THE AIRSHIP RAID

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 192, 22 January 1915, Page 5

THE AIRSHIP RAID

THE GERMANS' TIME-TABIIE. j BOMBS DROPPED IX SIX TOWNS. NEARLY TWELVfc HOURS OX THE WING. Received 21, 8.5 pjn. London, January 21. The Zeppelin's time-table seems to j have been: Depart from Terscbelling at J 2.30 irf the afternoon; arrived Yar- { mouth at 8.30 pjn., and dropped seven bombs; Cromer, 8.40 pjn, five bombs; Houston, 10 o'clock, two bombs; Sandringham, 10.35 p.m., three bombs; ] King's Lynn, 10.30, seven bombs. Be- , turning, the vessel was sighted at , Terachelling at 2 o'clock in the morn- , ing. < ELATION IN GERMANY. \ A LONG-PLANNED EXPEDITION. » i f THE FIRST OF A t-'ERLtS. ( J BRITAIN'S IXVULNERABILITY , « CHAIXF.XGED . < Received 21, 8.5 pjn. j Amsterdam, January 21. Berlin advices stated that the news of the raid excited the wildest delight throughout flenrany. It is stated that the raid had been planned for months, j and thev l.a 1 only been awaiting an opportunity. It was only the beginning' of the Zeppelin campaign. I The newspaper:, comment energetic- j ally On German genius having at hut ended the legend of England being in-' vulnerable owing to her insularity. j ZEPPELINS OR AEROPLANES?! CONFLICTING OPINIONS. i FURTHER DETAILS. MOKE FATALITIEB REPORTED. London, January 20. { There are conflicting reports as to whether they were Zepplins or aeroplanes at Yarmouth. The authorities are positive that they were aeroplanes. It is generally believed that the ma-! chines were aeroplanes owing to the small explosives. Several houses were demolished at Sing's Lynn and 25 families are homelew A soldier wounded at Yarmouth has died. I The officials at Cromer promptly extinguished all lights. No bombs were dropped there. i An hydraulic engine-honse si the! docks was destroyed. I An airship was plainly seen at Sandringham. '■ Eye-witnesses state that two Zeppelins passed Cromer at 8.30, coming from from Mundsley and going towards Witbourne. i About 10 o'clock one .airship came eastward, turning seaward near Shcr-| ringham and taking a north-west course. Amsterdam telegrams say that an airship was seen in the morning crossing north of the Dutch Islands, including Ameland. Heavy gun firing was heard in a northerly direction. Soon after, a second airship was seen at a great height going rapidly westward. Later in the afternoon one airship returned. Of the three airships seen at Terschelling one was going eastward and the others in a south-westerly direction. The airships were in wireless communication with the Emden station. A woman's corpse has been found at King's Lynn. It is believed there .vre two other fatalities. Several were injured by a bomb which fell near the encamped troops at the ammunition store, Grimston. [Terachelling is one of the Dutch Frisian Islands, off the coast of Holland; area, about 45 square miles.] A Gordge, A. Veale, or J. Taylor, Tttsroy.

