IN THE AIR.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 February 1916, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

ZEPPELINS REPORTED LOST. TWO MACHINES WRECKED. PATE OF PARIS RAIDER. Reecivoa Feb. 10, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, Feb. 9. According to the Echo de Beige rumors are current that a Zeppelin was wrecked by French airmen near Hainault. It is elsewhere (stated that on the night of January 29 the Zeppelin which raided Paris was destroyed at Zigue. The engines were caught in some trees, and the envelope collided with some block-houses, which were greatly damaged. The Germans are endeavoring to conceal the accident.

TAUBES VISIT RAMSGATE. BLIGHT DAMAGE DONE. Received Feb. 10, C.5 p.m. London, Feb. 9. At 4 o'clock two Taubes were seen at Ramsgate. When over the town they separated, one going to Broadstairs. The whole affair lasted a very few minutes and' most of the bombs wore dropped between the towns, falling on the roadway and in the fields. At Broadstairs one bomb was dropped near a girls' school, but there was little excitement or damage. The raid is said to have had slight effect.

THREE PEOPLE KILLED. THE RAIDERS RETREAT. Received Feb. 10, 9.30 p.m. London, Feb. 10. Official: Two women and a child were injured ill tile raid. A number of aeroplanes ascended to attack the raiders, which retreated without fighting.

RAID ON AUSTRIAN TOWN.MUCH DAMAGE DONE. Received Feb. 10, 0.5 p.m. Paris, Feb. fl. Vienna information confirms the partial destruction of Skoda, in addition to the destruction of a gun workshop and a technical bureau with records and plans. The explosion was caused by a melinite bomb, and it was undoubtedly dun to criminal hands. Over three hundred were killed and several hundred were injured.