Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-17
MANY DEAD IN RAID ON ENGLISH COAST

tempting targets, and rain or shrap-
mel and lydite shells began to fall IN
this section, doing great damage TO the
hotels and destroying houses and shops
in the poorer districts. woman IN
one of these shops was literally blown
to pieces. One of the Tighter cruisers
seemed to be doing most Of the firing.
Shells Hit Hospital.
The first she let go was her stern
guns, and then maneuvering farther
out, devoted her broadsides to the more
conspicuous buildings. AS n result
three shells found target in the hos
pital. one tearing chimney from the
roof, another striking the nurses quar-
ters, and the third le.nolishing the or
namental facade above the entrance.
The wall of the old castle. which
looks formidable but which has been
unoccupied for huncrels Of years, was
preached by an eight inch SHE'LL
The gunners now got the correct
elevation of the wireless station but
failed to injure It, most Of the shells
falling in an adjacent field, the turf OF
which was completely ploughed up oy
them.
Residence District Suffers.
Some of the better class of residences
now began to suffer one of the first
being the home of Russell Rea. member
OF parliament for the district. His life
and that of his wife were saved by
the fact that they had gone down for
an early breakfast and were in the
kitchen. the only part of the house be-
ing untouched, the rest being wrecked.
A nearby house Of soldier, his wife,
their child and a nephew, was struck
by shell, killing the whole family
The bonibardmsnt now had been on
for fifteen minutes, and the town was
given a fve-minute breathing SPELL
The streets were cleared when the light
cruiser resumed firing. The German
squadron then faced what looked like
deserted city The gunners turned
their attention to the railway station,
a whole row Of houses being wrecked.
but without lossxof life. as the occu-
pants sought safe refuge. This sec
ond bombardment was more violent
than the first but did less damage.
Whitby Next eombarded.
The warships then drew off in a
northerly direction and when the peo-
pie of Scarborough again heard the
booming Of the guns. the town Of Whit
by up the coast. was the victim. Dur
ing the early stage Of the lombard
ment the screeching shells caused an
indescribable pandemonium. Later the
people became an still as death, under
the thundAE~of. the guns which rose
to tremendous cresendo, when the
full broadsides were used.
When the. ships drew off !the search
for killed and wounded began: The
entry hall was the scene of pitable in
cidents. Among the wounded We're
many women and children, an infant
of four months having had its skull
fractured by bit Of shrapnel while in
unscratched A surgeon at the hos
pital also had a marvellous escape,
when the casing of an eight-inch shell
burrowed into the ground at his feet.
Women and Children First.
The military authorities directed the
exodus Of the townspeople from the
city. Women were favored with seats
in the trains, with the result that few
men departed from the town.
The helplessness OF the refugees
brought home the terrible effectiveness
of the war. A notice was posted for
citizens to bring to the police station
all unexploded shells. One shell was
brought in by a policeman.
BY nightfall the town bore an out
ward appearance of calm, but anxious
groups fingered about the streets.
Many of the persons Of these groups
were unsparing in their expressions of
resentment because the town was help
less to retaliate on the invaders.