j THE MADNESS OF DESPAIR. j New York, January 20. i The local newspapers severely comJ mcnt or. the raid on undefended places, j The Herald asked whether it was due I to the madness of despair. MORE NEWS WANTED. THE REITERATED CRY OF THE TIMES. j WHAT IS THE GOVERNMENT | DOING! Received 21, 8.5 p.m. London, January 21. The Times ..in a leader, says: "We have strongly expressed the opinion that the silence of the Administration upon the unparalleled efforts Britain is making to prosecute the war on the ' Continent is unjustifiably dangerous. 1 The nation wants to know what the Government is doing to ensure neces- * sary reinforcements. If thi3 desire is general here, how much stronger must | it be in France, whose people have suffered the horrors to hear more re{.•arilinu' the efforts we are making for the common cause, and when these efforts are likely to bear fruit in their deliverance 1" CONFLICTING ACCOUNTS. j SEVERAL AIRSHfPS EXGAGED. 1 | __. 1 PROBABLY ZEPPELINS. I SOME SENSATIONAL EXPERI- ' | EXCES. ! Received 21, 11.35 p.m. j London, January 21. I Van-ins; accounts are published re- , | gaiiling the raid. i One says that the airship circled , ! Kings Lynn twice, sometimes appearing to hang motionless. Terrific reports folI lowed the dropping of the bombs, i One blew oHt the windows of a church at Snettisham. The rector and his family were standing at the rectory gate, close to the church, watching the manoeuvre, believing it to be a British aeroplane, until by the shape they j realised that it was a German. They escaped with a shock. At Yarmouth nobody actually saw the aircraft, but it is believed to have been a dirigible, for the two unexploded bombs were so big that they would | scarcely be portable by a Taube. Only one aircraft raided the town. 'Another • went straight ahead in the direction of Cromer. , Several points were struck at Yarmouth in a straight line a hundred yards apart. Two bombs fell close by ' St. Peter's Church. It was evidently aimed at the steeple, but missed by yards. | Two were killed, including a woman. Seventy-two windows in a 200 yards 1 radius, including those of a church, ; were smashed. The intercession service had just finished. The vicar was inside, ! and was surprised to see the doublei locked vestry door blown open. I Several narrow escapes are reported s from other places. A man escaped un--1 hurt from a demolished house. A girl • playing a piano at Yarmouth was blown " off the stool downstairs, but was unin- > jured. 5 An engine-driver reports that the ® Zeppelin chased the train from Hun- • stanton to King's Lynn, using it as a k guide. He pulled out the throttle and 8 raced along, and left the Zeppelin behind. j Coastguards on the Norfolk coast asL sert that there were four Zeppelins, and some fishermen declare that there were six. Three steered south-east, in the I; direction of Yarmouth, and three to--9 wards Cromer.

GERMAN OFFICIAL ACCOUNT. "FORTIFIED PLACES." SOME MOKE FICTION. Received 21, 9.40 p.m. London, January 21. The German Admiralty announces that naval airships undertook to attack some fortified places on tile English coast. The weather was foggy and rainy. Several bombs were successfully dropped. The airships were shot at, but returned undamaged. A TRIAL TRIP. TO RESTORE UKRMJ.N CONFIDENCE Received 21 1 a.m. Lonflon, January 21. The Times' naval correspondent regards the raid as a trial trip, and that it was also intended to restore German confidence in the Zeppelins after their inglorious showing at Cuxhaven. INCREASED RATES FOR "AIR" INSURANCE. Received 22, 1 a.m. London, January 21. The raid caused an increased demand and higher prices for insurance against air damage. WHEN BRITAIN STRIKES BACK| SHE WILL FIGHT HONOURABLY. GERMANY'S RELAPSE INTO BARBARISM Received 2\, 1 a.m. London, January 21. The Times, in a leader, says: "After six months of empty threats the German airships have visited England, and killed a boy, an old lady, a middle-aged shoemaker, and a soldier's widow, and injured a baby. When xvc strike home against Germany we will not soil our hands with these shameful crimes, b it fight honourably with the assurance that victory will be ours and the. earth purged of these relapses into barbarism. WAS HOLLAND'S NEUTRALITY VIOLATED? Received 27, 1 a.m. London, January 21. Dutch correspondents report that the Zeppelins in returning passed over Sneek and Hommars, both in Fuesland. The Dutch Admiralty declares that they did not cross Dutch territory. EXTRAORDINARILY POWERFUL BOMBS. FOUR DEATHS RECORDED. THE KAISER'S CONGRATULATIONS.

Received 22, 1.25 a.m. London, January 21. There is a general belief that t.vo airships were engaged in the raid. TVy arrived at the coast together. One went south to Yarmouth and the other north to Cromer. Cromer escaped dam- j age owing to the authorities promptly i extinguishing lights. The Zeppelins made special targets of churches and towers. The explosives Iml t extraordinary potency. One of the 1 bombs, double the size of a cocoaiiut, i demolished two cottages and shattered 1 the windows of fifty houses and shops. ] i The report that a soldier was killed s is incorrect. t Deaths total four, including Mis ( Gazley, who was found crushed under j her bed Her husband, a soldier, was re- i cently killed in Belgium. ] Received 22, 1.15 a.m. j Amsterdam, January 21. | The Kaiser telegraphed his con- . gratulations to the Zeppelin, whom he j addresses as "Commodore of my fleet"