IN THE AIR.
THE ZEEBRUCCE RAID. MUCH DAMAGE DONE. Reecived March 23, 12.15 a.m. Rotterdam, March 22. The combined air fleet bombardment reduced Zeebrugge harbor to chaos. Two submarines escaped by promptly submerging, and three torpedoers fled seawards. They manoeuvred the minefield, but being continually harassed by airmen they were forced to open water, from where British destroyers hunted them back.
Air bombs severely damaged the Solvay works and several mine-layers in the harbor.
THE KENT RAID. GERMAN CRAFT RETURN SAFELY. Received March 22, 5.5 p.m. Amsterdam, March 21. The Germans claim that all aeroplanes engaged in the Kent raid have returned safely. NEW ZEALAND AVIATOR'S DEATH. London, March 21. At the inquest on Lieutenant Laidlaw, Who was killed when flying in a biplane for a pilot's certificate, the evidence showed that when the machine was 250 feet high it sideslipped, and that Laidlaw received injuries to his head.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1916, Page 5
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149IN THE AIR. Taranaki Daily News, 23 March 1916, Page 5
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