In the Air.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 318, 18 June 1915, Page 5

In the Air.

RAID ON KARLSRUHE. THE I'AL.VT. UK THOYKI). oVEIi TW'o in \t)K,|.;|) KILLED. K'ceivcl ■) tine Is. > a.m. , London, ,liino 17. /mm Karlsruhe St.vs Jmt Jll lv bombs uere dropped, !""*<• 'Wro.vinK Hi,, j.ala,-.., uwas t.ie Ilea.l.ni:irirrn „f the ) ot;ll it. Three („o ~.U i were killed, and cr tin. i'i:i:.<!i'i\l cl-e.ihere. HI NITIUXS FACTOIfY DIvSTIiOYED. Received .June 17, u.-li) pin. . June 17. it is ifj.oi 1...1 that in (h. KaiUuiho raid a 'barracks and a munitions factory wore destroyed. A c< Miiiiuiiiijiiu states that nineteen Mere killed and fourteen seriously woun.led at Karlsruhe. The population is eniibiti'M'd on account of this sense, less procedure. BRITISH AIR RAID. UOMUS OX A /JKITKLLY SHED. deceived June 17, 10 pin, •Amsterdam, June 17. ihree ImijjH-'li airmen dropped tlireo bombs on a Zeppelin shed at Grondradi. south of Ghent. The damage done is not known, ANOTHER ZEPPELIN RAID. OX Tire XORTTI-KAST COAST. The ITi-h Pnmm— linStoll, ,lme 17 " J ne Commissioner reports under date London, June If, (1.50 pim.):—. The Admiralty announces that a Zeppelin visited the nortli-east const last evening and dropped bomb.-;. Pom,. fires were started, but, were overcome Fif teen deaths are reported and fifteen were wounded. SIXTEEN" MLX KILLED, CASUALTIES OF A PREVIOUS RAID. Received June 17, 10 »,m. London, June 17, Official: In the north-east coast raid sixteen were killed, including a policeI wan, aiul forty wore hijurwl, In connection with the raid on tha 7th, also on the north-east eoast, five men (civilians), thirteen women and six children were killed. A drapery e.stablw linent, a timbe?-yard and a terraco or small houses were luirned. BRITISH AIR SERVICE. Jjondon, June 16. Mr. Tennant, in the House of Commons, said it was impossible to speak' in detail of the air service, but the number of machine.-) had been increased tenfold and the men fivefold. There were now eleven schools for trainin™ pilots, accommodating two hundred students. There had been no shortage of high explosive honifcs since February, and the supply in reserve was no'Vf ample. They contemplated Vmililin" a super-aeroplane similar to the Russian machines. 'Die Press Bureau corrects the statements that a German airship was ■brought down at Norov-sur-Ourcn. It was an aeroplane.