The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1914-12-17
LOOMS OUT OF FOG.
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old castle which looks formidable,
but which has been unoccupied for
hundreds of years, was preached by
an each inch shell.
The gunners got the correct eleva-
ton of the wireless station but failed
in an adjacent field, the turf of which
was completely ploughed up by them.
Hits Home OF an M. r.
Some of the better class of resi-
denceS began to suffer, one of the
first being the home Of Russell Rea,
His life and that. of his wife were
saved by the fact that they had gone
down for an early breakfast and they
were in the kitchen, the only part un-
touched, the rest being total wreck.
At the same time small house oc-
cupied by soldier, his wife and their
child and nephew, was struck by an
explosive shell, reducing the place to
kindling wood and killing the whole
family. When the bOmbardment had
been on for 1 ) minutes, the town was
given a five minutes breathing spell.
The streets were cleared of people
when the light cruiser, after turning
brought new brOadside into play.
The German squadron then faced
what looked like deserted city The
gunners directed their attention to
the railroad station with the result
that a whole row Of houses. including
a church in nearby street was
wrecked, but without loss of life as
the occupants had sought safe refuge.
This second bOmbardment was more
violent than the first but did less
damage
At the expiration of the second fiji
teen minute period of firing the war
ships drew off in northerly direction
and when the people of Scarborough
again heard the booming of their
dreaded guns at nine o'clock, the town
of Whitby, up the coast, was the vic
tim.
During the early stage of the bonn
bardment the screeching shells caused
the people became still as death under
the thunder of the guns which rose to
a tremendous crescendo when the full
broadsides were used.
Search for the Wounded.
When the ships drew off the search
for killed and wounded began. At the
hospital when the wounded began to
arrive, the large entry hall witnessed
many pitiable scenes as anxious rela-
tives awaited the result Of the sur
geons examination. Among the wound
ed were many women and children, an
infant Of four months having had its
skull fractured by bit of shrapnel
while in the arms of it's mother, who
escaped unscathed. A surgeon at the
when the casing of an eight inch shell
burrowed into the ground at his feet.
The military authorities. assisted by
the police directed the exodus Of the
townspeople from the city. Women
were favored with seats on the trains
with the result that but few men de-
parted from the town.
The pathetic helplessness of the refu-
gees brought home the reality of war
to this part of England. Many poor
people whose homes were destroyed
sought refuge in nearby towns. Crowds
of these waited about the station think
ing the scenes of the morning were
about to be reenacted. One of the
first notices posted, instructed citizens
to bring to the police station all I'M
exploded shells. Among such finds was
a live S-inch explosive projectile which
was hastily put into bucket of water
when policeman strolled in with it
carelessly tucked under his arm.
BY nightfall the town bore an out
ward appearance of calm but anxious
groups fingered about the streets. Many
of the persons in these groups were un-
sparing in their expressions of resent
ment because the town was helpless to
retaliate on the raiders.