dropped others at Dersinrchatt. Many houses in King’s Lynn j were damaged. Doors were wrenched their hinges, windows shattered, "Pure scattered, and fragments of .._„ury were hurled several hundred rds, HOW YARMOUTH FARED. ' NY PEOPLE IN THE STREETS, ELIES CONCEALED IN EASEMENTS. LONDON, Jan. 20. The Yarmouth places of amusement were- in full swing. Many people were in the streets, when the noise of pro- ’ pollers first attracted attention. Then an airm-aft was seen coming from the north-east. Flashes of searchlight were occasionally seen. The craft Crossed the centre of the town, dropping the bombs from a low elevation.

On hearing the explosions, many people streamed out of their houses. Others followed the advice of the authorities nail concealed their families in basements. (Yarmouth is on the extreme east of Norfolk, and the other towns mentioned on t*he other side of the county,near The Wash, a distance, as the crow hies, of about sixty miles). SEVERAL HOUSES DESTROYED. A NIGHT ATTACK. (Reed, 8.45 a.m.) LONDON. Jan. 20. Conflicting - reports as to whether it was Zeppelins-or aeroplanes at-Yar-mouth. The authorities, are positive 11 was aeroplanes, and it is generally believed that it was aeroplanes, owing to the small explosives. Several houses were demolished at King Lynn, twenty-five families being rendered homeless. A soldier wounded at Yarmouth, died. The officials at Cromer promptly extinguished all lights and no bombs dropped on the town. GREAT AEROPLANE ACTIVITY. DOCK PROPERTY DESTROYED. SEEN FROM THE KING’S RESIDENCE. LONDON, Jan, 20. The, hydraulic enginehquse at the Docks was destroyed. . Ah airship was Mainly seen at Sandringham, the residence of the King, and an eye-witness states that two Zeppelins passed over Cromer about eight-thirty, coming via Mundsley and going in the direction of Witbcurne. About ten one airship can - ,'-i *.astwift.rd/L turning! |eaw£rd£ near Sheringham, then taking a northvest course. Amsterdam telegrams state that an i.irship was seen in the morning cross, 'ng north of the Dutch Islands, includes Arnedand. Heavy gun firing was heard in a northerly direction. Soon liter a second airship was a ■>reat height going rapidly towards the .vest. In the afternoon, later, one airship returned. Of the three airships seen at Terschelling, one was going ■astward, the others south-westerly. The airships were In wireless communication with the Emden station. A NARROW ESCAPE, OF TROOPS AND AMMUNITION. (Reed 10 a.m.) LONDON, Jan. 20. A woman’s body was found at King’s Lynn. It is believed there are 'wo other fatalities and several inhired. A be mb fell near the encamp'd treeps and ammunition store at 1 cimston. MADNESS OF DESPAIR. AMERICAN PAPERS COMMENT. (Reed. 1230 p.m.) NEW YORK, Jan. 20. Local newspapers severely comment on the raid on undefended places. The “Herald” asked whether it was ■he madness of despair.

A PROGRESS REPORT

SATISFACTORY ADVANCES. Press Association —Copyright. (Reed 11.15 a.m.) PARIS, Jna 20. Acommunique states that the mamy failed to destroy a bridge at ha month of the Yser, We demolished, besides a portion >f his subsidiary defences, a strongly 'orlifled farm near St. Georges. The enemy at. Boisdelagrue took a trench which we re-captured. A German mine blew up a part of air trenches at St, Hubert. We dash’d into the cavity formed and prevented ihfti enemy entering. We progressed a further metres at Bolslepretre. DUTCH WAR VESSEL CLOWN UP IN SCHELDT. AMSTERDAM, Jan. 20. (Reed 10 a.m.) A Dutch motor war sloop was blown up by a mine in the Scheldt. Five wore killed. BRIDGE BLOWN UP A GERMAN DEATH TRAP. (Reed. 11.15 a.m.) AMSTERDAM, Jan. 20. The Germans blew up a bridge over the Hassell Canal, They omitted to notify the railway authorities and a military foods train foil Into the canal and fourteen. 'German soldiers were killed. THE RUSSIAN CAMPAIGN. GERMANS DRIVEN BACK. PETROGRAB, Jan. 20. (Official). —A series of encounters took place throughout the 17th on the right bank of the Lower Vistula, along a front extending from the riyey to the Olva-Warsaw railway,'" ' * •• The enemy’s offensive : was ■ repulsed at Aglersdn, where they fell back with heavy losses. There is no change on other fronts. '