The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1914-12-18
RESUME THEIR
OCCUPATIONS
RESIDENTS OF eJMBARDED
ENGLVsH TOWNS RETURN
TO WORK
HOLDING INQUEST
OVER VICTIMS
The Testimony yesterday Brought
to Light Some Paeheaic
Cases. =.
(By Associated Press,

(By Associated press.l
LONDON. Dec. 17.-Residents Of
the towns of Scarborough. the Hartle-
pools and Whitby. which yesterday
were bombarded by German cruisers.
resumed their ordinary occupations
today. The only departure from the
regular routine was the arrival OF
crowds of camera-begring tourists, the
return OF those who had fed and busy
mechanics at work repairing damage
done by the shells.
The mayor OF SCARBOROUGH pfacard-
ed the walls with posters advising
the people 70 keep cool, but this hard
~ was necessary, for beyond grief
for the loss OF friends and nieghboFs
and the little pride displayed at the
attention they attracted, citizens went
about their business In q natural way.
1t Will not be long before all marks
OF the gunfire will be removed. 3.
Fhe attitude OF the people vf Eng
land Is much the same 40 or the bora-
barded towns. There IL no excitement,
and the only effect OF the bombard.
ment is the demand that naturaIiasd
Germans and those who have not been
nRturaiized shall be excluded from
areas open to : sea attack, and T.
slight boom I'm recruiting. which, hpfl
been slackening at the approach OF
Christmas. = q = -,
The 1t. Hon. Thomas S. MecNasnara.
parliamentary secretary to the admir-
amy, said the German raid waa worth
Two army corps 20 Kitchellersa army.
II 10 believed iiow that ( che Ger
man squadron included pk iehBf fonr
battle cruisers OF the stiberdread-
naught class and two armored artsfs-
ers. The sheliing OF the Haytfepools
ana scarborough was. sirauitaneoIlg.
but Whitby was visited after the war.
ships had left the other towns.
There has been some activity on the
part OF the Allies In other parts of
the world. British ships have been
D0mparding the Germans along the
FLANDERS coast and the Turks in the
Black Sea has sunk q German atenn,-
er and an unidentified yassei, s;:p,cs..
ed to be Turkish warsiiip. 3 q
Austria, 1t is reported. has iosf fhe
training ship Beethoven, which. if ie
was being used for traitiing purposas.
would have at least 200 cadets aboard.
Inquest, Being Held.
HARTLEPOOL, Via Lonflca. Nae
17.-An inquest began here toiav
over the bodies OF 20 Victims of the
German bombardRent, killed IN Har-
tlepool and West Hartlepool.
In opening the court the coror,er
saia that never before IN Eqglteh iiie-
tory had an inquest been held lniier
q similar circumstance and thaE ha
noped the occasion would never ec-
cur again. q = a =,
The testimony brought to light scsae
palmetto cases. An old woman vsn I,
picking up coal dropped from cafs
oh tne iaiiWay embankment when che
was killed by q shell. An old man ana
his two daughters were sfsrfjnr
breakfast In the kitchen whan . s,isi:
killed ell three. 4. "a 81 : 81
A young woman went to the house
OF hes aged mother, intending 20 cl,r,-
quot ner to place OF safety. Enter.
ing the passageway she etunbiea
across her mothers body. a shell Iia6
pierced the roof ana killed her. ,5,a a.
.derly .nan, who thought the runS fir.
ing was that OF British ships st prac.
tice. sat down unconcefneily n,
breakfast. A shell carried away ffle
corner. OF his house. killing his two
grandchildren. 5i5' .-'slS rs s"Ss
The verdict rendered by the corcn.
srs jury was that the deafhf OF tha
~ persons were due to bcmhnrylfnent,
u ..u tSh UcfOuBnts 10y an e4e1ey,
OF the twin boroegh, "by an erlass.y.
under the cover Of q dense for. flreS
shot and sheli into the towns. Eiiiinr
many unarmed civilians.Y s Z
Directed at Signal ststson. x
WHITBY. Dec. Is.--Syia I,ondcn.
i:l5 .. n,, )---At the an,iusss today over
the bodies OF the, two slieri siiiad te
tne German naval raid, . ccsae guaril
- the entire bom-
bardment was: directed &c the sirnal
station. Between 1eo and no cSeiia
wers fired. The firat struck Inc cliie
iace which gave the coast gnardstnen
time TO escape. s. 81 r
me Jury returned b verdict that ths
men came to their deaths from theils
nret from GerEan aisps.
Five KiIledy IB Woanied.
y LONDON, Dec. H. q IS 4, -
The lisht cruiser Fatrp and tlls de- i
stsoyer doom we're air ssg ths BEitfsh
ships which attacksd the Geffnarl
cruisers faiding the Aprtaaask eoaet az q