IN THE AIR.
THE RAID ON KENT. BOMB DAMAGES A HOSPITAL. Received May 22, 7.20 p.m. London, May 21. A raider's bomb exploded within ten yards of a hospital in Kent. All the windows of the building were smashed but the patients were not injured. BOMBS ON PORT SAID. CIVILIANS KILLED AND WOUNDED. Received May 22, 7.20 p.m. Cairo, May 21. Two enemy aeroplanes dropped sixteen bombs on Port Said on Sunday, most of the bombs being directed on the Arab quarter. The raid resulted in two civilians being killed and thirteen wounded. Five soldiers were also wounded. The airmen used searchlights when dropping the bonvbs. Anti-aircraft gans quickly drove the raiders oft.
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Taranaki Daily News, 23 May 1916, Page 5
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113IN THE AIR. Taranaki Daily News, 23 May 1916, Page 5
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