IN THE AIR.

Taranaki Daily News, 22 March 1916, Page 5

IN THE AIR.

RAID ON ZEEBRUCCE. I' OFFICIAL STATEMENT. London, March 20. Official: Allied machines bombed Zeebrugge. They carried an average of 2001b of bombs. One Belgian officer 1 was seriously wounded. All the British machines were of the naval type. Early to-day, fifty British, French and Belgian aeroplanes and seaplanes and fifteen fighting machines attacked the seaplane depot at Zcebrugge and the aerodrome at Honltade, doing considerable damage. All the machines returned. ■ r . 65 ALLIED AEROPLANES MUCH DAMAGE DONE. ... Wellington, March 21. - The High Commissioner reports under date London. March 20. 1.55 p.m.:— The Admiralty announces that in the early hours of this morning combined forces of approximately, fifty British French and Belgian aeroplanes and seaplanes, accompanied by fifteen fighting machines, left and attacked the German seaplane station at Zeebrugge and the aerodrome at Houltade, near Zecbrugge. Considerable damage appears to have been done. The machines averaged 2001b of bombs, The machines returned safeIv. One Belgian officer is reported to have been wounded iseriously. All the British machines were naval. A SUNDAY RAID. CHILDREN MURDERED. SAD INCIDENT AT RAMSGATE. London. March 20. People in Dover and Deal left their dinner tables and rushed out to witness the thrilling fight with the aeroplanes, which were twisting and turning in all directions until they fled seaward, j A bomb wrecked an orphanage where ! eighty children were huddled in the I basement. It was a miraculous escape, ' as only a sister was injured. I The saddest feature was at Rarpsgate, where a party of children were going to Sunday school when a bomb dropped in their midst, killed four and wounded nine. It also wrecked a motor nearby, killing the driver. A bomb dropped in the yard of a cottage, blowing in the rear of the premises. The family pf six had been watching the ■raider and had just returned indoors. All were unscathed. Flight-Commander Rone is 27 years I old. lie is a lieutenant in the nnvv. and has spent four years in subni'ivines and two years as an aviator. Bone's machine outstripped the others and returned unharmed. TWO MORE DEATHS. Received March 21, 5.5 p.m. London, March 20. There arc two more deaths recorded from the nil' raid, one each at Dover and Ramssate. ;